Plectro Trio – Colombian Andean Music The Plectro Trio was founded in 2001. It plays typical Colombian Andean Music with bandola, tiple and guitar. There are many videos with great music by the Plectro Trio. The colombian bandola is similar to the bandurria of Spain. it has 6 courses with each two or three strings, […]
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Today I want to present an orchestra from Kolombia – the Estudiantina de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. In the spanish speaking countries most universities have tunas or estudiantinas – music ensembles that play plucked instruments like bandola, bandurria, mandolin and guitars and sing. The videos by the Estudiantina de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira
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Today I have searched for new videos from Venezuela with bandola llanera or cuatro – and during this search I have found some videos of an ensemble named Percujazz. Percujazz is composed of five young musicians, with the typical venezuelan instruments bandola llanera, cuatro and maracas aswell as violin and electric bass. The ensemble has
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The Duo Steffen Trekel (mandolin) and Michael Tröster (guitar) ist definitivly one of the most importand duos for mandolin and guitar in Germany and all over the world. When they travelled to Japan and Korea in 2009 a set of videos has been recorded showing the most importand pieces the duo plays. This includes several
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Some days ago I found a concert with songs by Nick Drake. Nick Drake was a singer/songwirter who produced 3 albums between 1969 and 1972. He died in 1974 with only 26 years. Albums Five Leaves Left, 1969 Bryter Layter, 1970 Pink Moon, 1972 Nick Drake Tribute CBC Concert: no more available 18 Nick Drake
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Street of Dreams M. Hadjidakis, ATTIKA Plucked String Orchestra Performed by ATTIKA Sextet at “Syn kai Plin” television music magazine http://www.attikaorchestra.gr http://www.myspace.com/attikaorchestra Mandolin: Aris Dimitriadis, Giannis Goumenakis Mandola alto: Giorgos Goumenakis Mandola tenore: Panayiotis Lampropoulos Guitar: Michalis Sidiropoulos Piano: Dimitris Giannis Description of the Attika Plucked String Orchestra from Homepage: The Orchestra was founded in
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The Kujawiak by Henry Wieniawaski belongs to the preferred pieces for recitals of young violin players – you can find many examples as youtube videos – here you can see the Kujawiak played by young violinist Martin Zayranow from Bulgaria: Martin Zayranov Wieniawski Kuyawiak.avi During the late 19th century this famous piece was also played
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When I searched for videos of the Persian Tar I have found a set of interesting videos by the Homay and Mastan Ensemble, a Persian Ensemble that plays the different Persian instruments. Those videos are very interesting and show the different Persian instruments and the Persian music very well. This is my playlist of the
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For the New Year 2011 my wish Always Mandolin Some time ago I have made an interactive picture with this: Always Mandolin Move the mouse over the picture to change the colors! Click to freeze the image! Reload to get new colors! Enjoy the mandolin!
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Some days ago I have made a new video with one movement from the Partita II in G major by Georg Philipp Telemann. I have played this Partita for many years now, and every now and then I have liked to play the movements from this Partita on the mandolin. The key of G major
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