The Tenpenny Bit (Trad Irish Jig) - Mandolin

Played on a Vega Cylinderback 203.

[@philipmichael4106]

Well played!

[@johnwilliamson6846]

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks very much for commenting.

[@OlivierBillaut]

Wonderful interpretation. Unique creative style. So beautiful, sweet and smooth. Incredible mandolin player with a lot of feeling and sense of groove. Much inspired and talented musical production. A real peaceful and relaxing pleasure to listen. Full of poetry and tenderness. Good for the mind and the ears. Big big big like for this magnificient perform and brighting sharing. Splendid and luminous.

[@johnwilliamson6846]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it.

[@pacsun-guitar]

Such a wonderful rhythm and sound!👍👍👍

[@johnwilliamson6846]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it.

[@eugeneross6624]

Gorgeous! I need to learn this tune!

[@johnwilliamson6846]

Apologies for the delayed response. Glad you enjoyed the tune, and I hope you have proceeded to learn it!

[@AikiSys]

Ah John - you've done it again! Thanks for sharing 👏👏👏👏👏

[@johnwilliamson6846]

Your positive comments are much appreciated. It’s pleasing to know that you enjoyed it.

[@AikiSys]

You are doing a great job John. The sharing of your music is one of the real benefits of the internet. Keep it up 😊!

[@hfdmusic5679]

Beautiful !

[@johnwilliamson6846]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it.

[@thomasevans1728]

Love this one ,lve just learned it myself,

[@johnwilliamson6846]

Thanks Thomas. Yep, great tune, I’m sure you’ll be enjoying playing it.

[@PieterJanNotebaart]

Beutiful mate! Seafull S8??

[@johnwilliamson6846]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it. No, not a Seagull S8…it’s a vintage (1919 ish) mandolin made by Vega (known mainly for making banjos)…due to its design (the shape of the back) it is known as a ‘cylinderback’.

[@ToomasRannu]

nice jig... nice tremolo-like high-speed episodes in the right hand... sounds good

[@johnwilliamson6846]

Thanks, Toomas…apologies for very late response! I’m tidying up my YT comments section…

[@jonathanvaughan453]

Outstanding. Wonderful mando too. Nothing wrong with you picking hand placement relative to the soundhole, contra that other poster.

[@johnwilliamson6846]

Thanks for the appreciation and comments. I’m glad you enjoyed the tune and the mando.

[@perfectwafflemedia]

Very nicely done.

[@johnwilliamson6846]

I’m pleased you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@SeanPatrickBurgess]

Sounds very similar to the Lilting Banshee

[@johnwilliamson6846]

Well observed…there are some identical bars in each of the tunes…as well as being able to hear this, if you look on thesession.org at the sheet music for each of the tunes (the first option in each tune) you will also be able to view this.

[@dagmarmedabrejlova8825]

love it

[@johnwilliamson6846]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it.

[@FrankDeLorenzoMANDOLIN]

Niccce!

[@johnwilliamson6846]

Thanks Frank 👍

[@AmosTheTalented]

That is an incredible mandolin!! What style is it?

[@johnwilliamson6846]

Thank you. It is a vintage (1919 ish) mandolin, made by Vega (mainly know for their banjos). Due to a key design feature (a cylindrical shape on the back) it is known as a Vega cylinderback. I understand it to be a model 203.

[@AmosTheTalented]

@@johnwilliamson6846 excellent! It’s beautiful.

[@johnwilliamson6846]

@AmosTheTalented Glad you like it.

[@rewIndustry]

sounds lovely, however please would you move your right hand further up the strings, away from the bridge? i should not complain, am fighting this problem myself, but you're strangling the sound of the strings down there, it sounds a lot better if you strike over top of the sound hole - that is why it is there. i can tell from the damage to your top that you've been playing this way a long time, and i think you might need to stop just to save your instrument. i have not tried it, yet, but am told that an arm rest can really help with this. am sorry to interfere, especially being such an amateur myself, however i thought you should know. and thank you for demonstrating the jig, i hope to learn it from you.

[@johnwilliamson6846]

I’m glad you think it “sounds lovely”, and I hope the video helps you learn the tune. For clarification, this is a vintage mandolin and the damage to the top was done before I purchased it. However, I accept that sometimes I play a little too near to the bridge/too far from the centre of the hole…I shall try to be more conscious of this/rectify it where it would help with the tone of the instrument relevant to the tune being played.

[@rewIndustry]

@@johnwilliamson6846 must apologise, am really sorry, i should not be posting before i eat properly - this is really my own worst problem, something i am still trying to fix, after years of practising. i really like your work, particularly your timing and articulation, very alive.

[@johnwilliamson6846]

@rewIndustry No problem. We’ll aim to continue to develop respectively 😉