On a side note, Beare & Sons continue to this day as violin specialists although they have moved out of London to Dunstable.
In the 40s they imported guitars and mandolins from the US including...
On a side note, Beare & Sons continue to this day as violin specialists although they have moved out of London to Dunstable.
In the 40s they imported guitars and mandolins from the US including...
Inspiring - thanks for sharing the arrangements, Martin.
Part 2
To assuage the disappointment of the music shop non-sale, I found myself combing EBay and Reverb and sure enough there was another Ceccherini. It was advertised as 1881 but would be later...
I'll try these the next time I play duets with my mandola/mandolin friend. Always happy to see excellent and playable parts for the mandocello.
Thanks as always Jonas.
I'll check those out, thank you.
Great performances and an impressive variety of musical DNA on display! I listened to all of them and was really impressed. That was also my first exposure to a...
Lovely music and such beautiful tone
Very nice! Thanks for sharing your arrangements!
In November 1970,I saw,for the first time,a mandolin being played.The players were Rose Simpson and Robin Williamson.The ISB were performing at the Armadillo World Headquarters in AustinTexas.My love...
GC is the main setup in France except maybe in Britany as most of there bagpipes and bombardes are mostly in Bb. You see mostly diatonic accordions in French traditional music has it is settled for...
"Bal folk" does not refer to a specific area in France and thus to a specific repertoire. In Brittany, they would more talk about Fest Noz.
The only area in France where mandolin could have a...
Thanks, David, Martin, Simon, Dagger...and I'm sure I'm forgetting someone..
It seems we're once again converging on some of the same great music.
I think I've let on that I've been slipsliding...
I'd like to add couple of links too:
https://gurdyworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Massif-Central-Pink.pdf
https://accordeonaire.com/bal-folk-tune-book-project/
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Martin, I recently started a choir job (my real specialty in training and degrees) so I am temporarily taking a break from posting mandocello material. But I want you to know a couple weeks ago I...
Some more tunes from Daunay's transcription of the Skene manuscript. No duplicates, I believe.
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I did enjoy your versions
"six of Scarlatti's sonatas written for melody instrument and basso rather than for keyboard -- a recent commercial edition considers that all six were intended by the...
No; that’s not the Ibanez. It was an “F” style - circa. 1976 (the so-called “law suit” era), one of their Artist series. I only remember this ‘cos I had (still have) an almost identical one!
https://youtu.be/2PM3uCShlk4?si=5VtiAnZV14FwsELh
It's that time again! Time to bust out the five volumes of Winter's Tale and start playing through this fabulous collection of tunes. If you are a beginner, new to mandolin and trying to learn to...
I always appreciate your posts, and your interesting scholarship and source notes. I did not know Bach had added to the innumerable settings of this ground.
This is a version of "Diferencias by Victor Kioulaphides" interpreted in Colombian Andean bandola by Brayan Ruiz. I'm sure some will be interested to hear it...:mandosmiley:
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Here are two tunes that are thematically linked, even though they are very different from each other. The link is that each tune celebrates a great comic actor who worked with Shakespeare.
Kemp's...
Awesome Martin, I really liked that, nice mix of plectral tonality.
Lovely. Thanks.
An especial thanks for all things Dowland.
Thanks a lot! in fact, the SBN website was the first one I've checked... It means I'll have to stop by Santa Cecilia next time I'm in Rome :)
The pieces recorded by Martin are also sooo nice!