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    Default PLEASE! A few Mandola pieces

    I really appreciate the ability of so many of you who post here. I would very much appreciate the posting of several, many pieces for the mandola (CGDA). It would be very helpful to see and hear!

    thank you very much

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    Ha,ha, check my YouTube channel.
    I actually only have an octave mandolin -a real mandolin is now out of my price-range as my proficiency on the octave has increased BUT I have posted a lot of tunes with capo at fifth fret.

    Important to be aware that there is a debate about this though because some of the keys of the tunes get shifted to C major which would be a little more technical for an accompanying real mandolinist. My excuses for this are multiple: transposing from G to C on the fly is a very good skill to have, and I live in France where the diatonic accordions (melodeons or Anglo concertinas) are tuned to play C major.

    So… I occasionally put the capo on the fifth fret and pretend it’s a real mandola.

    I sometimes put the capo at seventh fret and drop down a course, but rarely go to fifth and transpose all my playing to be in the 'correct' key for accompanying mandolinists. As it is, one day I’ll get a really nice mandolin and I’ll immediately be able to play lots of tunes in the right key (it’s all in the fingering).
    Ahhh… the mandola-ist's quandary!


    At mandolintab.net you can get TAB for mandola BTW.

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    Here's a tune I wrote after I got my Girouard mandola. I named it for Max and Lauri.

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    Emando.com: More than you wanted to know about electric mandolins.

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    This is a waltz by Peter Ostroushko played on a Weber Yellowstone mandola



    Here is Soldier's Joy on a 1925 Gibson H2



    Here is Moldavian tune on a Flatiron pancake mandola



    Here is Kennedy Rag on the Yellowstone



    Here is an original composition on solo electric mandola

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    "Mean Old Timer, He's got grey hair, Mean Old Timer he just don't care
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    All he does is sit around an play the Mandolin"

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    Here's a real nice one by Joe K. Walsh


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    How could I forget my good friend from Slovakia - this guy is amazing and this whole album is fantastic

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    Thank you tmsweeney! You do great and I appreciate you tunes! Nice instruments also! Thanks!

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    Although not in the Joe Walsh/Shlapanitsa/TM Sweeney league, I did a track a while ago in which I used the John Reischman trick of octave-stringing my dola, meaning it's still in CGDA, but I substituted one of the low C strings with a D from another set, and one of the low Gs with an A from the other set, and tuned both of these lighter strings up an octave. I really like the sound, both as a melody and a rhythm instrument:


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    bbce I appreciate the compliment while I don't consider myself in the JKW or Josef Scheiner leauge, remember its not about belonging to leagues but creating music that someone somewhere will enjoy listening to, which you have done a fine job of here!
    I like the sound of the octave split on the dola bottom end and intend to try that, perhaps on my Gallatin when it comes back from the shop.
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    Thanks, glad you like it - I did it a good while ago, and of course only hear the warts.

    I think you'll like the shift in tonality. Your Weber is sonically everything my Eastman would want to be, so I think it will be extra special.

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    A couple with my Trillium mandola (tuned CGDG). It's a fun instrument although I'm probably more comfortable on bouzouki. We're playing for a local church's video services. I can only play Nearer my God well when no one is watching

    Girouard Concert A5
    Girouard Custom A4
    Nordwall Cittern
    Barbi Mandola
    Crump OM-1s Octave
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    Default Re: PLEASE! A few Mandola pieces

    Great! I am enjoying all your contributions! Great! Thank you!

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    Here are 50 Old English Folk tunes for mandola (the TAB), and mandolin (the notation) Enjoy!


    https://www.dropbox.com/s/hxrjlipx2a...TUNES.pdf?dl=0
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    Default Re: PLEASE! A few Mandola pieces

    Great! Thank you Simon DS. I look forward to trying them out.

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