I've been working on Roland White's version of Texas Gales on his "I Wasn't Born to Rock'n Roll" cd recently
I've been working on Roland White's version of Texas Gales on his "I Wasn't Born to Rock'n Roll" cd recently
2015 Pava Satin
1920 Gibson A
A friend and I are working on a tribute show for Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York performance. My friend is playing his Martin D18, and I'm playing a Yamaha Melodica and my Northfield F5S-E. Here's a sneak peak:
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)
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The video does not open, giving an error message instead. Maybe you posted it as a private rather than public upload? Ah, you're called thesecretmandolinist -clever!
I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. - Eric Morecambe
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It’s public. Can’t seem to get it to embed from mobile on here.
I went directly to youtube
https://youtu.be/Av86k6VEWiPAZ2cA
and I got this message:
This video isn't available anymore.
Maybe youtube removed your video.
Video is still there. Literally the only youtube video I have up.
The link you provided was wrong
That should have been
https://youtu.be/noLO09Uv9QQ
Here, I embedded it for you
Thanks. I had to go onto my laptop to do it. Maybe can't embed on mobile from the app.
Worth getting it posted correctly. Your mandolin sounds great and your picking in very clean and fluid, especially on the runs you are playing here.
I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. - Eric Morecambe
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheOldBores
Thanks. I appreciate it
Last edited by thesecretmandolinist; Jun-12-2022 at 8:33am. Reason: grammar
really liking the wide nut on this 96 Collings, here's a solo rendition of Grisman's Dawg Funk
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"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"
I've been working on a duo project called Finders Keepers with Patti Rothberg (qv) intermittently over a period of a couple of years, one track that goes back a year or so more. Finished up the recording and mixing and mastering in March. While waiting on the package and pressing - yes, we're putting it out on CD - I put together a video using still photos, in order to give people a sample of our work.
Here's our take on a well-known mandolin feature. Patti handled the Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton roles (vocal and rhythm guitar) while I handled the Ray Jackson and Ron Wood roles (mandolin and lead guitar). I also played rhythm mandolin, bass, and tambourine, as well as contributed harmonica and slide steel tenor guitar to the intro. We're pretty pleased with the results. Hope you enjoy it!
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
Furthering Mandolin Consciousness
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This piece of music is being played on an F5 with a 100(plus) year old Adi top. The instrument is about 4 months old, give or take.https://www.instagram.com/p/CeZS_UDDJKg/?hl=en Pretty slow, blues-like.
I thought I would try this beautiful Ukrainian Waltz written for his Grandmother Katerina, by the late great Peter Ostroushko on my Weber Yellowstone mandola.
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"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"
"Tamo Daleko" (Traditional song from Serbia)
"Iny Hono Izy Ravorombazaha" (Traditional song from Madagascar)
"Zu Arel op der Knippchen" (Traditional song from Luxembourg)
"Mas Que Nada" by Jorge Ben (Jor), Brazilian song
I am a luthier specialising in historical and world stringed instruments. You can see more info at my website.
"Around the World in 80 Strings!"
What indigenous plucked string instruments would these have been played on originally? I'm imagining a Darwinian evolutionary/geneological/roots family tree of modern mandolins and guitars. Also curious about "song" term--would these in fact have been sung?
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
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"Tamo Daleko" would have been presumably played by tamburica orchestras, or similar. Would therefore work great on mandolin! Here's where I got the sheet music from: https://musescore.com/static/musesco...43/score_0.png
"Iny Hono Izy Ravorombazaha" is a lullaby I think, and thus probably wouldn't be played on kabosy but might be played on valiha or marovany, and this song has lyrics and would most certainly be sung as you suggest. There are sung versions on youtube. The melody would probably work well on mandolin with lots of tremolo.
"Zu Arel op der Knippchen" has lyrics and is sung. It'd usually be backed up by some guitar chords or similar. The melody would probably work well on mandolin too.
"Mas Que Nada", as you may already know, was written in the 60's by Jorge Ben, and the original version is sung and accompanied by piano, guitar, bass and a brass section (and quite possibly more). The most famous version was recorded later by Sergio Mendes and features the same lyrics but a more percussion-oriented arrangement and more prominent piano. Whilst neither version prominently features it, they may well also have a cavaquinho in there. I've never seen a mandolin/bandolim version, but it'd probably work well.
I am a luthier specialising in historical and world stringed instruments. You can see more info at my website.
I bought a ukulele kit and built a Mando-lele fit for Mr. Monroe himself!
Song of a Thousand Years by Henry Clay Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtH4jnvrsIQ
Up From Your Knees by Ralph Chaplin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gisPZRfrsw
Dagger Gordon playing The Harsh February.
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