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Maybe I am hearing ghosts but to me the Schottis i turer and the nisse schottis (wonderful nyckelharpa!) sounds at least a couple quicker than yours. Maybe its just the way it is accented. The...

Beautiful tune and arrangement. I am not sure if it would be possible to dance a schottish to it though;) Normally a schottish is played in a fairly jumpy oompa type rhythm and a tad quicker than...

Wow, that is a monster...

Nice version, and good recording work. The rhythm seems a bit off synch in the guitar/flute part, very nice banjo and uke playing though.

Hi folks,
Unfortunately I havent been able to solve my dilemma for lack of funds, so I have listed the mandola for sale in the classified section under CBOM. Hopefully it will find an owner that can...

I play traditional music, but haven't started wearing traditional Danish folk attire yet. Maybe I should. :)

Yeah its standard tuning, the pot is boiling nixtamal - which is corn with lime to use for tortillas. This was in Mexico, up in the mountains, it gets cold and rainy but no snow - so the cabin works...

I forgot to mention Paul Kelly, I never get tired of listening to his "Mandolin album".

Nah, its just a blanket. It was in Providence during the blizzard in 2013, and it was really cold!

I thought that was an Andy Irvine tune due to the weird rhythm signatures and balkan influence. ANd that is some really nice steel guitar playing by Arty Mcglynn!

Since this forum is a little short on Nordic music I thought I would share this video of me playing a Danish Hopsa called "Drej skruen" (turn the screw). The Hopsa is a Danish dance style derived...

Declan Corey is my favorite player all time. Andy Irvine's playing is amazing too, but more melodious, whereas Corey's is extremely energetic and rhythmical which I like.

Here's my version of John Hardy - I am mixing a few different versions here, and adding the mandolin. Hope you like it. Comments, also critical are very welcome.

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I tend to go for a very rhythmical approach myself, basically using the mandolin almost as a percussion instrument. I also tend to take inspiration from clawhammer playing.

Someone else once noted that of my playing once, I wonder why I do that. I think I just tend to use hammer-ons for eightnote runs.

Thanks for the kind words all. The buzzing sound is actually caused by a loose brace in the instrument, unfortunately. It causes a buzz on the low g-string, and makes the soundboard unstable. It will...

Fellow mandolinists, I just wanted to share this video of mine, documenting my first struggle with Bach and with classical music on the mandola. I hope you like it. Comments, also critical, will be...

I think it's impossible to make rules about that, it depends on the aims and the personalities involved. If the aim is making money then my experience is also that it is good to have an...

I left it on a bus when I was trying to move my sleeping daughter and three suitcases through a blizzard. It was A 1916 gibson.

I also once accidentally pushed over a friends double bass making a...

Just to add some perspective I recently lost my only Mandolin. I will finish the process of getting over that as soon as I get another one.

The only way is if there is a session leader, then he can ask someone to take a break from playing or stay in the background for awhile. Otherwise its just no.

Dear Mando people

Now that I have partly recovered after the loss of my Gibson I am beginning to think about how to move along. I have gotten some money form gifts and from the IRS so that now I...

@Willie - but those people would have kept it anyway. The reward is to sway those people who want to do the right thing, but just need a little economic incentive - they may be a minority - but you...

That is really very nice of you, and I just might take you up on that, once I get settled and the need arises in earnest. Thanks!

Great idea! thanks!