Personally when dealing with a vintage bouzouki, I'd say either play it in a Greek tuning or sell it and get an octave mandolin if that's more suited...
I am surprised that the term “best bang for the buck” didn’t automatically trigger the response of get an A-model. So I will say that. As you may or...
One thing to bear in mind is that there are different schools of classical playing. You might familiarize yourself with the differences. There are a...
I was impressed years ago when these first came out and I was surprised that I liked it since I owned a vintage National mandolin and a tenor guitar....
Although these groups did play classical and "light" classical music, there were also arrangements of what were popular tunes of the time period too,...
I would guess that it would be a conical block with some sort of dovetail. I know inexpensive American bowlbacks often had neck and conical block as...
I taught humanities at the college level for more than 25 years. time to play music now. A baccalaureate in music history and literature from San Francisco State Univ., and an M.A. in humanities from Ariz St. Univ., and ABT with dissertation precis published on David Belasco and Puccini. This broad background coupled with music performance on flute, accordion, and piano provides considerable expertise to arrange for various ensembles. I've published social histories on ballo liscio and bal musette, and sheet music books: "Mandolins, Like Salami," "Mandolin Melodies," "French Soirée," and "Italian Mandolin Heroes in America" (published in early 2019).
In addition, I house my published articles on music at http://www.academia.edu You'll find interesting, shorter explorations into accordion and mandolin history.
Please visit www.zighibaci.com (order books)
Location:
Boyes Hot Springs, California
Interests:
I am an avid reader of biographies, ancient history, and Plato.
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