Theorbo, anyone?
https://youtu.be/eVabz8LneI4
Theorbo, anyone?
https://youtu.be/eVabz8LneI4
It would take a large case ! I
Thanks for that, Bob. Elizabeth Kenny is a good teacher as well as musician. Interesting to see at 9:24 that going through Customs with musical instruments could be a problem in the 1600's. To those in the UK, are "popish engines" still banned? I suppose we'll be having debates here over what's the best pick to use for a theorbo.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
We have a pretty good theorbo-ist in Rochester: Deborah Fox. She has an ensemble, Pegasus Early Music, playing Renaissance and baroque music -- even Frank Zappa!!
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
A thread on this video and instrument from last month.
Jim
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19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
A pretty cool instrument and she plays quite well but that is the last thing I need.
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
That is NOT going to fit in my closet . . . not to mention strings must cost a fortune, and tuning must be a nightmare!
Cool instrument, nonetheless!
I've been to a couple concerts where one of these was played. Sounded pretty cool. But I don't think I'll go there myself.
Phil
“Sharps/Flats” ≠ “Accidentals”
David Hopkins
2001 Gibson F-5L mandolin
Breedlove Legacy FF mandolin; Breedlove Quartz FF mandolin
Gibson F-4 mandolin (1916); Blevins f-style Octave mandolin, 2018
McCormick Oval Sound Hole "Reinhardt" Mandolin
McCormick Solid Body F-Style Electric Mandolin; Slingerland Songster Guitar (c. 1939)
The older I get, the less tolerant I am of political correctness, incompetence and stupidity.
I like the instrument combinations. Great sound, and selections; I'm a woodwind guy anyway, but also a low register guy generally - basses are my worst affliction..
*Here's what I've found: Loving the low-end, I most love plucking and bowing the biggest strings. But you've got to haul em. I've learned to use small instruments not least for their convenience!
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On the other hand there is this......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwx-zjekLLA
For some reason, even though I know the process of embedding videos, they do not work for me.
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
I'm thinking they aren't covering two frets per finger on that thing.
Does it qualify as a carry on for air travel?
Thanks
Several mandolins of varying quality-any one of which deserves a better player than I am.......
Here's a solution: folding neck - https://youtu.be/48RVcbkhNHQ
Walk into a bar with that around here and they'll likely call the SWAT team to sort it out.
My left arm is not looooooooong enough.
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