This week, the man, the myth, the legend, Don Stiernberg proffers a delightful chord melody on this old jazz standard with his incomparable 2-point Nugget mandolin. We all know and love Don--protege of the tremendous Jethro Burns, leader of the new generation of jazz mandolinists, Chicago Cubs fan, and an all around wonderful person. The wealth and depth of his recorded jazz mandolin work is bar none. His most recent album, ...
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I recently aquired an old resonator Mandolin from my father that he was gifted from a friend. I have been trying to figure out the make of it ever since. It does not have a name on it or a serial number. It looks like a regal harmony resonator but the two letters on the headstock I can see end in La. Here are a few pictures
Mandolin Mondays #84: Front Country mandolinist Adam Roszkiewicz ("Roscoe") joins us this week on Mandolin Mondays for a solo rendition of an original tune. In addition to his work with Front Country, Roscoe's music runs deep in the classical mandolin world. You may know him as the most recent mandocello player in the Grammy-nominated ensemble the Modern Mandolin Quartet--or from his work in Mike Marshall's classical ...
Updated Aug-07-2017 at 10:27am by Mandolin Cafe
No reason to not to love it completely... Many players who have sent their instrument in for tweaking, a refret, (or more) say they are so happy their irritant is taken care of. Contact Bruce and talk it over. My 1990 Gibson A5-L has been with me since new, and for those 27 years I liked it (once it opened up, anyway), but never loved it. Until Bruce got ahold of it, that is. The problem was the uncomfortably sharp V-profile of the neck. Other luthiers told me ...
What key do you play the "TN Waltz" in? How about all of them! You can now get a tab/notation transcription for this video, and all of my other personal solo Mandolin Mondays arrangements on my Patreon site here: https://www.patreon.com/davidbenedictmandolin Happy Picking! David
Updated Jun-01-2020 at 4:51am by dbmandolin
After hearing that Bill Collings passed away a few weeks ago I decided I wanted to put together an arrangement of a more traditional tune. Anyway here's my arrangement - I hope you enjoy!
The remarkable Brian Oberlin is with us this week on Mandolin Mondays to play a solo rendition of his original song "Landslide" performed on his powerful Collings MF5 mandolin. Brian is as diverse and prolific as mandolin players come. Over his 16-year professional career, he has recorded 20 records and has published numerous accompanying mandolin instructional books. His most recent album, Troubadour, displays the ...
When mandolin youtube channels collide! Honored to have a Mandolin Monday video from the amazingly talented jazz musician and mando youtube personality, Aaron Weinstein! Check out Aaron's swinging chord melody version of this old jazz standard "A Beautiful Friendship" played on his trusty Red Diamond F5 mandolin. You probably know Aaron from his many other jaw-dropping jazz mandolin videos, but you may ...
Updated Jul-21-2017 at 10:58am by Mandolin Cafe
Hey guys! This week I decided to put together a quick mandolin/guitar arrangement of the Bill Evans blues Interplay. I thought you may enjoy!
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