Re: pieces to practice, etudes
Originally Posted by
crisscross
I dug out this old thread because I Idid a search for "Marlo Strauss" and this was one of the few threads that mention him.
I bought the "Burlesken", which contains eight little studies for beginners/intermediate players.
He seems to treat the mandolin more like a classical guitar than like a tremoloed melody instrument.
Lots of chords and polyphonic parts.
The oiece I recorded is called "Der kleine Clown" (The little clown)
Difficulties are to play constant eighth notes through various changing meters in part one, and accentuating a melody on the d-string while keeping the accompiment on the a-string in the backround.
The 5/8 in part one is picked U-D-D-D-U, so it's the ideal practice material for someone who wants to unlearn alternate picking.
Just curious, where did you find the Burlesken? I did a quick search and could only find it in a Belgian shop (where the shipping cost to the US was nearly 22 euros, about three times the cost of the book).
Thanks,
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