Mandolin Mondays #265 w/ Special Guest Dagger Gordon
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, Feb-01-2021 at 8:00am (7091 Views)
All the way from the Scottish Highlands, Dagger Gordon joins us this week on Mandolin Mondays to play a lovely tune on his powerful 10 string Sobell mandolin.
From the town of Invergordon, about an hour north of Loch Ness, Dagger Gordon is perhaps the main torchbearer for traditional Scottish music on our instrument. He is not only a perceptive and rooted player, but he is also a great mandolin educator. Dagger is the author of the well received book The Scottish Mandolin Tutor--one of the only Scottish mandolin method books of its kind. Be sure to check out this amazing resource here: https://www.musicscotland.com/cd/Dav...lin-Tutor.html
Read more about Dagger's impact on the Scottish mandolin world in this Mandolin Cafe feature interview from back in 2011:
https://www.mandolincafe.com/news/pu...s_001336.shtml
Here's a quote from Dagger about the instrument he's playing in this video here: "The mandolin was made for me by Stefan Sobell in 1984. Cedar and rosewood. It has 10 strings, tuned DGdae. I find that the D bass string really works for me, especially when I play solo. I realise that other 5 course players often tune their bass string to C, but I can get a good drone from the D and incorporate it more easily into my chords. It has been my main mandolin since I got it."
Be sure to connect with Dagger at the following links below for more information about his music:
https://www.facebook.com/daggergordon/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-f...TmSdQ9VQvd85wA
And as always, tune in next week for more Mandolin Mondays! Until then...
Happy Picking!
David