Yo yo, Thile, and Meyer

[Demetrius]

I am not sure if this is already been posted but to those who have not seen it enjoy.

It looks Thile has taken away two more frets off his mandolin. That's a first I've seen him without those two frets on any mandolins he's had.

[BrianWilliam]

Nice.

It was funny to me to see them crammed in the corner of the computer lab. What's with all of the spy cams?

[guidoStow]

That was an in-studio performance fore the local NPR station in Boston...

[JEStanek]

Spy cams are how we get the cool videos without having a big human and camera in that small studio,

Jamie

[CES]

Very nice, indeed. Been enjoying this album!

[Drew Streip]

Two thoughts/observations:

1) Chris seems to be giving grace notes more value in the live performance than on the album, articulating them as separate notes rather than flourishes. Any classical buffs care to comment?

2) His mandolin looks a little rougher than I remembered. Almost like it's 95 years old or something.

[pglasse]

Beautiful music and playing. He's scooped his Florida.

[Matt Long]

Doesn't Thile own two Loars? Any chance this is the 2nd one?

[MediumMando5722]

Doesn't Thile own two Loars? Any chance this is the 2nd one?

I haven't watched the video yet, but in other videos, he has an armrest and Tonegard on one of the Loars, but neither on the other. Also, I think he said the first one got a new fingerboard because the original isn't intimated properly. I'd imagine both got the same treatment.

[Hendrik Ahrend]

Doesn't Thile own two Loars? Any chance this is the 2nd one?

As far as I can see, it's his 2nd one, #75318. Looks like he's been using it a lot lately, telling from the scratches.

[JH Murray]

PTZ camera (pan, tilt, zoom) are controlled remotely which allows for multiple cameras to be run by one person sitting in the control room. Popular also in churches and concert hall installations.

[Charlieshafer]

Two thoughts/observations:

1) Chris seems to be giving grace notes more value in the live performance than on the album, articulating them as separate notes rather than flourishes. Any classical buffs care to comment?

Couple of things here: The main one is that Bach by nature encouraged improvisation (to a degree) in his pieces, and made a point of saying so. So from the standpoint of Chris playing it differently each time, if it's ok with Bach, it's gotta be ok with us.

Second thing is that it's not a violin, so you don't have the advantage of messing with each note's dynamics as you're playing it. That's the advantage of a bow over a pick. So on a mandolin, you're kind of stuck with a condition of however the note displayed initially is what you're stuck with. With a bow, you can play with microtones, bow speed, bow pressure, all at the same time, so one note on a staff can sound like a mini-chord.

Short story, the mandolin limits you slightly, and for me, the variations on the way things are played are great, they show the musician is thinking.