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This seems like a job for a 10 string! I worked this up in about an hour just to see how it would go and I'm pretty happy with it. Playing is a little rough but I didn't have all day to practice. I...

Well that was unfortunate timing there expressing my opinion. Bratsche's playing is terrific :)

Well you may have seen me attempt to play on a Goldtone mandocello, here is the real deal.

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Listen to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f17LvVWqz-4

I posted a video a few weeks ago elsewhere in the Cafe of my solo arrangement of Astor Piazzolla’s “Oblivion” which I performed on mandola in G (octave mandolin). My brother-in-law, Raymond...

In the United States, the "mandola" almost always refers to the instrument tuned CGDA, like the viola. In the early twentieth century it was common for American mandolinists to play original solo...

Just received from the British BMG Federation Committee:

"Saturday 10th October marks the 10th anniversary of the late, great British mandolin maestra Alison Stephens and you are invited to join...

I've told this story a million times in a million corners of the Internet, so I apologize if I repeat myself.
I played the viola for 30 years and then had a terrible car accident and hurt my bow...

I dislike telephones. I don't wish to be intruded upon at the whim of strangers.

Email can be dealt with on my own schedule, and it provides a permanent record. Beyond that, complex concepts can...

Certified old guy here. It’s not a generational thing. I prefer text or email until I know someone is serious. I don’t want my phone number in the hands of some anonymous person (at least anymore...

Thanks for sharing your beautiful instrument, composition and playing with us! I really liked that piece, and the instrument sounds great.

Nice instrument! Looks great and I love the sound.
Ironically, I just happened to listen to the “Meditation” last night. I’ve had a pulled neck muscle For about the last month and a half and haven’t...

The planetary tuners and their layout are a very nice touch. We listened to mediation on 5 several more times and found our teeth very relaxed. Thanks again, Maurice

Very, very nicely done!

Agreed, lovely playing, lovely tone, Reminiscent of some of Rob MacKillop`s pieces. Congratulations

The Thing has a lovely sound, very clear. If that's your first composition, I can't wait to hear your fifth or tenth!

My thought was "Celtic harp" sounding , very nice piece.

Nice meditative piece, and the quiet but steady 5 string motion is beautiful.

It looks great and I like the voice a lot! Congratulations.

Jamie

Very clever, and I really like the intentional attachment of the tuner, too!

It's gorgeous! How does it sound?

Let me warn you, as someone who plays a five-course... you will come to a point where you will have to make the conscious choice to curtain your arrangements and chording in order to keep your...

That's a beautiful... thing! :) It sounds like you are off on a new adventure; enjoy the journey!

https://youtu.be/wfduZ5yzAEA

Hello, old friend. :) Glad you enjoyed it. If consensus is Elgar, Elgar it is. ;) I do admire his music and its fabled, expansive "Englishness"— whatever that means.

Yes, arrangement is...