post a video of yourself

[Charles E.]

Can anyone else not see past page 106? Not that anyone can tell me if they can't see it or read this... lol.

The same issue just arose with the "Women with mandolins" thread.

[Minorkey]

Not mandolin (mine isn't playable) but here's some ukulele.

[Minorkey]

A little bit of McGuinness Flint on the baritone uke currently tuned CGDA, with capo on the 7th so it sounds more like a mandolin, which is what it was originally played on.

[Dusepo]

A meme song medley! Just a bit of fun:

[journeybear]

I don't know if this is the fulfillment of a long-held dream or a long-sought goal, but I believe that with this you have finally attained the glorious appellation Madonna Of The Oud, due to the multiple costume changes.

[Charles E.]

Nice Jo! I have been meaning to ask, what type of plectrum are you using? It seems to be very long so that part of it exits the lower part of your palm?

[Minorkey]

Nice Jo! I have been meaning to ask, what type of plectrum are you using? It seems to be very long so that part of it exits the lower part of your palm?

That's a reesha, an arabic pic for oud

[Dusepo]

I don't know if this is the fulfillment of a long-held dream or a long-sought goal, but I believe that with this you have finally attained the glorious appellation Madonna Of The Oud, due to the multiple costume changes.

I wanted to match the theme of each meme. Obviously the audio was recorded first!

Nice Jo! I have been meaning to ask, what type of plectrum are you using? It seems to be very long so that part of it exits the lower part of your palm?

It's called a risha or mezrab, a long thin plastic* plectrum that gives the oud part of it's distinctive sound.
*you can also get ones made of horn, feather, etc etc.


This is the usual way to hold it.


And this is the way I hold it, which is a more Persian/Iranian style way. I find this gives me more control.

(Pictures from oudforguitarists, not taken by me, but this gives you an idea)

[journeybear]

I wanted to match the theme of each meme. Obviously the audio was recorded first!

Oh, I know. I will say this, though, about Lady M. The one and only time I saw her was on her first major tour. For her encore, she did two of her biggest songs then, "Like A Virgin" and "Material Girl." She acted out her videos complete with a stairway she could walk down in the same red dress she wore in the video, with adoring gentlemen in tuxedos. This meant a pause in the middle while she scooted off stage to change costume. Never seen anything like it, before or since.

You accomplished many more costume changes in a much briefer time. It was truly cine-magic.

"the theme of each meme" - You're a poet, and I think you know it.

[Frankdolin]

This is my cover of the Ray Charles version of " Georgia On My Mind" done with a YT backing track. Thanks for the Listen!

[Dusepo]

"Korobeiniki" Коробе́йники (traditional Russian song, AKA Tetris theme):

[Jim Imhoff]

Jo, I am fascinated with the range of cultures you cover in your plucked videos. I am looking into a "mandolins around the world" study: I realize many of your instruments are not mandolins, but probably related by way of history and geography. Thank you for that, as well as my 10-string cittern I hope you might start work on soon.
But I disagree with the "Madonna of the oud" label. Having seen just about all of your videos, I think of you as the Headless Luthier.

[Dusepo]

Jo, I am fascinated with the range of cultures you cover in your plucked videos. I am looking into a "mandolins around the world" study: I realize many of your instruments are not mandolins, but probably related by way of history and geography. Thank you for that, as well as my 10-string cittern I hope you might start work on soon.
But I disagree with the "Madonna of the oud" label. Having seen just about all of your videos, I think of you as the Headless Luthier.

If you like the world music stuff, here's a full playlist of me playing traditional/folk songs from around the world on oud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcOY...yoZS8rPZX8rmeo

If you're interested in playing world music on mandolin, I can recommend a book I have called 'Around the world in 80 tunes' by Philip Berthoud. It has the scores and mandolin tabs for lots of great songs from around the world. I've played some of them on oud too, so they are very transferable to a variety of instruments (although this makes the tab part obsolete.) I have volume 2 of this book but I'm sure volume 1 is equally good.

Don't worry, you're in my order book and I'll start work on your instrument in due course. I have a 10 month waiting list as you know and so to be fair to all customers, instruments are built in the order they were ordered.

Yeah, I'm shy about showing my face on youtube (I have a serious case of 'jazz face' whilst playing, and have got stupid sexist comments in the past on my videos), but I do now have a picture of my face on here!

[journeybear]

"Korobeiniki" Коробе́йники (traditional Russian song, AKA Tetris theme)

Wonderful to hear this - and to have something truly relevant to share. My old band used to do this all the time. Along with the swing, ragtime, and jug band music that made up the heart of our repertoire, we also ventured into Eastern European and gypsy-jazz musics. That included accordion sometimes - sadly, less and less as time went by.

