Irish mandolin

[Tergal]

Hello everyone,

I'm new to the Mandolin Cafe, and the best I can do to introduce myself is copy/paste my youtube channel link ! I play irish music on mandolin and tenor banjo.

[Bertram Henze]

Welcome, and your playing has already caused wide-eyed wonder in the right quarters here

[Tergal]

Thank you Bertram

[James Rankine]

Welcome Tergal, although as Bertram says you need little introduction. I'm very grateful to you for your youtube channel - I've learnt a great deal from you. Your technique is perfect - fluid right hand, economy of left hand movement, Jig picking pattern, triplet and left hand ornamentation. Where did you learn your skills? Formal tuition or did you arrive at it by your own volition?

[Tergal]

Thanks for your kind words James. I'm glad that your learned something on my channel ! I've learned by myself first. Then, playing at sessions is the right thing to learn tricks and tunes.

Would be interesting to know what beginners really need to make more focused videos on my channel.

[Michael Wolf]

Hi Tergal, welcome. You´re late here. I´m also following your youtube-channel for some years now. Great playing and very nice tune selection. And I always liked the fact that your videos have good recording quality, so you can really appreciate the sound of the mandolin.

[Tergal]

Thank you Michael. New tutorials are coming soon...

[Jill McAuley]

Welcome here indeed! I'll second what Michael said, re: your videos have such fantastic quality - great tune selection, great sound, great lighting, clear sharp image - wonderful!

[dustyamps]

Thanks for sharing. You are a wealth of tunes and inspiration.

[fatt-dad]

checked out your youtube channel. Great playing style! I also noted a few tunes on a white-face Gibson A3, which is my main mandolin too - not that I didn't also notice your Collings.

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[Tergal]

checked out your youtube channel. Great playing style! I also noted a few tunes on a white-face Gibson A3, which is my main mandolin too - not that I didn't also notice your Collings.

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Thanks, I sold my Gibsons mandolin. And my first Collings (honey amber finish) to buy banjos !

[Al Trujillo]

Thank you for posting here and on YouTube Tergal! As a beginner with slightly over a year of playing I find your playing style truly inspirational. Looking forward to more from you.

[Tergal]

Welcome here indeed! I'll second what Michael said, re: your videos have such fantastic quality - great tune selection, great sound, great lighting, clear sharp image - wonderful!

Thank you Jill ! The next tutorial will be "The Maids of Mont Kisco", a classic reel played in the key of Am. I will post this one today but I'm pretty sure you already know this one.

[Tergal]

Thank you for posting here and on YouTube Tergal! As a beginner with slightly over a year of playing I find your style a real inspiration. Looking forward to more from you.

Are my tutos clear enough for beginners ?

[Jill McAuley]

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Thank you Jill ! The next tutorial will be "The Maids of Mont Kisco", a classic reel played in the key of Am. I will post this one today but I'm pretty sure you already know this one.

Looking forward to seeing it, such a great tune!

[Tergal]

here it is :

[Al Trujillo]

Excellent. I'm offering this constructively, and from the perspective of a fledgling player.....I don't know how it would be done (a tech savvy computer nerd would know) but I think it would be helpful to have a moving symbol following the music sheet so we could follow along more easily. A minor point really because I would figure it out eventually.

[Tergal]

Excellent. I'm offering this constructively, and from the perspective of a fledgling player.....I don't know how it would be done (a tech savvy computer nerd would know) but I think it would be helpful to have a moving symbol following the music sheet so we could follow along more easily.

I have to try ! Will be a tough work but would be great you're right.

[LillianBelle]

Thanks, I sold my Gibsons mandolin. And my first Collings (honey amber finish) to buy banjos !

Interesting - are you looking for a specific tone? What does this Collings (MTO model?) have, tone-wise or playability-wise, that the A3 didn't have?

[Tergal]

Interesting - are you looking for a specific tone? What does this Collings (MTO model?) have, tone-wise or playability-wise, that the A3 didn't have?

The Collings has a more balanced sound to my ears, and a slim neck compared to the old Gibsons. It's punchier too.
But I miss the vintage tone of thoses mandolins, you know what I mean .

[Francis J]

Welcome Tergal, I too have been following your Youtube videos. You have great technical skill, and your style is really musical and sensitive. (sometimes people replace soul with too much ornamentation).
I have to admit though I love the sound of the old Gibsons, but having sold one myself I understand your choice of the modern axe. Keep up the good work! BTW I secretly long to get that old Gibson A1 back again!

[Tergal]

I secretly long to get that old Gibson A1 back again!

Thank you Francis, I understand that feeling, I will find another Gibson one day !

[Paul Busman]

Maids of Mount Kisco is one of my favorite tunes but I'm prejudiced. Mount Kisco NY is my home town!

here it is :

[Tergal]

Excellent. I'm offering this constructively, and from the perspective of a fledgling player.....I don't know how it would be done (a tech savvy computer nerd would know) but I think it would be helpful to have a moving symbol following the music sheet so we could follow along more easily. A minor point really because I would figure it out eventually.

I've found a way to improve my tutorials. I'm uploading a beginner lesson to learn an easy jig : the swallow tail.

[Tergal]

Here it is :