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Well done. You played it perfectly, and didn't embarrass the mandolinist's chair. But one hour before playing is nothing - I played the guitar part in Wagner's Meistersinger, and it is THREE hours...

Thanks for the contributions. I think the general tenor is that there are different strokes for different folks. I think that was always obvious. Less obvious, though, is how you might all interpret...

Thanks, Bob. I suspected he did, but wonder if he adapted his technique to all non-tremolo, or did he draw Bach within his own orbit. Part of me is hoping he did the latter, if only for the...

Indeed, we can all do what we like, and the old schools do not need to be followed any more, though some choose to do so.

I would definitely find it odd, though, interpreting a Ranieri edition...

Yes, more violin-like. It makes it difficult, trying to play the mandolin under your chin ;-)

How different is the Neapolitan style form the Roman, other than the pick? I imagine Calace has something to do with it, no?

Most of us will be aware of the "German School" of technique, characterised by angled downwards rest strokes, followed by a single-string up stroke, contrasted by 90 degrees to the string for scale...

Good one! Are the fish are criticising the use of TI flats on an Italian mandolin...?

Very nice, Martin. I loved the graphics of the first version, but the performance in the second is certainly better.

Well, there's a huge difference between a Wolle and a Galli. There, you could have sent me the $15, and saved yourself money by not buying them. :cool:

I have no knowledge, but I imagine the thick rubber pick developed after the Seifert-style instruments appeared on the scene, but when was that? Wider fingerboards, deeper bowl backs and larger...

Anything pre punk is old school, and became instantly old school the moment Never Mind The Bollocks was released...and it too is old school now. Who cares? Not I. Live life, explore music, enjoy.

https://youtu.be/NwdELWoEHiI

Sure, but you could simply subscribe to his YouTube account. Ralf used to be a member here, alas not currently.

She got a divorce, and changed her name to Weyhofen, so look her up with that surname.

I second No.5, the Tröster Calace Preludes. Stunning, and so very musical.

Well, my two-packs of Galli plectra arrived half an hour ago. I chose the 70mm medium and the 100mm heavy. They seem good-quality, and cheap with 6 in each pack. The 100mm is warm, the 70mm has...

Definitely better at the lower pitch, I think. Well done.

I haven't played the piece, but I do have an observation that might be pertinent. Romantic-inspired players tend to use higher positions on inner strings, in contrast to "period-informed" players who...

https://youtu.be/5lDMo8kjeEI

My YT comment:

Wonderful, Ralph, the find and the video, and of course the performance most of all. He plays it as we would expect a performer of his era would have...

Aquila sell sets of 5ths-tuning for ukulele. One set is the same pitch as the mandolin/violin, which can only be used on the small soprano uke. The other is for Concert ukulele, CGDA. I'm using the...

I strung my uke like a CGDA mandola, but the strings were too tight, so I tuned down a tone. Fun to play.


https://youtu.be/RmGrb-ulNMY

The book is available now: https://www.melbay.com/Products/30679M/tunes-from-17th-century-scotland-arranged-for-mandolin.aspx

Any questions, just ask.

I've just discovered this thread. I've updated my "guittar" pages: https://robmackillop.net/guitar/18th-century-wire-strung-guittar/

and here is a dedicated James Oswald page with thee free...

The links are from the YouTube page:

LINKS:
Silvio Ranieri mandolin method "The Art of the Mandolin" in 4 books.

Books 1 and 2 are still in print and available via different sources.
Here are...