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  1. Thread: DolinmanX

    by diptanshu
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    Re: DolinmanX

    https://youtu.be/o9_1gq9gyeg?si=UN1RfDpiS9tiACAK
  2. Sierra Ferrell: lots of mandolin content

    She's amazing and so is her band.

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

    spHoixofvso
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    Re: Franks' Mandolin Kitchen

    Hi Folks! Here's the first two videos I ever posted. 13 Years ago, shot on a Sony 8 digital tape. These were shortly before I found the MC and got back into mandolin again. Thanks for the...
  4. Current state of the art flat top mandolin

    This is my latest 4th generation flat top mandolin. This is the culmination of 12 years of work improving the sound of the flat top mandolin. It all started from the fact that it is possible to...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Thanks! This is a renaissance instrument called a Vihuela de mano, or Viola da mano. In this case the second name is perhaps a better fit since this is based on an Italian example. It's essentially a...
  6. Thread: Tam Lin

    by Josh Levine
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    Re: Tam Lin

    While I don’t know if this is considered a traditional version, I quite like it


    https://youtu.be/O_4SX7-U-0s
  7. "Jacob Collier reinvents the guitar"

    He uses a standard six string acoustic guitar width neck with 5 strings.
    Tuned [low to high] DAEAE. His approach seems to be guitaristic
    rather than mandolinistic, if that makes sense. Food for...
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    Etude Op.45 Nr.4 by Franz Wohlfahrt

    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...
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    Re: Keeping up with the Fiddlers

    In addition to all the great advice above re: economy of motion and the importance of relaxation and playing with a light touch, another thing to be aware of is not to rush the notes as you play them...
  10. Thread: Hello All!

    by GarrettC
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    Hello All!

    Just wanted drop a note and introduce myself to this lovely forum- I'm Garrett, a musician living in New Hampshire focused heavily on Scottish/English/Cape Breton traditional music these days, trying...
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    Re: Dagger Gordon video

    Haven't had an after breakfast tune for a wee while. This is Jimmy Shand's classic tune The Bluebell Polka. It was very popular when I was young, indeed it was a great favourite of my mother who...
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    Re: Mrs Jamieson's Favourite

    Really lovely. Thanks for sharing!
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    Re: The Queen's Welcome to Invercauld

    Thanks, John and Bren...great tales.

    I love this: "....They are unlocked and are open to anyone seeking shelter while walking or climbing in the Scottish mountains."
    And the shared ethos of...
  14. Thread: DolinmanX

    by diptanshu
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    Re: DolinmanX

    https://youtu.be/O2HOE1UXEq0?si=mZthshyqD58hjOME
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    Re: The Queen's Welcome to Invercauld

    Thank you, John, for the music and video.

    And now I know what a bothy is. True delights for the architect in me.

    Mick
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    Re: The Queen's Welcome to Invercauld

    Very nice, John! You pick good ones and play them well.
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    Re: The Queen's Welcome to Invercauld

    Thanks John.
    Brings back fond memories of playing impromptu sessions until all hours in the 1990s in the bothy bar behind the Invercauld Arms Hotel in Braemar with piper and local identity the late...
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    The Nomad (mandola duet)

    Here's a tune I picked up from the guitar playing of Dónal Clancy on his album Close to Home. I decided to play the tune in D minor on the mandola and overdub an accompaniment part (also with the...
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    Re: Franks' Mandolin Kitchen

    Thanks Guys! Here's an old English folk tune. Thanks for the Listen!~o):mandosmiley::mandosmiley:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA2Oa9ao1u0
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    Re: Lutherie as an art form

    While I think of my instrument making as being only slightly "art", there are those who tell me I'm an artist and consider my work to be art. Not an uncommon situation for someone who does this sort...
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    Etude Op.45 Nr.8 by Franz Wohlfahrt

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

    OgPWSfzfmnY

    Toomas Rannu
    Flat-backed mandolin, crafted by Viljar Kuusk in 2008 (Tallinn, Estonia)
  22. Re: "Mandolin Players In Ireland" Social Group

    Hey Aidan,

    I just made a video of those jigs I did for you all those years ago.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjWxcbB-QBU
  23. 1. Waltz movement – untied quarter notes by E-L. Patierno

    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....
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    Emma's Waltz (Emman Valssi)

    Another famous Finnish waltz...:mandosmiley:

    https://soundcloud.com/jairorp/emmas-waltz?si=34e0bfdc946448a5b9a092d3cf458ca2&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
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    Re: The Sleeping Tune (Gordon Duncan)

    An older one of mine

    https://youtu.be/P1D1KfJSwEo?si=cjbYkoXFXqQzxvMe
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