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I sit right next to those guitars, and they are essential to the sound and style of Joel Hobbes' "Nell Wilson Pond" suite, a great addition of tone color and rhythmic variety.
I was surprised a few...

Great memories of that from Kansas City, Bob, watching our mandocello section leader Masataka Hori nod cues ("now!") when we were almost lost in the complex rhythms. Beautifully played here, the...

Always interesting to hear the music from different parts of the world; Especially when payed well on an appropriate instrument. My classical training (many years ago) was very narrow in scope. The...

I am always surprised I don't see more of Newtone (UK) suggested in these mandocello string threads. They make strings to your specifications rather than some standard. This has allowed me to try a...

Martin, I recently started a choir job (my real specialty in training and degrees) so I am temporarily taking a break from posting mandocello material. But I want you to know a couple weeks ago I...

The CMSA suggestion is solid, and I don't know anyone who has a more encyclopedic knowledge of the field than CMSA's Robert Margo.
Another good source with a different perspective on traditional...

A work of art based on a work of art--beautiful. Curious about the tuning, with 10 strings (I assume 5 course doubled).
jim

YES!
Masataka Hori was our mandocello section leader at CMSA Kansas City and presented an intensive MC workshop. Communicating with us through a translator, he was inspiring, amusing, and most...

I need to share this with our local Oregon group; we played a piece I wrote in 7/8 ("Agitation") and some of the players thought I was crazy. Sounds nice and smooth here; American music is so fixed...

They have been around for a while, one of the few 10 string mandocellos or "liuto moderno"//"liuto cantabile." A friend in the CMSA has one, they're quite good. It was gone by the time I looked,...

The sound has a wonderful ring; curious what kind of strings produce that (along with the fine instrument and player of course). Picture looks like nylon, surprised at the power.
jim

I looked at your dropbox scores but did not see a bass continuo part; I assume you mean the guitar in treble clef. I looked around on IMSLP and found some nice Telemann duets (treble and bass clefs)...

The oud has a huge sound, possibly the acoustics of the place helped but still an impressive instrument. The relatively contemplative nature of the music (no drums or driving dance rhythms, no...

I don't know if this is an excuse, but at least I'm working on it, and I have many downloads from the Spartini site. Having started late in life, I am a perpetual beginner, but Fabio has me working...

Very nice baroque style and a beautiful singing tone on that mandolin. I have a set of Telemann duets which I play (mandocello) with a friend, I will look into these wedding pieces, I think they...

I like the song, and a young fiddle player I sometimes open mic with always wants to finish with it. I usually apologize to any hard core blue-grassers in the audience.
But I understand the...

Then my mandocello would have landed in the yard of a Portland science teacher, along with the door. Maybe it would have been in better shape.
By the way, my mandocello would not fit neatly under...

This problem is compounded when the instrument is a mandocello. I never take my 1912 Gibson K4 on a plane, instead purchased a Thomann which served me well for several years of travel. Sometimes...

Back to the discussion of "mando" .... I play mandocello: I dare anyone to come up with a hipster-shortened nickname for that. And it better not be a 'dola player. Or 'zouk.

By the way (not BTW) I...

Nice delicate touch and flowing lines, beautifully played. I struggle getting that light legato with the relatively hard pick against doubled metal strings across fret wires, especially on my beefy...

I forget where I heard or read this, but I believe the Thomanns are made in Portugal.

[QUOTE=blaise.douros;1926562]First, I'm so sorry to hear about the mishap--I hate to hear it. Can it be patched up for less than replacement cost? I appreciate your thoughts and have read some of...

I used a Thomann as my "travel' mandocello because I would not take my 1912 K4 on an airplane. The people at the CMSA conventions, many of whom have very fine instruments, were impressed with the...

I posted this in the Mandolin Mondays thread, but it really belongs here.
Check out Luke Williams Wright and his wonderful compositions for the mandocello.

Luke is one of the players and...

I am curious where you find these widely and wildly varied tunes--Turkish, Iriquois, Celtic, Burkina Faso... do people bring them to you, do they come from your Jo's World radio program, do you spend...