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I've always loved this wistful little tune, so here it is for our beloved instrument.

https://youtu.be/HnS8As2OLGM

That was easier than I thought.:)

After almost 5 years inaction, I've started this project up again, this time on YouTube because it was so much easier to organize tracks into play lists and edit them. Plus there's more traffic on YT...

The Brescian mandolin has 4 gut (or nylon) strings, with a 330mm scale.
My apologies...I'm a builder, not a player.

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These past few weeks I've been enjoying the Ukrainian sit-com "Servant of the People," starring comedian (and current President of Ukraine) Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

The opening credits take us on a...

This mazurka by the famous composer C. A. Bracco can be found in the Album pour Mandoline No. 3 which has been published by Ricordi ca. 1899. Bracco is famous for his compositions “I Mandolin a...

A collaboration with an online friend for Ukraine:

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https://youtu.be/CGliuBaxkpE

A medieval Spanish song:
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...and the sheet music for those who want to give it a go:
https://i.imgur.com/EBnsgUL.png

Please accept my humble first offerings to this part of the forum to show that Italian music is alive and well.:mandosmiley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg2PX4wAH1s ...

I performed it with a lot of Slides, Pizzicato and div. right hand finger techniques on the Mandola and
left hand thump tech. on the Mandocello.

https://youtu.be/QqTxzEEq_x4


here are the...

Here are my arrangements of 10 Finnish folksongs, with a style of playing two voices on one mandolin

https://youtu.be/igNbgqalP_k

01 Mithän tuollaasekkii – 0:00
02 Tuonne taakse metsämaan...

Hector the Hero. Low G MK whistle, Trillium mandola, Bass.

https://youtu.be/_PrFQQjkmL0

This was a fun song for me to practice: lots of fun little runs to run around with, some fun cross-string jumps, a few harmonics sprinkled in, all good things. This was less fun to record: there were...

La Fürstenberg (anonymous, 17th century)
Pizzicar Galante
Anna Schivazappa, baroque mandolin

https://youtu.be/s7RIjSWIuIo

The song is possibly a mockery of the countess of that name,
who was...

Here's the Brazilian tune "Guitarra Baiana", performed by Jonathan Raphael, Marcelo Novaes and Peu Souza.


https://youtu.be/MXaxMdcOFlA

Solo version of Liberty for our Facebook page. Northfield NF5S is really developing a nice voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaBU8cXfuMsHappy inauguration day!

Just came across this, and frankly thought it was really quite lovely:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0FHR3dCkNw&feature=youtu.be

Gary Payne from San diego asked me to build an 8 strings Tuscan style mandolin, with an old style rosette...
enjoy the photos and the sound clip... thanks Gary for a great challenge

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Time (from the album La Mando, dedicated to mandola)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2hh48M4z2E&ab_channel=JozefScheiner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H49cqI8sr5w

Multi-tracked this one yesterday. Something different. Old Wave octave by Bill Bussmann.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DMjbn_l0ho

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Hi, folks.
If you're not yet tired of stay-at-home concerts on the net during this Co-Vid 19 self-isolation, here's a good ragtime/blues show with plenty of banjolin by Minnie Heart. The concert was...

Sonatas and partitas for solo violin (BWV 1001–1006) by Bach is an exiting material to work on. The „Sei Solo a Violino senza Basso accompagnato“ (Six Solos for Violin Without Bass Accompaniment), as...

How about some Brandenburg #3 for a cold winter night:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hznwMAeVYJU