Finnish Folk Mandolin video

[molad]

Hi,

Here's a YouTube video of a duo playing Finnish folk mandolin:



Paul

[hrlarson]

Amazing!

[Malcolm G.]

Isn't it interesting to see an F5 used in that sense?

[catmandu2]

Delightful--two mandolins. I'm so used to hearing my scandi with fiddles--maybe even hardingfele--and then CBOM, guitar, even voice. I'm attracetd to those somber, darker tones (my new favorite instrument is bass clarinet--something I really enjoy about scandi folk music is its use of horns, often) and minor tonalities.

But this is delightful--thanks for posting.

[Fstpicker]

That was delightful indeed!

Jeff

[DerTiefster]

I thought the interplay between the two mandolins' voices was quite interesting and entertaining. Myself, I -do- like the oval-hole sound a lot, but I don't think I could pick a clear preference here. I also think that this is a great piece of music to play for someone who wants to hear the difference between ff- and oval-hole instruments. This link ought to be archived for that reason alone.

There are at least three other reasons for archiving it that occur to me: 1) player #1, 2) player #2, and 3) the tune. But you knew that, anyway.

[Jim Garber]

Interesting that the flattop player is playing a 10 string instrument. Thanks for posting this. Very nice.

[Ed Goist]

So beautiful!

[Seppo]

Both guys are students from the Sibelius Academy folk music department in Helsinki
and also former students of Petri Hakala.
Petri Prauda plays an F5L Gibson which has been re-varnished by a Finnish luthier. Sounds a lot better than with lacquer finish.