Do you play standard tunes on it? If so, how do you play something like "Boys of Bluehill" in D? Do you drop down an octave and play it as though playing in A on the mandolin, play the same as the mandolin (going way up the neck for the high notes), or just play it in G with the same fingering as mandolin in D?livethe question wrote:I have one of the Mid Missouri mandolas. It is the one getting the most playing time at my house. It's got a reasonable reach and really nice sound.
DOH! Thanks a bunch, Lorenzo. Way to fuel my Mandolin Obsessive Acquisition Disorder.Lorenzo wrote:Here's the Gibson mandolin and mandola I bought from an old man (a neighbor) who bought them new for he and his wife in about 1922. I use them for celtic music mostly, and for a mandolin ensemble with my cousins--who also have Gibson mandolins and one Gibson mandocello. The mandola gets tuned several different ways, including an open minor tuning for a Russian tune. I've even had it tuned like an octave mandolin (large strings!)
Both came with original hardshell cases.
Does Mr Brown have it tuned to the normal CGDA, do you know?Big Time wrote:no reason at all why mandola cant fit into ITM. Peadar Browne in Galway plays in sessions all the time with his. lovely mellow sound of it.
go for it i say.
Wow, I wish I had neighbors like that..Lorenzo wrote:Here's the Gibson mandolin and mandola I bought from an old man (a neighbor) who bought them new for he and his wife in about 1922.