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    Re: The Celtic Mandolin - some new tunes

    John, Thanks for providing this meaningful resource. The expressiveness of your playing brings meaning and beauty to the music. Harmony and chord parts significantly expand its scope. Recordings of...
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    Re: The Celtic Mandolin - some new tunes

    How delightful to come upon your site and be greeted by such beautiful and honest music!
  3. Re: A few recent original tunes by Aidan Crossey...

    A highly impressive body of original work! The playing is highly refined: super clean with good expression; and the instruments all sound great! Very well done, sir.
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    There's a huge difference. The first, with the spruce soundboard, sounds soft and mushy, compared to the second, with the cedar soundboard, which projects much better and has a strong and focused...
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    oops, need to post this with the video it...

    oops, need to post this with the video it references.
  6. Re: Everything you wanted to know about the Irish bouzouki...

    Enjoyable, informative video. I admire your ability to transplant to another part of the world. I have three instruments I got from Stefan Sobell in the early '80s: a 5-course mandolin, 5-course...
  7. Sobell banjo lute, cello banjo, sitar, silver flute, wood flute

    I purchased a 5-course cittern from Stefan Sobell in the early 1980's. At some point I found I could easily restring it to play as a 5-string banjo, without modification other than a string change....
  8. "Devotion" - Casey Burns Folk Flute, Masaru Kohno Guitar

    My friend, flutist Jessica Peterson, composed this beautiful folk-style melody. Our YouTube channel, "Music For Wellbeing," aims to make the life-enhancing benefits of music and nature accessible to...
  9. Re: A banjo album that deserves wider recognition

    Free access article, and interview with Adam, in Banjo Newsletter.
    https://banjonews.com/2021-01/back_to_the_earth_by_adam_hurt.html
  10. "Enjoy the Ride" - Cello Banjo, Sobell Banjo Lute, and Flute

    Original acoustic music.
    Jessica Peterson: Flute, composition of flute parts, and video creation.
    Paul Roberts: Cello banjos, Sobell banjo lute, and musical composition....
  11. Re: Making the A and E strings less "pingy" and general newbie re

    The shrillness of mine was tamed by replacing the bone - nut and saddle - with ebony. The ebony saddle definitely moved the sound in the direction I wanted to go. The ebony nut clinched the deal.
  12. "Resonance" Fujara (Slovakian shepherd's flute), and Tamboura

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zC6YYF0wxs

    Jessica Peterson: Fujara improvisation, and Videography
    Paul Roberts: Tamboura

    The fujara (pronounced fuyara), was developed over several centuries...
  13. Re: A banjo album that deserves wider recognition

    I had the honor of recording Earth Tones. Adam got the whole album down in two days, which included time for walks in the forest.
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    Adam has taken an ancient instrument and created a new being. He plays music on the gourd that harkens back to the old while imbuing it with such exquisitry and individuality that brings forth a new...
  15. Re: A banjo album that deserves wider recognition

    You can listen to it on bandcamp:
    https://adamhurt.bandcamp.com/album/back-to-the-earth

    I have the physical CD - the first one I've gotten since Adam released his last album.
    Heirloom-quality...
  16. Re: A banjo album that deserves wider recognition

    Gorgeous sound, wonderfully distinctive style. A true artist.
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    Re: An original tune on a Sobell mandola

    Gunnar, it's a good tune - I really enjoyed it!
    I've also checked out some of your multi-instrumental offerings on your YouTube channel; I'm quite impressed with your abilities as a well-rounded...
  18. "Equilibrium" Sobell Banjo Lute & Flute - Music for Wellbeing

    https://youtu.be/K3G9SUuop-Q

    "Equilibrium" is an offering of music and small miracles from the Rocky Mountains, an orchestration of nature videography and original music.

    Jessica Peterson:...
  19. Re: Music and Nature Videos - Sobell Banjo Lute and Flute

    This is my first musical posting, on Mandolin Cafe, and I'm mighty pleased with such a warm and open-minded response.

    In answer to tmsweeney, I'm playing fingerstyle. And, thanks for your...
  20. Re: Music and Nature Videos - Sobell Banjo Lute and Flute

    Thank you! Much appreciated!
  21. Music and Nature Videos - Sobell Banjo Lute and Flute

    I have a mid-1980s Sobell 10-string cittern that I swap back and forth from 10-string fifth's tuning, to five strings (in 5-string banjo orientation). So, going from a mando instrument to a banjola...
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