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Jan-23-2021, 8:04am

Bertram Henze replied to a thread Do great looking mandolins have to sound better? in General Mandolin Discussions

yes, that's a rather singular phenomenon, and they were never claiming better sound, rather more mojo, if you will. Plus, casks were not prominently...

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Jan-23-2021, 4:18am

Bertram Henze replied to a thread Do great looking mandolins have to sound better? in General Mandolin Discussions

There are. One word: Fylde

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Jan-23-2021, 1:55am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion The House of the Rising Sun in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Martin, yours reminds me very much of the Animals' version from the 60s, the first one I ever heard. Going out on a limb here - that might also be...

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Jan-23-2021, 1:47am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion Trip to Pakistan in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I think I have heard this tune in sessions before, and a tricky one it is. It also has inexplicable ways of reminding me of Irving Berlin's Puttin'...

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Jan-23-2021, 1:40am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion Carmelis Berg in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

optimistic and innocently comforting. :cool: Now can anybody take the picture of a band of care bears marching uphill with fifes to their mouths and...

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Jan-23-2021, 1:32am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion Garfield's Blackberry Blossoms in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

very jazzy for an Irish tune, but an insufficient reason to be assassinated for (apparently, there is an increase here: late Garfield became...

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Jan-20-2021, 11:45am

Bertram Henze replied to a thread Holding an octave mandolin like a classical guitar in CBOM

30 degrees, approx., with a strap.

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Jan-17-2021, 2:01am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion Week#467 ~ Banish Misfortune in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

That's a true harmonic adventure, Mike, starting from but passing beyond the Mixolydian scale* and boldly going where no mandolin has gone before...

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Jan-17-2021, 1:47am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion THE ROWAN TREE - UK PHOTOGRAPHY Part 2 in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Late in on this, sorry... Those pictures make me feel terribly glad I am sitting warm and dry, slippers on and hot tea* in front of me after...

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Jan-14-2021, 11:20am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion Danny Boy in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Congrats gents for taking the challenge of wrenching a beautiful tune out of its cocoon of John Hinde cliche and bringing the original back to life,...

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Jan-14-2021, 11:15am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion Week#467 ~ Banish Misfortune in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Banishing this kind of misfortune by music seems to be not so easy, but we're sure doing our best Dennis. At least, we don't have to breach...

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Jan-09-2021, 10:24am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion Mazurka fra Ærø in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Haunting indeed, and absolutely perfect. This could be the main score of some Scandinavian crime series, featuring some island police officer...

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Jan-08-2021, 11:49am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion Winter Lochan (An original composition) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Winter outside and a musical box on the mantelpiece. :) I am sure there's something I've forgotten :confused:

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Jan-07-2021, 1:46pm

Bertram Henze replied to a thread This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I think it was washed ashore after a Viking and a banjo player embarked on a long sea journey - they were never seen again :))

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Jan-07-2021, 1:40pm

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion Two Shetland Reels. in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Jolly and lighthearted tunes, played in style. I picture some fat fishermen dancing Gangnam style to that :grin: Ginny, re tongue twisters: be...

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Jan-05-2021, 3:04am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion The Great Pretender in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

For some reason, this is much sadder and deeper than the original, perhaps by putting it into a more serious musical context. Tears in the rain, not...

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Jan-04-2021, 1:56am

Bertram Henze replied to a thread Scottish Reels in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

I could dance to that, and that says a lot. :mandosmiley:

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Dec-30-2020, 7:33am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion Ca' The Yowes (R. Burns) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Beautiful, Martin. :) I had totally forgotten about this song since that raw living room recording Regina and I did so many years ago.

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