This is a particularly good exercise, thanks for posting it.
It's also a good way to learn closed position fingerings.
This is a particularly good exercise, thanks for posting it.
It's also a good way to learn closed position fingerings.
Oy...bowl back! not the other word
The more one uses the 4th finger in playing, the less unruly it becomes.
Mike I deeply respect your moderation and personal opinions.:)
I agree about heavy electric basses - I've even had my luthier buddy hollow out the back of my fretless J bass. BTW, it sounds...
The big issues with your grandpa's mandolin would be condition, particularly neck action.
I'm one of the folks that plays bowlbacks regularly, mostly Italian music, choro, Klezmer, and classical....
Well, if you leave the ITM and Scottish sessions and go to a jazz jam session, you'll need to be able to improvise!:grin:
But your point is well taken in terms of the musical context involved....
Frankly you don't need a strap with a bowlback...seriously. You can even stroll without a strap.
It's good to hear it on mandolin, as I've heard it as a guitar piece. Thanks for the nice playing.
when it gets to the USA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0Fs7_pied4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqA4IviTEwQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRCYp9Lft8c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqA4IviTEwQ
and from my hometown!
Sometimes fruit salad mix is delicious.
That depends on the overall tempo.
Honestly, I like to play as many tremolo notes as possible to give the illusion of sustain...but that's my personal way. I guess I use unmeasured tremolo more...
That would depend on the style and period of the music in question. For styles of mandolin that I play, tremolo expresses something even when used as a default technique - it expresses how long notes...
https://doce-de-choro.e-monsite.com/
This site has a lot of choro sheet music, I've enjoyed using it quite a bit.
Thanks for posting some choro!
Just to compare, here is their slightly...
It seemed to have some acoustic use as it makes the body a bit larger and adds a little more to the bottom end. Mostly it sounds like a mandolin!
Some mandocellos were strung with a single bass string as an option to avoid rattles from 2 thick, loose strings hitting each other.
actually there is a 2 octave up marking, 15ma.:
https://dictionary.onmusic.org/terms/5-15ma
"Abbreviation for quindicesima or "at the fifteenth." This indication is found above specific notes...
THIS:)
It helps to be able to accent either the up or down stroke. It allows for more phrasing posibilities!
Chitarra a terza could be a "terz guitar" a.k.a. requinto, a guitar tuned a minor 3rd higher than the standard tuning.
https://blog.andertons.co.uk/learn/terz-guitar
...
Re-tuning - or scordatura as it's called in the classical world - is a legitimate violin technique, be it in folk fiddling or in playing certain pieces of violin music.
...
Indeed - I've seen some lovely Roman style mandolins, but they are not for me with that narrow neck. (not to mention that Roman pick!) I'll stick to Neapolitan designs.
That's pretty much my experience too. The rhythm section has one player per instrument - and the "front line" will vary depending on the number of players as the play the heads and take solos....
Add another vote for GDAE tuned tenor banjo!
From the POV of a being jazz players - and as one that does not consider themselves a Bluegrass "picker" - I'd call it string band jazz. Sure, they look more like a banjoless Bluegrass band, and...
The larger speaker and more clean headroom of a Deluxe Reverb might sound better with that type of band, at least from my experience.