I play a 10-string bouzouki/cittern made by Stefan Sobell. I tune it DGDad.
Here are some examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZw5mK0BAEI&t=97s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIVb9cKqiq4
I play a 10-string bouzouki/cittern made by Stefan Sobell. I tune it DGDad.
Here are some examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZw5mK0BAEI&t=97s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIVb9cKqiq4
cool - I love that tune, played it long ago will have to give it a run!
Very nice!
No apologies needed!
Well played! Nice tone and a fun video!
Taking advantage of the necrobump to add...
There is actually a huge amount of written material and instructional material applicable for CGDA instruments, originally developed for the tenor...
I second that, to the point where the technique seems to have transferred over to my normal mandolin playing.
It is perfectly acceptable to use the pinky at the 6th fret, especially on the "C" string.
Larry Rice use to tune his mandola down to A-E-A-E. Andy Irvine used the Irish bouzouki tuning but at...
For Irish Trad, I drop the B part of the tunes down an octave.
I think if you spend time with the mandola you'll find your way into it. It's kind of versatile. It can be played like a big mando but it doesn't have to be.
I got really interested in Brian...
In classical music the viola does the harmonies and often the rhythms with the cellos. And in singing, the alto has the supportive middle voice. This has been developed over a few hundred years. So I...
I'm not sure there is a formula and to me some melodies do not fly so naturally, I do see a lot of playing the low courses up high with open strings in the mix.
Not something I'm necessarily good it...
I often transpose down an octave if the tune will allow it (and if I can play it that way). The sixth fret is a lot farther away from the nut on a mandola, so it does require some pinkie stretch and...
Here are some PDFs. First time I ever heard the tune was in in the early 70's some late night jazz club in Atlanta, played by some quartet from Holland. Took a couple years before I found out what...
Leadsheet here, immediate download for $2.99:
https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0152803
Looks like it is in the New Real Book Vol 2
Hope you'll make a video of your arrangement/performance and share it here.
Evelyn, if you read treble and bass, you're almost there.
In alto clef, middle C is the middle line. The top two lines are equivalent to the bottom two of treble, the bottom two equal the top two...
Upon purchasing my first mandola I made a point to learn alto clef. When I then wanted to apply that knowledge to the instrument I soon gave up as sheet music I was interested in playing wasn't...
If you're looking specifically for alto clef, there's not a heck of a lot of non-classical stuff out there.
If you're willing to branch out into bass clef and/or tablature, the options become more...
Matt is an awesome teacher and Nashcamp is a blast. Great folks.
Take whichever mandolin you like playing better. (The Mix would be pretty great for Nashcamp unless you really like the other one...
Arrive early, stop by Carter's and pick up a beater Loar. Kidding, I freak about taking my instruments out of the house. Have a blast with Matt!
Well... If you have an instrument you prefer to play take it and play it.
take the one you like and play the most.
I'd say the Mix. It could get rained on and still be OK. At a festival, a mandolin could get knocked around a bit and I'd think carbon fiber is more durable.
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Jaco Pastorius played mandocello on this:
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