Enjoy!

@@marccarter1350 I had also given up trying to find a Loar, but then this just popped up on eBay - 2nd hand but as new. It's a delight to play. I've never tried a Casino but hope I can try one out some day.

Enjoy!

I'm glad you enjoyed it. The mandolin was made by a friend of mine, Richard Bartram. www.richardbartram.com

Hi Pauline you should find a link to my version of the piece in the Description field under the video. Alternatively you can find a "lead sheet" in many jazz realbooks and fake books.

Many thanks, I'm glad you liked it!

Glad you enjoyed. The mandolin was made by a good friend of mine, Richard Bartram www.richardbartram.com

Glad you enjoyed the piece! The mandolin was made by Richard Bartram, www.richardbartram.com

Glad you liked it!

I'm glad you like it! The instrument was made by Richard Bartram www.richardbartram.com. It's so hard to find a good selection in a music shop these days, but there are plenty of instruments available online. Good luck!

Thanks Ethan. The pickguard came with the guitar. I think it is standard on this model?

@@hughboyde it isn't standard unfortunately, but it should be! Thanks for replying :)

Glad you like it!

thank you!

Glad you like the sound. It was made by a friend of mine, Richard Bartram. www.richardbartram.com/

thankyou!

I'm glad you liked the arrangement! and apologies for any discrepancies with the written part. I do tend to play quite freely, and lots of things can happen (or not happen) in the heat of the moment. My main reason for writing down the arrangements is so that I can remember them when I come back to them later, so please regard them as a road map rather than an exact score.

Thank you! glad you enjoyed :)

I'm glad you liked it. I think the first step for a beginner mandolinist would be to just play the bare melody, without the harmony notes - perhaps accompanied by guitar? Playing both melody and harmony at the same time on the mandolin can be quite tricky and involves a lot of complex moves with both hands. It might be a good idea to try some similar but simpler pieces first, which have melody accompanied with mostly open strings. I've got a playlist based on a book called First Images which has some ideas that you might like and which might help you get started studio.kzbin.infoPLLBhcMKpJn7FV0061VkoCcroadU0SqYdn/edit

Okay! Great! I will check out your playlist… Can’t wait to get started!

Glad you like it!

You mean so you could play it as a duet? It would certainly be possible to arrange the piece in this way (let me know if you would like me to do this) but I have nothing ready-made to offer I'm afraid. The pieces in First Images were all designed as unaccompanied solos, so that is how they appear in the book.

@@hughboydeokok thanks for the info i really apreciate it💪

Thank you!

It's a Loar LH-700. If you like the sound you can find more in this playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLLBhcMKpJn7HMadnZUhj2ZooYnBWnx5k_

I'm not any kind of expert in tenor guitars, but I'm certainly very pleased with the Blueridge! Mine was under £500 new a couple of years ago, and at that price I can't fault it. I did previously have an old Martin tenor on loan for a few months. It was lovely for parlour playing, but the sound was very light and small and it had difficulty cutting through in a band situation.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's a very rough arrangement though - I just got a piano score and scribbled a few chord ideas on it. Sorry not to be more help!

Many thanks.That recording was from the first week that I had the guitar - it's sounding better and better with age!

Glad you like it :)

Thanks and glad you enjoyed!

Thanks Mike and that's a new one on me. I'll have to look up "baglamas" when I get home :)

Here's a link to the complete Grade 2 syllabus www.mtbexams.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/MTB-Mandolin-Grade-2-All-Files-V2.pdf There should be a clickable publisher link in the right hand column next to each piece

Also there is a dedicated channel for these exams, www.youtube.com/@mtb-mando. It has a playlist for each grade with as many performances as we could find to illustrate the pieces

Thanks for your interest and please don't hesitate to get in touch if have any other queries

@@hughboyde Thanks so much for all of the above; it's really helpful and much appreciated. I hadn't realised you are the composer of some of the MTB pieces. Nice. My thanks again and best wishes.

thank you!

thank you!

Glad you enjoyed it! There's a link in the Description field to the music and TAB, which includes chord symbols. For some reason the link is not clickable, but you can copy and paste it.

That's a good idea, I'll see what I can do. Watch this space ... :)

The mandolin was made by a friend of mine, Richard Bartram. www.richardbartram.com

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed :)

Thanks very much - glad you enjoyed it!

there should be some kind of badge for that :) many thanks

How did it go? Hope you enjoyed playing it :)

I'm really liking your arrangement. It sounds awesome on Octave Mandolin. I'm finding OM to be so cool for so many tunes. You should give it a try if you have access to a good OM. Blessings to you.

OM certainly gives you a bit more room on the fingerboard! The closest thing I have is a tenor guitar@@magnusmacsween5322

I'm actually shopping for one now! Love to have a vintage Gibson but that's not likely unless I hit the lottery@@hughboyde

Glad you like it! Do let me know how you get on with the TAB

I'm glad you liked it! You should find a link to the sheet music and TAB in the Description field.

thanks and do check out the brand new channel www.youtube.com/@mtb-mando which features lots of performances of pieces from the MTB mandolin syllabus