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Made a new video with one of Bach's more accessible piece. Mandolin used here is a 2011 Gilchrist and the octave is a 2020 Northfield Archtop Octave.

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And I was going to post this...

You know what's better than two sea captains? THREE Sea Captains. I can feel the sea air on my face when I listen to this piece. And I guess I wore the appropriate shirt as well. Please enjoy!!...

Traditional British Isles tunes on guitar and mandolin, played here on the slow side. "Pat Galvin's" is aka (or very similar to) "The Home Ruler" or "McCollum's Hornpipe". Some versions of...

This is a tune inspired by ducks. Thanks for the listen! :mandosmiley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgDZcc1zW5o

I had blast getting John Reischman to join my band The Slocan Ramblers for some twin mandos on Stoney Creek. Check out his solo, damn!

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It has been SO HOT here in Seattle these past two days (100+ degrees). It feels as though I am in Mordor. Ha! See what I did there?
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Here is a 'great find' from youtube. Mike Marshall's arrangement, with Dave Eggar on cello & Peter Sachon on mandocello.

The performance makes good background music for reading as (I assume)...

This was a real pleasure to do. Great practice for not only the DUDDUD picking pattern, but also for using your pinky. Enjoy!

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Aoife O'Donovan joins in at 12:50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yiQbeB7Bk8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yiQbeB7Bk8

Been a while since I posted anything on this forum, but one of my bands just released a new song with me playing the mandolin. I think it turned out pretty well, so I wanted to share :)
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in Homage to the late Great Peter Ostroushko, here is "Mesa De Esperanza" recorded on fiddle and guitar as part of set with Dean McGraw from "The Duo" recording.
I am playing this mournful fiddle...

An Andrew Marlin tune...:mandosmiley:

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Hello everyone. 　Now, every day I feel the smell of spring.　So we play the tune called The Southern Flavor.
https://youtu.be/64-LDof2rFo

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Here's the link to a bluegrassy song that I wrote, which lyirics are written in catalan (the language from Catalunya, north-east of Spain). It's just a silly and humorous song about the...

Thought I'd share this great video. The fiddle playing is wonderful, but what is also striking is how Joe's rhythm playing really drives the tune...and his solo break is fantastic too

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ITM is "Irish Traditional Music".

"quite keen to play swing jazz (trad and gypsy especially"

Good, because I can offer some assistance there, being a native New orleans jazz musician and a...

My buddy and I playing as a mando duo for fun. Beside mandolins we both play octave but in this video just one octave :)

https://youtu.be/vrMYpk0mI6w

I am not sure the majority opinion matters much. The way you pick, the mandolin you have, the venues you like to play in, the type of music you like to play, all are a part of what choice you make....

For anyone new to the Cafe here is Scott Tichenor playing this song with the late Bill Crahan

http://www.mandolincafe.net/mp3/placeintheheart2.mp3

There may not be another place where this will be as appreciated as it would be here.

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Was anyone on the Cafe involved with this? Kudos if you were.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhr2D6AZSy4

Another installment of trying to learn some short Bach Inventions (so that the solo violin partitas and sonatas don't eat me alive).

Had a blast putting this video together. Got a motorized...

Hi all,

Here's "Jack of Diamonds" and "Three Forks of Cheat," using AEAC# tuning, on a Stiver F5. Hope you enjoy them and try out this tuning yourself!


https://youtu.be/LvpxGQOND90

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Found this amazingly done video is a ‘23 Loar while searching for inspiration to practice this morning.

https://youtu.be/UJ9Vb8PdZ7A