Jim
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19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Oh, no sir, you have guessed wrong. I take great pains to keep out of the clutches of them secretive Vatican types. Don't want to end up tucked away in some dark musty corner of the Archives. Or worse ... like shackled in a dungeon of the Banjo Hangout, engulfed in cacophony, begging for deafness ...
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
Furthering Mandolin Consciousness
Finders Keepers, my duo with the astoundingly talented and versatile Patti Rothberg. Our EP is finally done, and available! PM me, while they last!
I've been working on Grey Owl recently, and finally got something recorded. I learned the melody from David Benedict's youtube channel, and tried to transcribe the solo from Joe Walsh's video with Molly Tuttle and John Mailander. Trying to keep a good rhythm between several tracks in audacity while listening with a cheap pair of headphones is a chore, but I'll keep working at it.
Grey Owl.mp3
Also, does anyone have recommendations for better ways to post sound files? I think the way I'm posting them now, they have to be downloaded before you can listen.
2015 Pava Satin
1920 Gibson A
That's a nice tune. (I'm not a fan of Audacity for recording except to rule out problems, and I do use it for editing files, occasionally, but, boy, the more featured DAWs out there are worth the learning curve, IMHO.)
I'd say a number of folks use SoundCloud for music [only] file sharing. The embedded player here is kind of huge for some reason, but you don't have to download anything to listen.
2018 Kentucky KM-950, 2017 Ellis A5 Deluxe
Another Irish slip jig in 9/8 for your enjoyment. I really like these at a slower tempo. Plus it gives someone the opportunity to learn it a bit easier.
The First of May on the first of May, from the James Bryan album of the same title, I had to plant on the pick guard of this 20 F4 as it was causing some distortion, I may remove it yet. Thanks to Fiddlin' Dave Roberts for learning me up on this one.
Stormy Morning Orchestra
My YouTube Channel
"Mean Old Timer, He's got grey hair, Mean Old Timer he just don't care
Got no compassion, thinks its a sin
All he does is sit around an play the Mandolin"
A collaboration of a song from Tuva:
And a solo bit of Beethoven:
Here's the notation for anyone who wants to give either a go:
I am a luthier specialising in historical and world stringed instruments. You can see more info at my website.
Hey all, my bluegrass band recorded a few videos last week in an effort to start booking some gigs. Here's one our banjo player edited real nice. Hope you enjoy!
Northfield A5 Special #60
Sounds great, Rob! Nice playing and vocals. Hope to hear you guys playing live in the near future.
Here's a live recording of a quick original! The audio is running through our TASCAM mixer
1913 Gibson F2 (Blacktop)
2022 Big Muddy Mandola (M-16, Ziricote back and sides, Adirondack top)
2022 Kentucky KM-120 (Elevated fretboard conversion)
1940s Kay Banjolin
1930s Martin Style 0 Ukulele
1920s Vega Senator Plectrum Banjo (GDAE octave mando tuning)
I am a luthier specialising in historical and world stringed instruments. You can see more info at my website.
Jo,
Your selections are so interestingly out of the mandolin "mainstream" (Euro-classical, Irish, Bluegrass, etc.). I see printed sheet music in the video: what are your sources for these many musics? My aging joints pretty much limit my practice and play time to the classical mandocello and Americana mandolin, but at a scholarly level I am fascinated with musical traditions from places other than Western Europe and USA. And it is an interest of some of my grad students, although mostly of a vocal/choral nature.
Jim
Dr James S Imhoff
Boston University
Oregon Mandolin Orchestra
1912 Gibson K4 Mandocello; Thomann Mandocello; Stiver F5; American? Bowlback; Martin 00016; Dusepo Cittern/liuto cantabile
Thanks for your kind words. This is from the book '42 pieces for lute (oud)' by Mansur Nariman (the composer). I have a few books of Iranian music which I have been learning from but this particular book and the pieces in it have been taught to me by my teacher Negar Buban.
I am a luthier specialising in historical and world stringed instruments. You can see more info at my website.
Jo, a very interesting tune. It is dark in nature in reference to an oncoming hurricane I suppose. It instantly reminded me of a tune I tried to compose after hearing a story about two teenagers who died in a grain silo doing a process called "walking down the corn" years ago. The drone and the rhythm are very similar.
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/29/u...20in%20seconds.
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
I am a luthier specialising in historical and world stringed instruments. You can see more info at my website.
Since people seem interested in this song, here's how it *should* sound, played by a professional musician from Iran, instead of by a luthier from Britain!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrKgb6oCghM
(Certainly being played a bit faster sounds more hurricane-like at least!)
I am a luthier specialising in historical and world stringed instruments. You can see more info at my website.
I learned up Ricky Skaggs solo from " Head Over Heels" from the Boone Creek days. Lots of fun downstrokes in that one!
My Youtube Channel: http://bit.ly/1F9sJ8G
Here's the first of hopefully many videos from my newest musical venture: Finder Keepers, a duo with the highly talented, versatile, and hilarious Patti Rothberg. We've been working on a five-song EP for what seems like forever but has really been a couple of years (one song, kind of the instigator, goes back a bit more), and is finally done. Just waiting on the packaging and pressing. The delay was caused by difficulties inherent in physical distance, technicological knowhow (or the lack thereof), and sundry diversions. We've just established a youtube channel with this debut video, a bit of a sneak preview. You can see more of my kooky kinetoscopes at my youtube channel.
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
Furthering Mandolin Consciousness
Finders Keepers, my duo with the astoundingly talented and versatile Patti Rothberg. Our EP is finally done, and available! PM me, while they last!
My cover band covering yet another band.
Farewell Trion with some twin mandolin later. As I´m recording tunes mainly to try them out and to find second voices, I usually have no video of myself. So I made a little foto show, again.
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I'm starting to try to play in the earliest Bill Monroe style. I love his playing from the 1937 recordings and I think his playing is really unique in this time period. I also think he changed his playing pretty drastically from the 30s-40s-50s etc.
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"Sai Ma" 赛马 (Horse racing), Traditional Chinese song
"Greensleeves" (English renaissance song)
"Gol-e Sangam" گل سنگم (Iranian song)
"Primavera" (Spring) by Antonio Vivaldi
I am a luthier specialising in historical and world stringed instruments. You can see more info at my website.
Quite a range of genres there, Jo. A versatile instrument when you hear this range of music being played. Thanks for posting.
I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. - Eric Morecambe
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a little of the Soldier's Joy on this recently repaired 25 H1 mandola
The top had cracked over the winter, so I took it down to Binghamton Luthier Tom Dobrovich's shop.
Apparently the whole neck had come loose at the shoulder, and was twisting the tail piece.
He steamed the bridge and re-enforced with ebony pegs he had made.
Other than new frets ( a different luthier had replaced the tuners earlier) we decided not to change anything cosmetically.
I put Curt Mangan mandola strings on, I don't think it ever sounded better!
Stormy Morning Orchestra
My YouTube Channel
"Mean Old Timer, He's got grey hair, Mean Old Timer he just don't care
Got no compassion, thinks its a sin
All he does is sit around an play the Mandolin"
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