<.PHere is a demonstration on the Major 7, Minor 7, and dominant 7 chords for the mandolin. These chords are used in may tunes.
Simply playing something simple is often fun, so that’s what’s behind this shuffle Blues in G for mandolin. No chords required and just strumming two strings (forget the other two strings) and fret a few notes and you are playing some blues mandolin (quite an oxymoron, it would seem). Quite simple and very fun, in my humble opinion.
Here is a way to get started on the manolin with basic chop chords. Start with some easy chords and work your way up.
Take a listen to this electric mandolin – you can hear the difference between the electric model and a regular acoustic model.
This is a video that’s a two-for. On the one hand, this is a new electric mandolin (an Epiphone Mandobird IV) given to me by my late uncle, Robert Thacker, who played a huge role in my taking up music. On the other hand, it’s a tune that’s been recorded many times before but was requested on mandolin by the user Guitar1201. Hope you don’t mind that’s it’s on an electric, buddy.
Here is Mark O’Connor doing one of his best pieces on the mandpolin.
This is a 2004 recording by Josh Hungate whop became the state champ in 2008.
Josh Hungate won the Kansas State Mandolin Championship for the 2nd time this year. He won this contest in 2004, that same year he placed 2nd. in the Rocky Grass Mandolin contest.
Frank Wakefield plays a solo in D on his mandolin.
Frank Wakefield playing one of his many original classical style mandolin solos at the Monroe-Style Mandolin Camp Faculty Concert on September 8, 2007. This concert was part of the Monroe-Style Mandolin Camp held at the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky September 7- 9, 2007. Introducing Frank is Mike Lawing, the assistant director of the Museum.
People forget that some classic composers also used the mandolin. Here is a Vavaldi Concerto in C. Great sound.
Hannover International Ensemble The Hannover International Ensemble was founded in 2010 by international students from the Musikhochschule Hannover, led by conductor and mandolinist Alon Sariel. The project’s aim is to present high standard concerts of artistically high quality music executed by talented and qualified international students. The young ensemble has performed in several occasions in and out side of the school, including a Matine at Hannover Landesmuseum and the Stifttung fuer HMT annual concert. It’s first program, Neue Alte Musik, was a great success and was received very enthusiastically by both critics and audience. Contact info: Alon Sariel — Artistic Director +49-(0)176-62352313 alon.sariel@gmail.com Alon Sariel (1986 – ) graduated from the Jerusalem Music Academy and specialized at the Brussles Royal Conservatory and Music Hochschule in Hannover. During his studies at the Jerusalem Academy he has won the first prizes in the Chamber Music Competition, The Competition for String Instruments and The Conducting Competition. Alon Sariel was awarded the Audience Prize in the name of Meira Gera at the Aviv Competitions in Early Music and a special reorganization from the Jury of the Ben-Haim Competition for Israeli Contemporary Music. As a classical mandolin player he have won top prizes in the European Mandolin Award (Greece) and the Rafaelle Calace Competition (Italy), receiving the America-Israel Foundation Scholarships since 2002, The Chais Foundation …