I have dicovered this video already some time ago, and I heard it again today. La Sexta Basica is a group composed of typical Venezuelan plucked instruments and a singer. They play a very interesting mix of traditional Venezuelan music with a modern sound. These are very good examples of how to use plucked instruments …
LA SEXTA BASICA – Music from Venezuela with Mandolin Read More »
There are several instruments in Venezuela and Columbia named bandola, the bandola llanera is the most popular of those. The bandola llanera has 4 strings – usually made from nylon like the strings of a classical guitar. It looks like a pearshaped guitar, at the first sight it looks quite strange and unusual. The instrument …
The Bandola Llanera * Plucked Instruments from Venezuela * Saúl Vera / Ricardo Sandoval Read More »
Joe Brent and Brian Dean have developed a new mandolin, the Grand Concert. The first videos played with this mandolin are available at youtube, and I think that there will be some discussion about this new type of a mandolin. Brian Dean has made a video with pictures from the construction of this mandolin, with …
The new Grand Concert Mandolin by Labraid – Built for Mandolinist Joe Brent Read More »
This blog is intended as an English version of my blog gezupftes.de. I am collecting usefull information about the mandolin, the guitar and other plucked instruments from all over the world with interesting youtube videos. I have started the German blog gezupftes.de some time ago as an addon for my homepage mandoisland.de. MandoIsland has grown …