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    Re: Nearly Impossible Pieces for Solo Mandolin

    The left hand symbol or indiciation is POL (for police or thumb), you find this often in complicated chords and is used to finger whatever note is required on the G string.
  2. Re: looking for mandolin orchestra arrangements for "eastern musi

    I have a stack of mandolin orchestral arrangements from eastern europe circa 1920s... I'll dig them out and you make them available if anyone is interested.
  3. Sale of classical mandolins, parts, plectrum, music

    Please post in the Classifieds per forum guidelines:

    - Refrain from using the forum as a point of selling items to others or for the purpose of discussing or linking to items you are selling....
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    Re: Some of Paganini's pieces on mandolin?

    This is not an arrangement of Paganini's "moto perpetuo" but an original Solace composition in a similar style.
  5. Re: Jascha Heifetz -- Master Classes in Violin (no mandolin conte

    Without à doubt, one of the most important if not the greatest violinist of all time. His recordings maintain a freshness that I have never experienced with any other musician. I studied violin with...
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    Re: Downtune Mandolin for Baroque (?)

    I agree with you about good player better than bad player (regardless of instrument) and that the 'sound' must be convincing but my point is that this music was written with certain instruments and...
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    Re: Nearly Impossible Pieces for Solo Mandolin

    I've played Rocco's serenade and, it is indeed very difficult, not nearly as physically challenging as many of Stauffer's solos. Stauffer is usually writing with full stops pulled, in other words 4...
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    Re: Paganini - Caprice No. 24

    I agree with Joe, caprices 13/14/16 and 20 can be played straight. 24 needs to be arranged and I personally don't like it (much easier on the violin) on the mandolin. If the solo works already...
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    Re: Newtone classical strings?

    Ì could not get the Newtone strings to intonate correctly on the short scale (normal scale) classical mandolin. On the Gibson mandolin, no problem. Do these strings work for you on the Embergher?
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    Re: Classical Mandolin solo Videos on YouTube

    Excellent performance Buzz! It's nice to hear this played with direction, good rhythm and such nice phrasing. Bravo!
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    Re: Bowlbacks of Note

    Yes a lot of MOP but an equal amount of 'glue' to keep the stuff in place. I'll pass on this one.
  12. Re: The earliest Bach on mandolin: Sonata and Partitas

    Interesting to hear Mike M. performance... he plays with conviction and amble musicality, very charismatic musician. However, I doubt seriously that this way of playing would project without...
  13. Re: The earliest Bach on mandolin: Sonata and Partitas

    Seriously Robert, we're not going to find much evidence of mandolinists of this era playing such works in public. As I said before, you hardly see much programming by violinists of the time...
  14. Re: The earliest Bach on mandolin: Sonata and Partitas

    Well, start browsing all the old trade magazines of the day... I'll try to help you out when I've cleared my desk of the last vestiges of 2011. Basically you look at their programs and that will give...
  15. Re: The earliest Bach on mandolin: Sonata and Partitas

    I believe Abt would have been familiar with Bach's solo works but their programming was much more general public oriented. As I said before, the violinist of the early 20th century all played Bach,...
  16. Re: The earliest Bach on mandolin: Sonata and Partitas

    I have an interesting recording of Pettine performing the Ciaconna from the 2nd Partita, recorded at the end of his long life. Of course, Bach's music can be convincingly played on the mandolin...
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    Re: American made mandos for classical ?

    Ok boys, I must be close to being the closest to these old timers having studied with Albert Bellson and having known Pettine himself. I also researched these players in depth a number of years ago....
  18. Re: String-Splitting: Double Stops on One Course

    At one time I owned 2 18th century style (copies) neapolitan mandolins. The one with the slightly wider string course separation was easier for this technique. With a bit of practise it is possible,...
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    Re: Embergher Concert Model 5bis stolen...

    I'd be happy to lend Ferdinand a fine mandolin if necessary (perhaps the Larson Embergher copy)... let him know and have him contact me. Very sad news in anycase.
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    Re: Ranieri -- The Art of the Mandoline

    While we are on the subject of Ranieri, does anyone have the piano part to his D major concerto for mandolin? I seem to have lost it some years ago and would greatly appreciate having it again.
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    Re: Bowlbacks of Note

    I have at home (on loan) an original 20's period Embergher (5 bis in mint condition) and two copies: one by dan larson, the other by lorenzo lippi. The original is very fine indeed but, to tell you...
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    Re: Bowlbacks of Note

    Impossible from this Youtube presentation...most likely better than what you hear (recording and digitalization is really quite poor).
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    Re: Classical plectrum choice

    Great material for making picks and probably the right gauge or thickness for the Ranieri/Roman style pick are old imitation piano ivory. In otherwords the keytops made from celluloid 'ivory' piano...
  24. Re: ornamentation: this might sound like a dumb question...

    I agree with the others, the neapolitan mandolin (especially the modern or romantic version) is less well suited to the guitar/lute type left hand slur effect. I do believe that it is possible to...
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    Re: The History of Mechancial Tuners?

    I've seen friction tuners for mid/late 19th century mandolins (banjos). That is, a type of mechanical friction tuner, not the simple wood peg. Anyone familiar with the simple wood peg in the typical...
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