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BTW, there is a great "Vienna Blood" PBS series. Three series here seen in America (originally the BBC). It's mostly about a Freudian doctor as I recall. Maybe they named the series after Strauss'...

That is indeed a piece that would be a great learning aid, I reckon, Toomas

This is a twilight tango, composed in the early 60s...the lyrics are sad (tango is a sad feeling that is danced), about a man remembering the last coffee he shared with his love before...

A pleasant seasonal offering here, Toomas. The hybrid picking works so well on those tunes.

Once again your hybrid picking creates a great arrangement, Toomas. Very clean playing and a great seasonal melody. Merry Christmas to you too!

I thought I would share my latest Christmas holiday mandolin arrangement. This time we have the classic Austrian carol, Silent Night. Happy Christmas!


https://youtu.be/eLSfA58gcTg

I have taken the liberty of putting your video up, Toomas, rather than just clicking on the link. Fine playing as always.

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Robin Rapuzzi's Glo Worms playing Tesoro Mio in Vaughan's Lounge, New Orleans:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bTTkVaJFCQ

Comment left over on your YT page, Toomas. Another lovely performance.

I heard this so many times when I was in Naples. It is regarded as the local anthem. Now I get homesick every time I hear it. :-)

Lovely playing as usual Toomas.

Toomas, it seems you are putting out a video a day, I can't keep up. I especially like the portamento/sliding double stops in this one, difficult and very Italianesque.

Beautifully delivered, Toomas. The tune I have always most associated with the mandolin! So evocative.

It is a waltz that I am very fond of, that I also remember from childhood...it works very well in a string group, and is so famous in these corners of the world, the melody always played with...

This took me back to a song my late father sang when I was a wee boy, Toomas. Only first two parts were used, if I remember, as verse and chorus. It was in English and began "Oh, how we danced on...

El Testament d'Amelia by Miguel Llobet...:mandosmiley:

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As a young man, John Dowland worked for the English ambassador in Paris when negotiations were in progress for the marriage of Elizabeth I to the Duke of Anjou and Alençon. He was referred to as "the...

La Partida is a fairly famous Venezuelan waltz. My version is simple, just as I learned it a few years ago and it's how it's played around here..:mandosmiley:

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The photos in the...

Please check out my rendition of Grimstock, an early 17th century English cittern composition. I employed Renaissance Tunebook by John Holenko as the basis for the performance.

It depends on the type of music you are playing. In klezmer music for example tremlo only works in some places where one would do a trill. Also the long notes can show the beautiful sound of the...

That is kind of my default - to tremolo everything a quarter note or longer.

Often enough my coach will correct me - the piece is not romantic enough for that much tremolo to be appropriate, or...

This is my version of the beautiful piece by Tárrega. The guitar is thanks to guitar pro...
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NIcely done!

This piece took me back to my very young days. After 60+ years I’m not going to claim to remember the tune clearly but I’ll swear that it is something I learned to play back then on a different...

Michael Praetorius's Terpsichore, a 1612 collection of dance music, is potentially a really rich source for the mandolin. This Ballet is one of the better known pieces (several well-known guitar...

Good point, although I thought a new post in any thread got the BOLD highlight; anyway, just keep'em coming. I am already trying Patierno's Meditation and Printemps on my Dusepo liuto.