We arranged the hell out of this, yet kept it loose. So much fun. We started with the B part and ended with the A part. I'd stretch out those transitions at the end of the B part before going back to the A part, playing with time - very dramatic and also rather silly, intentionally. Also, everyone would shout "Hey!" on the beat, every beat, during the final A part. So would the crowd. Great fun!

I don't think a live video exists. Too bad. But here's the album version. Enjoy! And feel free to shout "Hey!"

[Dusepo]

Wonderful to hear this - and to have something truly relevant to share. My old band used to do this all the time. Along with the swing, ragtime, and jug band music that made up the heart of our repertoire, we also ventured into Eastern European and gypsy-jazz musics. That included accordion sometimes - sadly, less and less as time went by.

We arranged the hell out of this, yet kept it loose. So much fun. We started with the B part and ended with the A part. I'd stretch out those transitions at the end of the B part before going back to the A part, playing with time - very dramatic and also rather silly, intentionally. Also, everyone would shout "Hey!" on the beat, every beat, during the final A part. So would the crowd. Great fun!

I don't think a live video exists. Too bad. But here's the album version. Enjoy! And feel free to shout "Hey!"

Oh I love this version! Gypsy jazz Tetris with mandolin!! Amazing :D

[journeybear]

Thanks! This band had a freethinking "why not?" attitude that helped to bring in all kinds of styles and genres, anything we liked - even an early attempt at "Strawberry Fields Forever" from a practice session, as an excerpt vid clip just resurfaced shows. Glad we didn't stick with that, though two more suitable Beatles songs did - "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and "Honey Pie." As to Eastern European and gypsy-jazz, there was another Russian tune we did a lot, "Ochi Chernye,", a couple of Polish folk songs in horrible keys like Ebm, though they sounded really good on the accordion, a mash-up of Django Reinhardt's "Minor Swing" and Louis Prima's "I Wanna Be Like You" (from "The Jungle Book), and a nutso mashup of "These Boots Are Made For Walking" and "Misirlou," which I've posted before, nearly 1000 posts ago in Post #1770.

I think the statute of limitations has expired; I'll post it again.

[Frankdolin]

This is a beautiful waltz done on my Pava A4 and a 6-string. Thanks for the Listen!

[HelenaMaria]

I love Mandolins. The best.

[Dagger Gordon]

A meme song medley! Just a bit of fun:

Pretty impressive, I would say.

[Frankdolin]

This is a song written by Charlie Chaplin, who also wrote "Smile". Thanks for the Listen!

[tmsweeney]

Celebrating 101 Subscribers to my You tube channel of mandolin music. here is an Irish double jig "The Mist Covered Mountain" introducing the Gold Tome Resonator bass guitar, and using an Eastwood electric Octave and a Kent electric mandola.

[Jim Imhoff]

If you like the world music stuff, here's a full playlist of me playing traditional/folk songs from around the world on oud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcOY...yoZS8rPZX8rmeo

If you're interested in playing world music on mandolin, I can recommend a book I have called 'Around the world in 80 tunes' by Philip Berthoud. It has the scores and mandolin tabs for lots of great songs from around the world. I've played some of them on oud too, so they are very transferable to a variety of instruments (although this makes the tab part obsolete.) I have volume 2 of this book but I'm sure volume 1 is equally good.

Don't worry, you're in my order book and I'll start work on your instrument in due course. I have a 10 month waiting list as you know and so to be fair to all customers, instruments are built in the order they were ordered.

Yeah, I'm shy about showing my face on youtube (I have a serious case of 'jazz face' whilst playing, and have got stupid sexist comments in the past on my videos), but I do now have a picture of my face on here!

I will check out that Berthoud book; but I am always more interested in origins. I'm a retired choral director and I saw too many "nice arrangements" of music from different cultures with a nice Western/American piano accompaniment and bad stereotypical translations. So, for example, I prefer your playing Middle Eastern music on an oud rather than playing it on a modern F style mandolin.
I am looking for the use of mandolins in different cultures; I have references and sources for India from the Carnatic Academy, and Western influenced (but original) mandolin music from Coastal Africa. And of course Brazil has its choro; these are genuine mandolin styles, not transfers.
Not objecting to the transfers, I love what you are doing; but I am just researching the use of mandolins in other cultures, as opposed to playing other cultures on the mandolin.
I will make no further comments on your head, sorry the internet lends itself to inappropriate and idiotic content. Keep doing what you're doing, it has opened many of our ears to new worlds. And take your time with my 10 stringer, I just hope I have it in time for next year's CMSA event.

[Dusepo]

'Aziz Joon' عزیز جون (traditional Iranian / Persian song, AKA 'Seda Kon') ����

[John Kelly]

You have an amazing bass response in this instrument, Jo. I am listening through good headphones and they really bring out the tonal range. The rhythm in this tune is very strong too. You play those tunes so well.

[Frankdolin]

Georgiana Moon Waltz Thanks for the Listen!