This is my latest acquisition, an early Christmas gift. This fantastic instrument was made by Paul Shippey in Somerset (UK). Paul is a brilliant luthier and an awesome guy to work with.
I am a...
This is my latest acquisition, an early Christmas gift. This fantastic instrument was made by Paul Shippey in Somerset (UK). Paul is a brilliant luthier and an awesome guy to work with.
I am a...
I recorded a version of this tune several months ago with overdubbed guitar and bass. I've received some requests since then for a solo version of the tune featuring just mandola. Long story short, I...
This statement illustrates the futility, or at least the difficulty of using words to describe tone. I don't believe I've ever heard the lack of woodiness touted as a good thing. Except maybe...
I finally decided to get around to learning this tune that a friend kept sending my way. In the process of learning it, I decided it would be fun to play cross-tuned (GDGD) on my octave mandolin. ...
No bass strings but the ad says “harp mandocello”
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I am currently building a harp tenor guitar or is it a tenor harp guitar. Anyway, if anyone would have built a harp mandocello it probably would have been the Larson Brothers.
La Partida is a fairly famous Venezuelan waltz. My version is simple, just as I learned it a few years ago and it's how it's played around here..:mandosmiley:
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The photos in the...
This is my arrangement of “Simple et belle” (Simple and beautiful) composition for solo mandolin by Ernest-Louis Patierno (1863-1929)
I tried to present this composition as close as possible to the...
for Tenor Guitar
Songs: Boze nas, tys pred veky 00:00; Jezisi, slavo nejvyssi 00:21; Kriste, Synu premily 00:59; O Boze veliky 01:34; O Pane Jezisi 01:52; Pane nas, Jezisi 02:11; Smiluj se, Boze...
Songs from Jan Amos Komensky's hymnbook (John Amos Comenius's hymnbook). Published in 1659 in Amsterdam.
for GDAD Bouzouki
Songs: Boze nas, tys pred veky 00:00; Komuz milost spaseni 00:22;...
You can view the page at https://mandolincafe.com/forum/content/938-Introducing-ASsestra-Relief-from-Chronic-Stringed-Instrument-Purchasing
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Up to recently I had avoided buying a mandolin from the UK due to the Customs hassles I have had when importing small items from the UK post-Brexit.
I am happy to report that both Eagle Music and...
I apologize in advance if anyone is tiring of the Beatles kick I've been on lately. At any rate, here's the latest:
https://youtu.be/mBCjCsbWbBA
MP3 of the Day
From the Mandolin Cafe MP3 Library.
Song title: Sunflower Schottische
By: Sunflower Schottische by The Buckhannon Brothers from the album Little River Stomp
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RIP David. What a musical legacy he left behind.
Another one with 8 strings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njlh1BA0E58
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An anniversary so important in the history of mandolin it has few equals, so we celebrate today.
March 2, 1984 - Mockumentary This is Spinal Tap released featuring the hilarious mandolin-themed...
It's always nice to come across some lovely mando playing in the Irish music world where the it tends not to feature that much, compared to more "mainstream" instruments.
Anyhow, this clip of...
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Here's a cheerful mandolin rendition of "The Girl I Left Behind" which I know as "The Girl I Left Behind Me." The band is "Mighty Maples." I know nothing about them other than that their album...
https://youtu.be/_WzAZMJGWMc
While lost in an ocean of Loar signed F5s in Knoxville this weekend, this gem was on display. An old Gibson F4 with a factory original F5 neck. I've always liked that configuration, especially with...
Time for a bit more Ale!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=LZUyOwPCOzc&fbclid=IwAR2XUjG77StN327_Gu8lzXtwW4ggJSgVNd5GbBTjm IbhwI4AZk6SDUgJLOs
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I came across this the yesterday and remembered a discussion with a guitarist friend about the importance of getting the fingertips in exactly the right spot re the fret. Apart from...
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I read with great interest the recent post about A stye cases. I've recently had to look for f style cases in Europe, so thought I'd share my experience...
Two things brought me to this...
The two mandolins for the quartet strung up today. A bit exciting! The mandola and the mandocello will get done next week. They sound quite similar, but with subtle differences. So far, doing what...