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The older I get, the more I like sparsely done music


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhdeG-5_lUw

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Another beautiful song performed by Sarah Jaroz, sparsely done.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qww0j-An5M

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Yes, she is extremely talented.

The second video had me looking up octave mandolins! I didn't even know such and instrument existed. I also didn't know about the mandocello. I learn something new every day.


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Yes, that was wonderful. And now for something completely different. Here is what I am listening to today. You are going to hate this Bob.


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Mario,

Octave mandolins are appearing in more Americana and bluegrass music than ever before.

A close friend of mine who is a luthier just built an octave mandolin. It's not for sale. The mandolin he built about 30 or so years ago is the best mandolin I've ever played.

I'd love to have an archtop octave mandolin. It gives you full bodied sound of a guitar while being easier to play than a mandolin since it isn't as small.

Mandolins cramp my hands if I play more than 2 or 3 songs on one. Same thing with a fiddle.

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Dan, he is really talented. I really like his playing techniques.


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Mario,

Here is Tim and Mollie O'Brien doing a great song.

Tim is obviously playing an octave mandolin.


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I'd love to have an archtop octave mandolin. It gives you full bodied sound of a guitar while being easier to play than a mandolin since it isn't as small.

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Me too, but they are around $5K! That is over my budget by $4.9K!

I have a couple of over 100 year old mandolins here. I will take a few pictures of them if you are interested in seeing them. One is a banjo mandolin and the other a round back mandolin. I also have a 100 year old banjolele.


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Dan,

I didn't hate it, at least not too much. LOL. He's obviously extremely talented but it's a bit too "busy" for me.

Still a good clip.

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Please send pics Mario.

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Here's Sarah Jarosz singing a Frank Sinatra tune, "The Way You Look Tonight" +++ The Way You Look Tonight" +++.

She is a smooth singer and a talented musician. By the way, just look at all the STUFF lining the walls.


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Jim,

Great clip. I hadn't seen that one.

Sarah is not only a multi instrumentalist that plays a slew of instruments but she does a wide variety of styles.

Like you, I'm always checking out what's hanging on the walls in these youtube clips.

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She is very talented. I'd kill to have a voice like that. Just not my bag. I like funk and groove as my personal preference. Thus the fascination with Victor Wooten. Love bass players that can thumb and slap and pop. When I was young my "perfect" band that I always said I wanted to be in was Average White Band, so there's where my music head is. Like bands that make my head bob and my feet tap.

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Mario,

Octave mandolins come in a variety of body styles. Arch top guitar style, flat top style, really big mandolin body style and a few others.

Here is Sierra Hull playing a really big mandolin style body on a Bill Monroe original;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpB3yBiJ1Jg&list=PL3r_j6sKne0ciVzrEB03zv48FverwvAIM&index=7&t=0s

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She is very talented. I'd kill to have a voice like that. Just not my bag. I like funk and groove as my personal preference. Thus the fascination with Victor Wooten. Love bass players that can thumb and slap and pop. When I was young my "perfect" band that I always said I wanted to be in was Average White Band, so there's where my music head is. Like bands that make my head bob and my feet tap.



I love those styles too. I guess you could say I'm a musical b*stard when it comes to what I think sounds good.

I've frequently been told I was a b*stard and maybe that's why. wink


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I've frequently been told I was a b*stard and maybe that's why. wink


I have too, and there's no "maybe" involved. I know EXACTLY why!!!

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Daryl Hall, for years, played an instrument he called a Mandar, which was a 4 stringed instrument with octave doubler strings, and similar in concept to what you are discussing. His was lie a ukulele on steroids. With GE Smith playing every guitar solo and John Oates playing rhythm, he didn't have to really do much more than strum. And sing with THAT VOICE! Man what a voice he has. He's like 74 now and still out there singing. This last divorce apparently cost him big time and he has been touring A LOT to make money.

I want to take a 12 string guitar and take off the doubling strings on the top 3 strings. Leave 4-5-6 because t hose are truly octaving strings, but those top 3 that are just doubling the same note can go. I bet that would sound great through a good quality chorusing pedal.

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Another sensational delivery. Flawless performance from Sarah. And yes, that voice wink


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Here is another short clip of Sarah Jarosz that I hadn't heard until this morning. 3 short originals played solo with a brief interview.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5agVKhPQIE

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Mario,

Octave mandolins come in a variety of body styles. Arch top guitar style, flat top style, really big mandolin body style and a few others.

Here is Sierra Hull playing a really big mandolin style body on a Bill Monroe original;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpB3yBiJ1Jg&list=PL3r_j6sKne0ciVzrEB03zv48FverwvAIM&index=7&t=0s


Yes, I did look at all kinds of octave mandolins, all out of my price range!

That is the most interesting trio I have ever seen. But it does work.

Thanx for sharing.

PS - I try to get some pictures today.


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