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Post by Michael Messer on Apr 11, 2019 12:35:57 GMT
This should sort out your migraine.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by ken1953clark on Apr 14, 2019 20:26:23 GMT
This should sort out your migraine. Shine On Michael But they ain’t mandolins |
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Post by Michael Messer on Apr 15, 2019 7:49:46 GMT
This should sort out your migraine. Shine On Michael But they ain’t mandolins I wondered who would spot that! Sreeusha and Sireesha have travelled the world playing their "mandolins" .....hmmmm Ken, I thought it best to move Sreeusha and Sireesha into their own "Mandolin Sisters" thread. Shine On Michael |
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Post by ken1953clark on Apr 15, 2019 8:07:06 GMT
More like half-size Telecasters
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Post by bod on Apr 15, 2019 8:30:25 GMT
...But they ain’t mandolins Evolution innit... “U Srinivas' design: Mandolin Srinivas is perhaps the greatest thing to have happened to Mandolin, for it was he who adapted the instrument to Carnatic classical music, made some structural modifications and introduced ingenious playing techniques to take Mandolin to its present enviable position in music. It would therefore be worthwhile dwelling in sufficient detail on U Srinivas' design in order to fully comprehend the magnitude and enormity of his contribution. Gamakas (graces), one would agree without doubt, are quite essential to Carnatic music - so much so that, one cannot play Carnatic music without using gamakas. With the original design of the Mandolin, the musician venturing to play Carnatic music on it, faced two major problems: The presence of pairs of strings made it extremely difficult to render complex gamakas. The sustenance (the time period for which a note would be heard from the time the string is plucked) of the instrument, on the whole, was not sufficient enough (to some extent attributable to the presence of "pairs of strings") to admit slow-tempo compositions. Mandolin Srinivas came up with some modifications which (i) eliminated completely the problem of gamaka rendition, (ii) to a great extent enhanced the sustenance of the instrument, and (iii) enhanced the acoustic range of the instrument. Mandolin Srinivas (a) chose the electric solid block (Mandolin) as the basis; (b) used single strings instead of pairs, and (c) also added a fifth string (on the suggestion of his father U Satyanarayana), which enhanced the acoustic range of the instrument. As such the acoustic range of the instrument is now three complete octaves and a half octave. These modifications have opened up gates which were hitherto thought impossible. The inevitable fallout of these modifications is that the Mandolin, in this new design, has lost its characteristic plink-plunk sound (attributable to the pairs of strings) and the playing style of continuous, fast up-down plucking as a means of sustaining notes. But then, in view of the stupendous vistas and the expressing potential opened up by the new design, one is more than pleased to overlook this. Mandolin Srinivas' design of the Mandolin is available with quite a few musical instrument makers in Chennai, India. “ link |
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Post by davey on Apr 15, 2019 9:00:32 GMT
"The presence of pairs of strings made it extremely difficult to render complex gamakas"
At the Session last night the Pub was so noisy it was pretty hard to render a few Jigs and Reels, let alone bloomin' Gamakas.. The beer didn't help. Don't want any more octaves either, thanks.
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Post by ken1953clark on Apr 15, 2019 9:32:01 GMT
Mandolin = 4 paired courses, Guitar = 6 strings. I can only hope they tune this mandostein in perfect fifths :-)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 10:47:43 GMT
Mississippi Sheiks were not sheiks. Thompson twins were not twins (or related, and there were three of them).
TT
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Post by bod on Apr 15, 2019 11:41:51 GMT
Mandolin = 4 paired courses, Guitar = 6 strings. I can only hope they tune this mandostein in perfect fifths :-) Well that’s a bit of a blow for those fools among us (myself included) who’ve fallen for the 7 string “guitar” con (not to mention the 12 string, 8 string, 4 string “guitar” cons...) 😉 |
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Post by pete1951 on Apr 15, 2019 13:05:31 GMT
In effect, when they play in unison 2 identical notes are being played at the same time, which is the essence of a mandolin?? So their instruments may not be technically mandolins but the sound is!
PT
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Post by Michael Messer on Apr 15, 2019 14:11:03 GMT
What did I start! I think I might have to introduce them to the Larkin Poe girls. For more information about the Mandolin Sisters.... mandolinsisters.comShine On Michael |
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Post by davey on Apr 15, 2019 16:05:56 GMT
Perhaps it's my age but they remind me of:
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Post by Stevie on Apr 15, 2019 17:14:42 GMT
I wonder if that was Alexander Palace because I saw them there in December of that year. All I can remember about the evening is Vinegar Joe supporting and Elkie Brooks' legs and the hundreds of paper plates being launched like Frisbees!
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Apr 15, 2019 17:47:53 GMT
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Post by Michael Messer on Apr 15, 2019 18:20:50 GMT
I wonder if they know about the Mandolin Brothers...
...or Dave Apollon...
This is a great Dave Apollon film....
Nice early Tricone too. Silly miming, but great film!
There was a great Dave Apollon album in the 80s, It was on Yazoo - #1066, I'll never forget that catalogue number! Me and a few friends went wild about it.
Shine On
Michael.
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