Interesting to see someone investigating the science of bowlbacks https://brill.com/view/journals/ijwc/2/1-3/article-p1_1.xml
Interesting to see someone investigating the science of bowlbacks https://brill.com/view/journals/ijwc/2/1-3/article-p1_1.xml
Go to Sam Ash or Guitar Center and play what they have and you'll have a baseline of how a poorly set up cheap mandolin plays and sounds. Get to some festivals and jams and talk to people who have...
I have fine recordings of many of Calace's liuto cantabile works performed by Calace himself, Giudice, Orlandi, Kisseljow, etc. Still wanted are recordings of Calace's 13° Preludio, op.148 and 3°...
A friend put me on to this lovely bit of playing featuring bouzouki, harmonica & drum.
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https://www.tijnberends.com/
As another Irish export my impression is that until the 1990's we were all kind of cobbling along as best we could & acquiring decent instruments normally involved travelling abroad with some very...
I recently performed a live solo concert, and here are the two halves (there was a short interval in between).
Part 1:
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Part 2:
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As we approach the centennial of this photo, I thought I'd post for archival purposes.
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One of the players was the late grandmother of a friend of mine.That's her at the right hand of the...
This podcast episode came out after Baron Collins Hill and Noah Fishman put out a mandolin duet album and they talk about some of their thinking....
At the 2016 CMSA convention I gave a workshop on mandolin duets, after which I published a summary article, attached below, in the November 2016 issue of the CMSA's quarterly, The Mandolin Journal.
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I am at an age where I can’t play all the instruments I have collected. I have sold a number of them and given each of my three sons various Martins, Nationals and others. It gives me happiness. ...
A chilly-sounding tune for New Year's Day. This is traditionally sung in Greece by children on St. Basil's feast day, January first.
https://soundcloud.com/user-875085466/st-basils-hymn
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Our resident zombie post resurrector....
Happy holidays, everyone. I noticed this very odd mandolin in a vintage photo for sale on ebay. The headstock looks like a Gibson; maybe the body is not original. Any thoughts?
Here's the whole...
I think you need to spend at least some time every practice playing slower than 50% of normal speed. You don't just practice this way, but you do need to devote a decent percent of your practice to...
https://youtu.be/EnLgww2w79c?si=1K9ZSMeVnoy9ymNE
Keep the present mando as-is and buy another with binding. Good excuse to get another. LOL
In any case, if the current mando is a really good one and you get deep into the music, it'll wind up...
If you are buying from a dealer, make sure you ask if they charge a restocking fee due to the behavior Jeff Mando outlined above. Some are substantial. You could be out a lot more than shipping both...
Strong opinions on both sides. Personally we're with Dan Beimborn of The Mandolin Archive. His thoughts are worth reading. KKR-era Gibsons, which are fine, are little more than copies themselves, and...
Robin Rapuzzi's Glo Worms playing Tesoro Mio in Vaughan's Lounge, New Orleans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bTTkVaJFCQ
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Came across this on mastodon and thought you might all enjoy. These are both 5 string electric mandolins, as are common in Indian music and made famous by U. Srinivas.
That's one of the few makes I haven't had through here, so it's difficult to comment definitively, but I would say Ruffini's instruments were "fancy" rather than "quality", not necessarily junk mind...
I definitely recommend reviewing the method books posted to Michael's excellent MandoIsland site. Some references to the more popularly encountered methods that I compiled to an informational...
A Brescian/Cremonese mandolin I completed this week:
https://i.imgur.com/GhrYFQf.jpg
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As many already know Chris Acquavella (via Trekel) published a suite of 30 etudes dedicated to his students. He also released his CD of 10 of them "Recording Of The Dawn" (Bandcamp & all the usual...