with Mike Mansfield, who chats about Irish music sessions, and the differences between Italian and flat-back mandolins. Find us on Facebook: / thestringdom Recorded: Dublin, August 2017.
A deceptively simple looking instrument and playing that's actually very hard to master. Hats off to the smooth playing wizardry. Amazing, beautiful....notes flow like a joyous fountain. RU-vid finally got the recommendation right.
Marvelous playing Mr. Mansfield and what a great video The Stringdom! Thanks for sharing this it has brought me great joy. Tá ana-gliondar orm! Go raibh maith agaibh!
I’ve been wanting to pick up a musical hobby and have always loved the mandolin. This covered everything that I was wondering, including the styles of mandolin. Fantastic!
I just found your channel and love it. You should try to interview Michael Levy with his ancient lyre techniques. He even plays tortoise shell lyres, which is where the whole “bowl back” originally came from.
I hated all the talking but hell.....you are one awesome mandolist. It was just so Irish and I connected straight away. You are a wonderful musician. Thank you
I love how Irish melodies play to the same rhythms that traditionally Gaelic folk songs do and they maintain the air of mystery in the tune instead of having strictly an upbeat or solemn phrasing that remains predictable.
I'm not too sure about Gaelic folk songs but I find the use of Dorian and Mixolydian mode in a lot of Irish music gives that lovely ambiguity. Dorian kind of softens the darkness of a minor sound and Mixolydian makes a major tonality a bit crunchier :)
@@TheStringdom That is probably exactly what I'm hearing! I have always loved the Dorian mode and I really enjoy using it in my guitar playing! It has been a long time since I have studied actual music theory so my familiarity with terminology is a little blurry, but thank you for clearing it up a bit for me! :)
Wow! I could totally hear the fiddle influence on his playing style. I find that very interesting. Thanks for posting this awesome interview. Keep up the great work!
After damaging my left (Fretting) arm. The guitar is painful to play. Bought myself a Mandolin over a year ago and wish I hadn’t bothered with guitar and gone straight to Mandolin. Absolutely love the instrument.
Excellent playing! What kind of mandolin are you using? I would like to upgrade to a better mandolin and I'd like to find one with a wider neck to make it easier for my fat fingers....
I have a new mandolin in my closet that’s never been played.....I need to get it out and take lessons...I’m classically trained, but the mandolin is my favorite instrument!
Thanks for watching! I understand it's made by Joe Foley, a luthier in Dublin. From what I've heard he's pretty oldschool, no website or email. You might have to ramble around Dublin long enough to bump into him hehe
First tune: Windbroke (written by Mike McGoldrick) Second tune: The Queen of Rangoon (Brian Finnegan) Third tune: very familiar but can’t name it sorry!
Probably because a flat body allows it to be closer to the body, more confortable, maybe? And the body is wider probably to compensate the downsize of the chamber.
The last bit was what I was thinking. Might also be influenced by other stringed instruments of the time? Pretty sure violins and therefore fiddles were flat, I could be wrong. Lutes also had that bowl shape, but guitars are flat. It would be interesting to look up the time frame of those changes.
For those who love mandolin I highly suggest this Brazilian "choro" trio. Choro is a Perfect rithym for mandolin: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nYTTxebFcVU.html
