As I am preparing for the CMSA event, including Fabio Giudice's workshop and my own Mandocello Hangout session, I need to send out a huge THANK YOU to the people behind this wonderful Mandolin Cafe...
As I am preparing for the CMSA event, including Fabio Giudice's workshop and my own Mandocello Hangout session, I need to send out a huge THANK YOU to the people behind this wonderful Mandolin Cafe...
"Wow....I am seriously tempted: at last a CSMA convention I can attend from Scotland! Though I may need to get a LOT of extra coffee ordered given the time zone differences. Thanks for the heads-up...
I invite my bass clef buddies to join CMSA and register for the Convention in the Clouds, November 13-15. Along with numerous mandolin centered workshops, concerts and meet-ups, we will have liuto...
Chris Acquavella has two very useful repertoire lists on his website, one Baroque/Classical, the other Romantic/contemporary:
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"Hunting down the less well known music written specifically for Mandolin (or its close relatives) would I suspect be a long albeit fascinating journey. Then there is the question whether it’s just...
Ferdinando Francia (d. 1904): "Bocca profumata" - Valzer, Op. 192
Published in "Il Mandolino", 30 August 1897
This is a lovely Italian waltz for two mandolins and guitar, written by Ferdinando...
Overture to the semi-opera 'King Arthur' by Henry Purcell
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur_(opera)
Arranged for mandolin orchestra
In the form of Introduction and Fugue
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Fretting notes with the thumb is a common balalaika technique. It is taught in Mel Bay's balalaika method.
She also uses that technique a lot on the domra. So, probably, that's a common domra...
Timmyrebel, I saw that this was your first post here, so if you indeed return to read responses, I want to welcome you to the forum. I purposely avoided your real question in my first response, but...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emQ6SmUVJeU&feature=youtu.be
Mandolin Concerto By Avner Dorman. Soloist: Jacob Reuven
Jacob Reuven -Mandolin
Conductor - Avner Biron
Israel Camerata Orchestra...
Dear Mandolin Friends,
Yet another year has rolled around since I posted my Winter's Tale 2 tune book on this Forum. Here is Winter's Tale Book 3. I hope you enjoy playing through it. If you see...
A new venture, gigging with melodeon player Leo McCann at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, in the wonderful Speigeltent.
https://vimeo.com/180028747
This is another English country dance tune from the first edition of Playford's English Dancing Master (1651). The tune is at least a century older, as it was used for the song "Cast Care Away",...