I just added this note as a reply to the Original Music for Solo Mandocello thread but then I realized that some Octave Mandolin players might not read that thread and they might be interested in this new piece. So ...
I just posted a new piece for big mandolins at my So Many Tunes blog titled Winter Suite, February 2019. I was at least partly inspired by "Doc James" and his continuing advocacy for new Mandocello music.
It's a simple collection of six short tunes and I present them in versions for both Mandocello and Octave Mandolin. I even have included tab options. I also did a rudimentary recording on an Eastman OM which you can hear at either the blog site or in a more easy to stream version at Bandcamp.
Many thanks to Jim for encouraging us to think more about music for Mandocello and, in my case, octave mandolin as well. Give these pieces a try and see what you think.
(Apologies if this partial redundancy breaks any guidelines.)
John G.
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