Could the string diameters give further hints regarding the intended tuning?
Type: Posts; User: Martin Ohrt
Could the string diameters give further hints regarding the intended tuning?
Above the "Zolá" I can see "...umentos music...". Sounds spanish or portuguese to me, I'd put the body form in the portuguese realm. Without the name I'd say it's a german make.
However, googling...
I use the first three volumes of the Real Book for "modern" jazz (from the swing era on) along with one called "557 jazz standards - swing to bop". For older stuff, dutch and german musicians mostly...
Well, in THAT case, I'd say: Go for the mando! Maybe they have a piano player? In that case it's not so important that the string instrument plays big, close chords.
If she's seen as a lead...
True, given that you can play the guitar... If you're a mandolin player a "make-believe-guitar" is the best option. And honestly, the audience can never distinguish the sound of an electric OM from...
Of course that's true :))
Seriously, in my opinion a 5 string mandolin would already be better suited for this role than a 4 string. But, as DavidKOS mentioned, the low C string is still...
If you turn the fretboard "up" so that you can see your fingers (which many beginners do, i guess), you need to contort your wrist more, as you need to bend it "around" the neck. For better...
Hi Marie,
I'd like to put a bit more emphasis on what Rob said about the orchestra's expectations:
When you play in an orchestra, it is very important that your instrument does not "cut through the...
Exactly what I experienced. Of course I've never tried an expensive transducer, but a rather inexpensive mic did the trick. When you search for mic recommendations on the cafe you sure get a lot of...
I've never heard of improvisation in a "classical" setting... Although during the baroque era this was very common and musicians were expected to be able to improvise, nowadays "classical" music is...
The bridge on my old bowlback (quite similar to yours) is 7 mm high.
I've got a TC Electronic Ditto, which is really easy to use as it doesn't have much features (just lets you record your loops and gives it back, nothing more.) I use it for practicing improvisation...
Hi Teddy, and welcome to the Cafe! Enjoy your time here ;)
My first instrument is the mandolin, I've got classical lessons on it. Second, other fifth-tuned instruments like Octave mandos and tenor...
The neck reminds me of the neck on my 60s Vega Banjo...
Thanks for posting the video, that's some cool music! Love the combination of Nyckelharpa and Mandolin.
According to my browser history, I had visited Magnus' homepage once, but I can't remember...
What a beauty! Congratulations ;)
I came across two versions: Either, clawhammer and frailing are exchangeable - or, as mentioned above, one (I believe clawhammer) uses drop-thumb and less brush strokes than the other. In the end,...
I'm afraid that I play more banjo than mandolin nowadays, despite having started with the mandolin and considering myself a mandolin player... But due to my quite active jazz band my plectrum banjo...
Thank you for the update, Ivan, I was also wondering how it was going with you. I'm sorry to hear that the therapy didn't work...
All the best!
Martin
The very clean, full tone of those bowl backs that are modeled after the Seiffert mandolins. They are somewhat bigger than the "normal" neapolitan mandolin and produce a fuller tone, more like a...
Judging from the Video on the Dean's site the two instruments should not sound very different from each other, I guess. And as far as I know you can't go wrong with a Knorr if you like that "German"...
... Don Stiernberg's Nugget two-point. To me the most beautiful sounding mandolin I've ever heard.
I also leave it on... Lined up on the side, and rolled up in the cavity for the scroll (A style in an F style case).
However, the thick, padded strap on the electric is fitted with security locks...
I recently put straplocks on my solidbody baritone, and I'm thrilled. I primarily did this to keep the strap from coming of the pins, but the best thing about it: It's breeze to put the strap on and...
Temptation Rag can be found in the "Melody Lines" Book for the "Grilles de Jazz", a french anthology of jazz standards. However, it's in standard notation.