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Yesterday, 6:23pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion El Paso (Marty Robbins) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Ginny and Frithjof! It's a fun tune on mandolin. Ginny: that's the same room as in my 2011 clip further up, just a couple of metres to the...

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Yesterday, 1:05pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion I Disertori (waltz) / Furlana in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Frithjof and Christian. No chords as the transcriptions don't have any and I couldn't find any elsewhere. I should probably try to learn...

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Yesterday, 10:52am

Martin Jonas started a discussion I Disertori (waltz) / Furlana in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

These are two Italian folk tunes from the collection of transcriptions that has been circulating online for many years, same source as Simon's tunes...

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Yesterday, 10:18am

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion El Paso (Marty Robbins) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

After my recording of the (unrelated) El Paso Waltz last week, here is a new recording of the Marty Robbins tune, this time with tenor guitar...

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Yesterday, 6:13am

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Mazurka de la Beluse in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Very nicely done! I really like the effect of having the mandolins playing single stroke on the melody and tremolo on the harmonies. Good...

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Jan-13-2021, 7:52am

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Week #537 ~ Sunset over Ayr in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Frithjof -- that sounds really nice! What's the instrumentation? Simon: I think 150bpm is a bit fast for this tune. Martin

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Jan-12-2021, 6:31am

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion The El Paso Waltz in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Christian -- it's a fun tune, but it took a while for me to figure out the phrasing. Martin

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Jan-11-2021, 5:20pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Week #537 ~ Sunset over Ayr in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

phb256: As John said, the mandocello is great for drones. Play double stops with adjacent open strings, or in fifths or fourths, or exploit the...

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Jan-11-2021, 3:59pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion A Starry Night for a Ramble in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Simon -- sounds lovely on the OM! I also recorded this jig early in lockdown last year, as a set with "Roaring Jelly" on solo tenor guitar:...

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Jan-11-2021, 12:06pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Week #537 ~ Sunset over Ayr in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Callum: That's a really nice solo mandolin arrangement -- I really like the way the harmony notes fill the gaps in the melody notes and the very...

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Jan-10-2021, 7:03pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion The El Paso Waltz in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I've now managed to record this lovely waltz, using the chords posted at thesession.org. Thanks again to Don for alerting us to this tune (and his...

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Jan-09-2021, 2:42pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Week #96 ~ Cuckoo's Nest in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Yes. I have been going to Cropredy every year since 1992 (except for a few years out when my kids were little -- they come along now). It's a great...

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Jan-07-2021, 10:38am

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Italian tunes (which have no specific names) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Very nice, Simon! I stumbled my way through that same giga back in 2010 as well (link), but you definitely have a better tempo in your recording --...

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Jan-06-2021, 10:44am

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Week #537 ~ Sunset over Ayr in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Christian -- sounding very good on the tenor! Thanks also for the nice words about my recording. To avoid confusion, this is the same...

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Jan-06-2021, 9:49am

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Italian tunes (which have no specific names) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Simon - sounds lovely on the OM. I like a lot of the dances from the old 72-tune ABC file where that one is from. You probably already the...

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Jan-05-2021, 2:28pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Week #96 ~ Cuckoo's Nest in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Mike -- that sounds absolutely wonderful! This tune is an old favourite of mine, and I should revisit it. Fairport's version was on...

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Jan-05-2021, 12:55pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion The Great Pretender in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Bertram and Christian. Yes, I was channelling The Band more than The Platters in my cover -- Richard Manuel's vocal delivery is considerably...

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Jan-03-2021, 6:12pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion The El Paso Waltz in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

John/Simon: "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" is a great album, and El Paso was the big hit from it (and arguably the career-defining Marty...

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Jan-03-2021, 1:27pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion The El Paso Waltz in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Two very nice renditions -- great double stops in Don's 2011 version, and lovely smooth tremolo and elegant waltz rhythm in Christian's. I thought...

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Jan-03-2021, 1:16pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion On The Hills Of Manchuria in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, John and Christian. It's fun to play, and very nicely arranged by Evelyn in her book. We haven't tried this tune out with our group yet,...

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Jan-03-2021, 12:48pm

Martin Jonas started a discussion The Great Pretender in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

This is an instrumental cover of this 1955 Billboard No. 1 hit for The Platters, written by Buck Ram. My cover is based on a transcription in an old...

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Jan-03-2021, 9:32am

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Week #537 ~ Sunset over Ayr in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

This is a tune I learned from one of Evelyn's arrangements -- I don't know how she came across it, as it appears to be really very obscure with few...

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Jan-03-2021, 9:12am

Martin Jonas started a discussion On The Hills Of Manchuria in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Ilya Alekseevich Shatrov (1879-1952): На сопках Маньчжурии / On The Hills Of Manchuria Arranged for mandolins by Evelyn Tiffany-Castilgioni. This...

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Jan-03-2021, 9:06am

Martin Jonas started a thread On The Hills Of Manchuria (I.A. Shatrov, 1906) in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Ilya Alekseevich Shatrov (1879-1952): На сопках Маньчжурии / On The Hills Of Manchuria Arranged for mandolins by Evelyn Tiffany-Castilgioni. This...

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Jan-01-2021, 12:20pm

Martin Jonas replied to a thread Save The Last Dance For Me & Sea Of Heartbreak in Rock, Folk Rock, Roots Rock, Rockabilly

Here's an updated recording of "Sea Of Heartbreak", made last week. Great fun on mandolin! Mid-Missouri M-0W mandolin Vintage Viaten tenor...

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Jan-01-2021, 10:54am

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Pretend (Nat King Cole) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Ginny, Dennis and Simon. I forgot to mention that this take also has a sketchy mandocello bass line added. I've been playing tunes from...

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Jan-01-2021, 8:34am

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Week #192 ~ Auld Lang Syne in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, John and Dennis. I don't think I've ever played in B major before -- that's five sharps! Martin

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Dec-31-2020, 4:01pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Week #192 ~ Auld Lang Syne in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I've never recorded this tune, and now is the day to do it -- here is a very quick run through. To keep it interesting, this is in the unusual keys...

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Dec-31-2020, 3:17pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Sea Of Heartbreak & Save The Last Dance For Me in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Another old one to revisit: here is "Sea Of Heartbreak", which is really good fun on mandolin! Mid-Missouri M-0W mandolin Vintage Viaten tenor...

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Dec-31-2020, 3:09pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion To Know Him Is To Love Him in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

This is another old recording I have now revisited. Same source of the transcription as my previous version in 2014: my old copy of "101 Rock'n'Roll...

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