Lovely playing on a beautiful sounding mandolin...
Heart of the Heartland - Peter Ostroushko. A beautiful, sweet tune, a pleasure to play. Mandolin by me, guitar by Emory Lester (who was a friend of Peter's) Filmed in my backyard. The butterfly at the end was pure perfect timing - no photoshop ! The one note of tremolo at the is my humble attempt to pay tribute to Ostroushko who played this song almost entirely in tremolo.
Ginny, this is a really beautiful video you have created here. The music is excellent with just the right blend of your mandolin and Emory's backing. Such a peaceful vibe comes from the tune, the playing and the setting. I reckon this has maybe just taken over as your best video so far!
Certainly beautiful. Best yet, Ginny, thanks for sharing this.
Truly Beautiful performance Ginny! Man, I have to echo recent comments and say we have some verry talented folks here.
Really nice recording, congratulations.
Beautiful tune, nice backyard, great playing and a fine tremolo at the end, Ginny.
Thank you !! for all the lovely comments. I love this song and had practiced it so much, so it wasn't torture to video it in real person - something I'm still not comfortable doing. It was serendipitous that the monarch was ready for flight just as I was filming. I won't tell you how many times I tipped over on that chair as it dug into the soft mulch. But it was funny. Christian, I must say I was thinking of you on that last tremolo. I had a big smile for getting a good tremolo, but it got cut to include the butterfly.
Beautiful, Ginny!
Well done! This was a pleasure to listen to...
Well I have to admit I’ve never seen a thread on MandolinCafe: ‘How to get butterflies to land on your fretboard’. -lemon oil?
Lovely, Ginny, a pleasure to listen to!
That's a huge backyard!!! Great playing and butterfly herding.
Thanks Ginny for unearthing a ten years old thread. I heard your version, loaded down the sheet music/guitar tab and laid down a backing track. I used my favourite waltz accompaniment, a slightly swinging mid-tempo 3/4. Had I listened to the other recordings, I would have noticed that this tune has a real slow tempo. But instead of rerecording the back-up, I tried to create a mid.tempo, swinging Heart of the Heartland:
Beautiful playing, both of you. Ginny, that's quite a yard!
Two lovely versions there, really enjoyed listening to those!
Christian's version gives me the impression of a third instrument present, though inaudible. Both instruments are soloing, spatially separated, very much in the foreground, but the background is full of music-to-be, so to speak. Wonder if it is the reverb doing that, will have to consider and try out...
I'm a sucker for pretty songs. Very nice Christian, loved the feel!
Well done!
You have interpreted the tune really well here, Christian.
Amazing interpretations of a beautiful song! Thanks, Ginny and Christian!
A belated THANKS to all and another version. this time in G-major with straight eighths:
I’m starting to get deja-vu Christian! Nice playing, again.
Also nice in G-major. Hard to say which version I would prefer.
Following up from Christian's revival of this great air by the late Peter Ostroushko (1953-2021), here is my version on the Gibson in Nigel Gatherer's setting in G major (a fifth down from the original key of D): https://www.nigelgatherer.com/tunes/...eart/Heart.pdf 1921 Gibson Ajr mandolin (x2) Vintage Viaten tenor guitar https://youtu.be/1zAuzcZJLhw Martin
Thanks for your version, Martin. Next to your fine mandolin playing the simple chord arpeggio on tenor guitar works good in this arrangement.
