5. Exercise on whole and half notes by Ernest-Louis Patierno

[Toomas Rannu]

This is the fifth exercise on whole and half notes (“Exercice sur les rondes et les blanches”) from “Méthode Elémentaire de Mandoline” (1895) by Ernest-Louis Patierno (1863-1929). This exercise is focused on playing on all strings.
On page 19. the maestro explains:
Whole notes and half notes are always done in tremolo

https://youtu.be/pQNnDGWJPP0

Toomas Rannu
Flat-backed mandolin, crafted by Viljar Kuusk in 2008 (Tallinn, Estonia)