MandoIsland Blog

Yesterday I have discovered the website of the CHASE project. CHASE Collection of Historical Annotated String Editions 19th- and Early 20th-Century Annotated Editions of String Music: Bibliographical Problems, Editorial Content and Implications for Performance Practice This website is a great resource about the violin and other stringed instruments. You can find many detailed articles about [...]

72nd’s Farewell to Aberdeen Lament and Hoedown played on the mandolin by Mike Romkey Farewell to Aberdeen – (Versión en castellano) played on recorder and guitar Melodía escocesa interpretada por flauta dulce soprano y guitarra española. Esta versión aparece en castellano. La melodía se suele tocar con bandas de gaitas escocesas Alabama Pipes & Drums [...]

Yesterday I have played some tunes that I have found on the site of the Scottish Fiddle School in Boston some time ago. Especially the first tune in the 2003 collection is a great tune that I like to play – “The Warlocks”. I have found two youtube videos of the piece: The Warlocks Strathspey [...]

Durning my holidays this year I had taken with me a book from which I like to play every now and then: 300 Fiddle Tunes – Fiddle Songbooks published by Hal Leonard. This book is a collection of 300 Irish pieces for fiddle or mandolin, and almost every piece in this collection sounds great and [...]