Re: Southern Italian Mandolin
Thanks for putting those up, Martin. As I believe I mentioned previously, hearing them played by someone else (particularly someone who is more familiar with this genre than I) helps confirm that I have been figuring them out correctly from the sheet music (always a dubious matter for me). Add into this interpretation, arrangement, and embellishment (plus the odd error) and my versions differ here and there. I am getting to the point where I will feel confident enough to record some of these and offer them for perusal, amusement, and/or confusion.
BTW & FWIW, I combined those two short quadriglie the other way (D'Amico-DeRosa), so the ascending line in the DeRosa appears as the third theme, which falls into the general tendency in these pieces.
Not sure how this relates to the previous amusing interchange, but I have been thinking of slipping some Irish tunes into my sets. "Irish Washerwoman," for one, sounds like it could work in an Italian context. (Admittedly, I'm thinking about melody more than playing technique.) I've already added Roy Orbison's "Blue Bayou" (bartender's request), and it blends well with "O Sole Mio" (aka "It's Now Or Never").
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