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This is my transcription of Etude Op.45 Nr.11 by Franz Wohlfahrt (1833-1884), written for violin but also useful for mandolin.

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Toomas Rannu
Flat-backed mandolin, crafted by Viljar...

I continue developing my playing technique using the “Méthode Elémentaire de Mandoline” (1895) by Ernest-Louis Patierno and scales are an important part of it. This E minor is played as on page 20....

This is my tremolo version of Etude Op.45 Nr.9 by Franz Wohlfahrt (1833-1884), originally written for violin but also useful for mandolin. In the preface to Etudes Op.45 the maestro says:
If...

I took a quick look at this material. On the base of first four etudes of Wohlfart's Op.45, I can say that the main difference in our techniques is in the use of the fourth finger of the left hand.

My transcription of Etude Op.45 Nr.4 by Franz Wohlfahrt (1833-1884), originally written for violin but also useful for mandolin. In the preface to Etudes Op.45 the maestro says:
If practiced...

This is one of my warm up exercises, recorded during hybrid-style-folksongs sessions in March 6, 2020.

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Toomas Rannu
Flat-backed mandolin, crafted by Viljar Kuusk in 2008 (Tallinn,...

My transcription of Etude Op.45 Nr.10 by Franz Wohlfahrt (1833-1884), originally written for violin but also useful in mandolin practice. In the preface to Etudes Op.45 the maestro says:
If...

“El árbol del cariño” (The tree of affection) is a popular song from Rio de la Plata region.
Simple, nice and easy piece I recorded for my students for practicing and playing along.

The singer...

My tremolo version of Etude Op.45 Nr.8 by Franz Wohlfahrt (1833-1884)

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Toomas Rannu
Flat-backed mandolin, crafted by Viljar Kuusk in 2008 (Tallinn, Estonia)

This is a piece from “Méthode Elémentaire de Mandoline” (1895) by. Ernest-Louis Patierno (1863-1929)
On page 23. the maestro explains:
In this Valse movement untied quarter notes take no tremolo....

My transcription of Etude Op.45 Nr.7 by Franz Wohlfahrt (1833-1884), originally written for violin but also useful in mandolin practice. In the preface to Etudes Op.45 the maestro says:
If practiced...

María Moñito in hybrid picking style

This is “María Moñito”, folksong from Venezuela, arranged in a simple hybrid picking style.

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Toomas Rannu
Flat-backed mandolin, crafted by...

My transcription of Etude Op.45 Nr.5 by Franz Wohlfahrt (1833-1884), originally written for violin but also useful for mandolin. In the preface to Etudes Op.45 the maestro says:
If practiced...

This is a simple, nice and easy piece I recorded for my students for practicing and playing along, piece that makes all fingers work and can be played on all strings.

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My transcription of Etude Op.45 Nr.3 by Franz Wohlfahrt (1833-1884), originally written for violin but also useful for mandolin. In the preface to Etudes Op.45 the maestro says:
If practiced...

This is my tremolo version of Vienna Blood, Op.354, waltz sections 1.-2. by Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)

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Toomas Rannu
Flat-backed mandolin, crafted by Viljar...

My transcription of Etude Op.45 Nr.2 by Franz Wohlfahrt (1833-1884), originally written for violin but also useful for mandolin. In the preface to Etudes Op.45 the maestro says:
If practiced...

Some Christmas carols are very famous and some not so much. Some are relatively unknown. Seems that this is one of them. Still, it is beautiful and a pleasure to play.
This is a Christmas carol “Der...

This is my arrangement of Christmas carol “Hört, ihr Hirten” (Listen, you Shepherds) from Batschka (Bačka), a geographic and historical region in the Pannonian basin of central Europe situated...

This is a simple, nice and easy piece I recorded for my students for practicing and playing along.

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Toomas Rannu
Flat-backed mandolin, crafted by Viljar Kuusk in 2008 (Tallinn,...

I continue with exercises from “Méthode Elémentaire de Mandoline” by E-L. Patierno
The following is an exercise on tied eighth notes (“Exercice sur les croches liées)
On page 26. the maestro...

Etude Op.45 Nr.1 by Franz Wohlfahrt (1833-1884), written for violin but also useful for mandolin.

https://youtu.be/dsEDGRacPc4

Toomas Rannu
Flat-backed mandolin, crafted by Viljar Kuusk in...

Looking for some simple pieces for my students to practice, I found this beautiful song: Adivinanza del trompo, from Venezuela

https://youtu.be/s3tcd4mqLC4

Toomas Rannu
Flat-backed mandolin,...

This is my tremolo version of “Maria, Marì!” (1899) by Eduardo Di Capua (1865-1917)

https://youtu.be/GkisPqqRbPg

Toomas Rannu
Flat-backed mandolin, crafted by Viljar Kuusk in 2008 (Tallinn,...

This is my tremolo version of “Torna a Surriento” (1894) (Come Back to Sorrento) by Ernesto De Curtis (1875-1937)


https://youtu.be/YzQJfHN61PM

Toomas Rannu
Flat-backed mandolin, crafted by...