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Hi, Martin. Now you should try op. 85 no. 9, Serenade, a czech-neapolitan piece!

Wonderful! The only remark is: next time, keep your coffee far from the score..... ;)

1. Lovely execution, as always
2. I appreciate the outcomes of your non-banal searches

Fernando

I very humbly suggest to consider J. S. Bach's Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe, BWV 156, for a mandolin version I will be happy to hear from you
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I hope it can be useful.

http://javanese.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/6/6a/IMSLP98668-PMLP198850-Division_violin_1688.pdf

Some of them requires speed -- that can be better achieved with a...

Why don't you try to take inspiration from Bela Bartòk's Romanian Carols (for piano)?
http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/9/92/IMSLP01576-Bartok_-_Romanian-Carols-for-Piano-Solo.pdf
From...

The Gavotte en Rondeau can be easily executed on a mandolin. It's also a tribute to Shinichi Suzuki (Violin, volume 3)......
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I should have probably added that old tuners can be repaired / adjusted. I know the right guy for that here in Italy, but maybe you can find one closer to you. In case you don't and you're willing to...

I have a couple of suggestions for you, both by Dvořák:

http://imslp.org/wiki/4_Romantic_Pieces,_Op.75_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k,_Anton%C3%ADn)
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I would suggest LadySolo to take and share a photograph of the suspect tuners, just to be sure that strings are locked correctly (a sort of clove hitch -- I hope it's the right name for this knot! --...

I am sure you already considered compositions -- or arrangements -- for solo violin. If art music is the prevalent interest, then all the Suzuki volumes -- ranging from baroque to romantic -- can be...

First of all, let me thank you, Bob, for your reply and your considerations, that seem quite reasonable to me.

The reason why I am thinking of nylon strings is essentially protecting an old...

I will appreciate your advice about using nylon or gut-like strings on my 100 years old bowlback,

Which brand?

Thank you!


Fernando

Another literary suggestion from Telemann that can be easily adapted to a mandolin ensemble:

http://imslp.org/wiki/Ouverture-Suite,_TWV_55:G10_'Burlesque_de_Quixotte'_(Telemann,_Georg_Philipp)

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Does any of you have an idea about finding a genoese mandolin somewhere ?

At a reasonable price.....


Fernando

Does any of you have an idea about finding a genoese mandolin somewhere ?

At a reasonable price.....


Fernando

Juventino was born in Santa Cruz, Guanajuato, in 1868 and died at 26 of spinal myelitis. It's a very sad story for the composer of one of the most popular "viennese" waltz, Über den Wellen !

It's...

Ciao Martin.

May I suggest you to consider a Telemann's duet composed only two years after the publication of Jonathan Swift's book ? I know you will like it, but you probably already know it.
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Thank you again, Martin. Now I want your educated judgement: who came first ? J.S. Bach or 136914

Every time I listen to your executions I cannot but loving them, even their imperfections or, better, maybe they are what I love together with your passion.

Thank you for sharing this serenity.
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I had (have) the same problem. Try this thread! http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?116106-First-steps-requesting-some-help

Fernando

Hi August ! I did not dare to hope getting a reply from you ! To be sincere, I was looking for your book -- that is not available on Amazon and I posted a question on that thread asking about its...

Hi everybody. May I ask your judgment about

James Tyler, The Early Mandolin: The Mandolino and the Neapolitan Mandoline
Paul Sparks, The Classical Mandolin

both are printed by Oxford...

I tried to take a look at the contents but I found nothing on Amazon or Sheetmusicplus.

May I ask you to please list me the compositions -- and authors -- you include in your book ?

Thank you !...

I started nagging a mandolin after some 4 years with my violin -- that I still play or, better, try to.

Now I found out that what the two instruments have in common are just the last four letters...