I suppose, Victor, by analogy, that I am born of the Italian school of violin playing (what ever that is)... though I'm certain they wouldn't claim me. In the mandolin world I have climbed down from my tree and run across the open plain (yipee)... consorting with lutenists, guitarists, and the like!
I'd guess that most mandolinist "trees" have roots only as far back as the late nineteenth century. The great Mandolin Dark Ages at the early part of that century would seem to have pretty much burned the forest to the ground.... but we are re-planting eh?
Eric
"The effect is pretty at first... It is disquieting to find that there are nineteen people in England who can play the mandolin; and I sincerely hope the number may not increase."
- George Bernard Shaw, Times of London, December 12, 1893
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