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Documentary – Traditional Music of Turkey with Wooden Instruments – Tolgahan Çoğulu

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Tolgahan Çoğulu has worked on a project to present wooden instruments from Turkey. This has been inspired by the World Wood Day on March 21st. The result is the following playlist with 17 videos that present the instruments: Ud Ney microtonal guitar Tar Kemençe Bağlama fretless guitar Kemane Kanun Tulum Dede Efendi Tanbur Erbane Mey …

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Ernesto Becucci – The famous waltz “Tesoro Mio” and other Compositions – Sheet Music for Mandolin & Guitar

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Ernesto Becucci (1845 – 1905) was a popular and succesful Italian composer during the second half of the 19th century. Especially his composition “Tesoro Mio” has been successful all over the world. His compositions have also been arranged for mandolin and mandolin orchestra. In the monthly reports about published music (Hofmeisters Monatsberichte) from 1906 I …

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O Charme do Choro – The Great Female Choro Band from Brazil

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O Charme do Choro is a six piece female choro band. Composed of flute, two guitars, cavaquinho, pandeiro and bandolim they play Brazilian choros including some of the great choros like Santa Morena, “Vibrações”, Brejeiro, Pedacinhos do Céu and of course Carinhoso. The group has existed for more than eight years now and had some spectacular performances during the …

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Hamilton de Holanda – The great Brazilian Bandolim Player – Choro, Jazz and more

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I have compiled a new playlist with Hamilton de Holanda and listened to this great Brazilian bandolim player during the last weeks. Hamilton plays alone, with piano or with bigger ensembles. He plays his 10-strings bandolim which has become very popular in Brazil during the recent years. Hamilton plays traditional choros, Brazilian Jazz and many …

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