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I am open for suggestions, because this reference to...

I especially appreciated:

"More recent music for solo mandocello was presented at the 2018 Classical Mandolin Society Convention in Santa Rosa. An article on this event and examples of the music...

I'll post this one more time in one more thread: I have mandocello scores and sources for music composed for plucked mandocello, not Irish, bluegrass or Bach but light classical. Feel free to...

Learning so much from you and others in this thread. I don't know either of those, look forward to your sparkling editions in the home clef. Reading history about the "Universal Clef" trend in...

Already answered this a week ago in your post from another thread: Contact me, I got the Bickford. If you already found the source, just let me know.

"I have one more Mandocello method book. It’s not nearly as nice as this one, but I’m considering transcribing into Dorico for experience.
Thanks,
Benjamin"

Happy to promote your work, Ben....

Irenee, email me (home address, not CF Message) and I will get you the modern bass clef Bickford. I would recommend anyone interested also contribute to Ben Ash's Paypal--he did an enormous amount of...

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I need to look at the dates; but when the Cafe lists a new post, I sometimes jump in as if the discussion is ongoing. Now I don't know exactly where and when I got into this one! It's like...

I do not see much mention of my teacher, Fabio Giudice in this thread: He is an expert in both Calace and liuto cantabile, and has recorded Calace's liuto works. He might have answers to many of the...

Again, I think it was a very well done presentation, and this is not the place to get into baroque period instruments or historical performance practice. I didn't think her physical expressive moving...

I often play through it at the end of a good practice session. I played it so many times I need to go back and look at the music, because I know I "remember" a couple measures incorrectly. But once I...

I liked the presentation very much, wish I'd had it when I was teaching AP Music Theory. The fact that it focused on actual musical details and relationships rather than comic book imagery or...

"Majestic!" wow--thanks from my Gibson K4 and the other LowLifes.
Glad that you noticed two things I was particularly trying for: The mandocello has a wonderful singing upper register, it's not just...

For those of you who missed the CMSA but like mandocellos:
"Clear Skies" is a piece I wrote to be performed (open mic) at the 2020 CMSA Convention in San Diego. The convention was of course moved to...

Trying to attach score. Hope this works, if not, email me, use home (not MC Message): jfimhoff@msn.com
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"Clear Skies" is a piece I wrote to be performed (open mic) at the 2020 CMSA Convention in San Diego. The convention was of course moved to an online virtual event, and still offered a high level and...

I assure you there are people interested. I look forward to seeing the music in the Yearbook, but--as I explained in my email to you--I am still confused about the current availability of actual...

Florian, I told people about your Mandocello Yearbook project at the CMSA Mandocello Hangout. You told me that would be coming out next year because of copyright restrictions, so I could not offer my...

Speaking as someone who played a marginal role in the production (I hosted, but did not build, design, manage, or teach lessons), I understand the desire to spread the word and open the access. And I...

YES--shows the full range of possibilities of this instrument. Not just buzzy bass lines, not just rapid-fire picking, but lyrical, melodic, upper register, harmonic.... these are the aspects I tried...

Hey John, sorry you couldn't make the Mandocello Hangout, but we used your music--thank you so much. I did a quick screen share but told them to contact you or do a paypal rather then have me send...

For mandocello players, we already saw Fabio Giudice's presentation, based on the Bickford Mandocello Method book recently modernized in bass clef by Ben Ash. As Bob said, recorded and available to...

As I am preparing for the CMSA event, including Fabio Giudice's workshop and my own Mandocello Hangout session, I need to send out a huge THANK YOU to the people behind this wonderful Mandolin Cafe...

Should I take the high road or low road? You bet I'll let you know, and my wife has spent time in Edinburgh, says she loved it, let's go back.

Well I hope you can attend the mandocello bits and pieces! Most things will be recorded and will be available to registered members for a while after, so you can catch up later.