Many years ago I came upon a transcription of Canarios (melody only, six parts) that was considerably simpler than the Sanz version. I remember it saying that it was a traditional tune from the...
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Many years ago I came upon a transcription of Canarios (melody only, six parts) that was considerably simpler than the Sanz version. I remember it saying that it was a traditional tune from the...
I'm not sure I'd go along with staccato being the opposite of tremolo :).
The As are open. The first one is followed by G (fourth finger) and the second by B (second finger). After this passage it returns to G major, and the world stops wobbling, cats and dogs stop mating...
Thanks to one and all for some interesting comments. If you remember, my question was 'What to call this position?', and I think Jim and Louise above have nailed it: it's called 'half position'. I've...
Hmm ... I don't think of it as guitar fingering (I don't play guitar, for one thing, or violin/fiddle), and I doubt a violin teacher would tell their students they are going to teach them guitar...
Do they, by Jove? Well that seems acceptable! Thanks Jim.
Hi everyone,
I’m just working out a piece in E minor. I’ve discovered (all by myself!) that playing D# (D string) with my first finger, E with my second, F# with my third and G with my fourth is...
I agree it's ugly art! It's the sound I like - I think it's the same design as the first video.
I can't work up the interest to watch this with so much silly talking.
Yet you could work up the interest to post this - kudos.
Well no, not really:
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Actually, this looks more like a bouzouki, although in the first video I think it's an octave mandola. Same design though, and he has a gsimilar guitar as well.
I have too, but it doesn't look like any of the instruments on the Fylde website.
Hi guys, I happened upon this video of Ritchie Blackmore with the most beautiful sounding octave mandola (octave mandolin). I don't know what make it is, but I love the sound, although I didn't like...
I happened upon this video of Ritchie Blackmore with the most beautiful sounding octave mandola (octave mandolin). I don't know what make it is, but I love the sound, although I didn't like his...
There are three of us in my band, too. On most things the line up is mandolin, octave mandola (octave mandolin) and accordion. We have other instruments as well, but absolutely no guitar. Rather than...
Never. I haven't worn corduroy since the mid-1800s. I will admit to beating my wife often at Trivial Pursuit.
Some people have a pretty mixed-up idea of what music theory is. As soon as you give a name to a note, you’re using theory. When you work out a new chord, based around a tonic, third and fifth,...
Actually, I don't have a case for mine, but a very high quality padded bag. Having said that, I can't remember where I got it! I thought it was Hobgoblin, but I couldn't see it on their website. If...
I have the large-bodied mandolin. It's loud enough and more importantly it has a lovely tone. It's a great instrument, severely under-priced! When I tried the standard I was very disappointed. It...
I prefer to think that I got it right and old JS got it wrong 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
Hi Jake, thanks for posting this – it’s lovely. I didn’t know this, so it’s a welcome addition to my Bach selection (BTW I already have the Courante from the Cello Suite no. 3 – if you don’t know it,...
Thanks for making these PDFs available, Jim. I thought at first they'd be useful to my students, but now I see they'll be useful to me too!
You don't say where you are, so I'm guessing the US. Pity. In the UK Paul Hathway makes lovely mandocellos: lovely to look at, lovely to play and lovely to hear.
Heh heh, so it's up there with admitting to beating my wife or wearing corduroy?
Seriously, playing trad Irish, Scottish and English tunes there's not a lot of need for tremolo.
I'll be honest, I've never really liked tremolo, and as a consequence, I've never learned to do it well!
However, to be a good all-round musician I suppose I should be able to do it, and when...
Ha ha, Jim. They're not plastic? My mistake, I had no idea! My mandolins are of the so-called Celtic variety - nothing added!