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On the Japanese site "Circolo Mandoloinistico Fiorentino", the Nakano collection of mandolin, etc. is again available. You only have to ask for a password to access the files. I requested it and...

I have trouble just getting my cat to stay ON the wall hanger.

I’m guessing here but if I started a tremolo on the upstroke, which seems to me to be rare anyway, then I’d want to start the tremolo with an upstroke. This would avoid the inevitable hiccup that...

Hmmm, I think I would find it hard not to start on a down stoke, and since I am going into tremolo and thus picking a lot quicker I think it would be ok. As to what a modern players in the Italian...

Interesting question, but not easy to sort out. It looks to me like the rule given on p. 4 (that tremolo on a new string must begin with a down stroke) will decide the answer in some passages. In...

Interesting, I think it’s more of a Classical question. Does emphasis go on the down beat? or the beginning of a sweep? or...?
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I'm saddened to share the news that our friend, composer, harpist, accordionist, professor of neuroscience, and beautiful person Evelyn T. Castiglioni passed over to the other side early this...

The reaction to Ivan's death, underlines the fact that we really are friends here. A tribute to the nature of this site, the thoughtful way in which it's administered, and the general bond among...

Hi all,

Just wanted to share with you my latest blog posts about some discoveries of 18th century mandolin music at Yale University Music Library.

First of all, a general blog post about Yale...

I don't think I've ever shared this here, so here remedied. It's a super-easy (but—I like to imagine—super-effective) duo-style arrangement of Puccini's popular aria. When the aria is extracted,...

Merry Christmas to you.

Dear mandolinist friends across the globe,

Happy Holidays to you all! There is, of course, nothing merrier than the mandolin. :grin:

On that happy note, I am delighted to announce that the...

A simple, evocative chanson by the Medieval French composer, Gilles Mureau, transcribed for trio of 2 mandolins and 8ve mandola/guitar
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Lovely piece, nicely done by both!

An easy, beautiful Christmas offering.

This simple carol by 17th century English composer, William Ballet, adapted for mandolin quartet.
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Very nicely done!

Good pickin', Hany and Crisscross! :mandosmiley: Thanks for posting. :)

I enjoyed the video, Hany. Thanks for posting it and thanks for the link.

Very nice playing, Hany! I especially like your tremolo. And in the key of a-minor, the mandolin really shines.
I found a somewhat darker version in d-minor in the sheet music book Volkslieder und...

Today, I finally found the time to do a recording of this nice song from Sicily.
On the guitar, I opted for the easy (sans barré) way. I put a capo on the second fret of my Terzguitar, resulting in...

Thanks, Jim -- that one was missing in my Nakano download. I have a few gaps as I downloaded them manually one-by-one. Based on the Nakano index, I'm also missing "Twilight Reverie"...

These one is copyrighted 1901. I did not see them in the ones you posted, Martin.

Here are the rest of the Nakano scores.


Martin

There are 19 Pettine compositions in the (now defunct) Nakano archive, mostly for solo mandolin. I downloaded them before it went offline.

One problem with this is the different copyright laws...

Nice playing! One of my favorite tunes!:mandosmiley: