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So much to digest and practice in the fingering challenges you've detailed. I find it hard enough just trying to switch over to mandocello from any other instrument; a Mac keyboard or even ...

Can't multiply without woman lol

Well I've finally done it.

I've lost my Wegen Bluegrass pick :confused:


So I happened to start plucking around with fingers on my mandocello and thought ....hmm....maybe I should grow my...

Will you be playing mic'd or just live ensemble?

Outdoor playing must be frustrating with noise around. I've played outdoors before and found people generally make a lot of noise! Somehow when...

Thanks Charlie -

what do you think of the Sellman transcriptions for mandolin? I use those for mandolin, and just play the mandocello as if it were a mandolin. When I try and transpose, I get...

wow Beanzy - that's a very kind offer! I'd love to take that up. As it is, I have way too many books constituting a dwelling fire hazard lol.


Thanks for the link to the London mandolin...

Yes - that's quite right. It's used a lot in French Breton music, although I guess in the city, we rarely hear flute music played live unless visiting a concert hall or busker outside public...

Harp guitars aren't uncommon over here. www.pamelasmusic.co.uk usually get several second hand ones through each year. They're not too far from the centre of the universe and they have several ye...

haha. 'Back in the day', some of us might have been about two cells thick.

Now in this day, we're just thick :)






PS - maybe not this kind of word play?!

Are you familiar with Nielsen (Cheap Trick) who wrote 'Mandocello':

http://www.vagalume.com.br/cheap-trick/mandocello.html


Kind of old (not my kind of music) but Rick Nielsen named it...

What a fabulous day out for the kids - sure beats Playstation but of course kids have to be so contrary :)

Be great to hear you report back when it's finally made and played!

Hi Monte,

I didn't know this one and looked it up -

looks like the writer from the mid-19th century was an American, and this prayer has become an American standard, but not hit the UK shores...

Thanks Jeff -

I had an intuitive feeling that I was never going to master the Bach cello sonatas on mandocello in between filing for my late tax returns for 2014 :D

That's a lot of...

Thanks Notmellocello -

I hadn't thought about using a cello primer to learn mandocello Is this the closest option to reading materials for mandocello, in between mandolin primers, or cello...

http://youtu.be/qnZUdxFWXUk

I think my mic is better set up for my zither harp.

Not sure how to hange the recording settings to make it work for mandolin yet...

http://youtu.be/tgmjB_nK5Sc

Hmm..sound settings sound terrible lol.

Got to work out how to adjust

Here it is going through the tone options with the pickuos and invertor

...

Hi Rob,

I.m pretty zhit at uploadin and recording, and add playing i to that too lol

I stuk a few demo recordings from my tablet (why does it make everything sound so bad?)

Well there are...

Hi guys,

Thanks for the mandocello support for a 2 month newbie! Believe it - my finger calluses and I need it!

I'm actually a flute player, so I can sight read most sheet music, but only...

They still are :D




I think with the British small niche luthier market, I feel more inclined to pay for an unheard untested mandolin, than I would for a commercial large factor label product...

It's gorgeous! I'm so in love with it!

It's a solid body and feels substantially weightier than a normal mandolin - just the way I like mine.

The link doesn't seem to work - see if this is any...

Ok...I think I can answer my own question about how much practice is required. Answer = A lot!!!

Here's a headless demo trial clip I did trying to learn Bach's Cello Prelude on a Hathway...

Paul Hathway does allow visitors to his own workshop/home in East London via appointment. His range outstrips Hobgoblin's London shop!! His is definitely worth a visit. I found my dream...

Here it is!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/85196534@N07/15148919615/

...and he's finished! Two months in the making! Is that some incredible speed or what for a hand built 8 string solid body mandolin with the wide nut specs and walnut/ebony mix that I wanted to...

...I don't know, but I assumed due to strengthening UK economy, the exchange rate now works in our favour, so US imported goods seem much better value comparatively before evening up the odds for...