A great swing tune by David Grisman – Tipsy Gypsy. This is a great tune if you want to start with jazz or swing mandolin. You can find free TABs and sheet music on the Mandozine homepage. David Grisman played and conducted this with participants of the Mandolin Syposium 2006 – a great performance: Dawg […]
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I have just bought a new mandolin, a used Weber Yellowstone mandolin. This mandolin sounds great and I cannot stop playing it. This is a album with some pictures of this instrument: http://www.mandoisland.de/album_weber_yellowstone Bruce Weber was one of the master luthiers at the former Flatiron site after Gibson had bought Flatiron. Gibson built mandolins in
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The playlist with videos played by Alon Sariel contains a video of a Sonata for 2 violins by Michel Corrette. The sheet music for this Sonata is available in the Werner Icking Archive. So – enjoy the video, download the sheet music, find a second mandolin player and learn to play this sonata: Joe Brent
I have just made a new recording and video of Thebes – a great mandolin tune by Norman Blake. We love to play this tune with our bluegrass band. I have made a multi-track recording (using the free Audacity software) with mandolin, guitar and a second mandolin playing chords. Thebes – Great Mandolin Tune by
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I have just listened to this great set of duets played by Mike Marshall and Chris Thile. This is great music, Mike Marshall and Chris Thile are real masters of the mandolin and mandocello. You can listen to the videos from a woodsongs concert. Enjoy this fantastic Live Duets with Mike Marshall and Chris Thile!
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I have just prepared a scan of the first book of the Odell Method for the Mandolin by Herbert Forrest Odell (1872 – 1926) and added it to my homepage mandoisland.de for free download. Herbert Forrest Odell is mainly known as the publisher of the famous magazine The Crescendo which was published in Boston between
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Some time ago I have discovered a site with a collection of free sheet music for the fisarmonca – the accordeon. Its mainly a collection of Italian tunes, folk songs, folk dances and also some opera melodies. When I visited this site again I looked at some Tarantellas and decided to write a post about
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Giovanni Gioviale was a famous Italian mandolin player during the beginning of the 20th century. A detailed biography of Giovanni Gioviale can be found on the site of the Federazione Mandolinistica Italiana. Between 1926 and 1929 Gioviale stayed in New York, and during this stay he recorded many of his pieces. David Grisman has compiled
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Today I want to present videos with two pieces by Salvator Léonardi (or Salvatore Leonardi). According to Philip J. Bone, The Guitar and Mandolin, Schott 1972, Salvatore Leonardi was born at Catania (Sicily). Bone continues: He was taught the mandolin and guitar by an uncle living in Naples and studied the violin in Naple Conservatoire
Salvatore Leonardi “Souvenir de Sicile” & “Angels and Daemons” – Mandolin / Liuquin Read More »
Todays free download from David Grismans Acoustic Oasis site is El Cumbanchero played by the David Grisman Quintet. El Cumbanchero was made popular as a bluegrass tune by Jesse McReynolds if I am right. I have learned this tune from a Jesse McReynolds book and a Jesse McReynolds recording long time ago. I have found
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