Originally Posted by
crisscross
It's true, that the first time I heard about this distinction was on the Cafe.
Nonetheless, it seems obvious to me.
When I play a piece in the Ranieri method, the mandolin is treated more like a violin.
Melodies in tremolo accompanied by a second mandolin. For me, that's the Italian way.
When I play a little piece by Marlo Strauss or Barbara Pommerenke-Steel, the mandolin is treated more like a classsical guitar.
One mandolin playing a whole arrangment, tremolo only as a special effect. Rather German.
As a beginner of classiacal mandolin styles, I don't have an overview over stylistic nuances, but these two approaches are clearly different.
Even to me as a German, the distinction makes sense.
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