Music Appreciation
Related: About this forummr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)I totally dig her!
The Lakes of Pontchartrain is a fave, but she's got lots of really good songs. In the Magic Hour is a brilliant record.
The Polack MSgt
(13,182 posts)Our musical Venn diagram is just a (not very wide) oval I think
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)bullimiami
(13,076 posts)or like an americanized cuatro.
JDC
(10,117 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Could be wrong, but ...
The Polack MSgt
(13,182 posts)The naming convention is "borrowed" Violin = Soprano, viola = Alto, Cello = Baritone, Mandolin Mandola and Mandocello follow that pattern
The body looks like a guitar more than most mandocellos do, Most look like Mandolins on steroids so I think it may be an Eastman Mandocello
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)The Polack MSgt
(13,182 posts)bullimiami
(13,076 posts)BluesRunTheGame
(1,607 posts)Its the mandolin family instrument that falls between the Mandola and the Mandocello.
The Polack MSgt
(13,182 posts)Can't get more definitive than the artist herself telling you what her instrument is.
It's a great sounding instrument
BluesRunTheGame
(1,607 posts)She has a fancier F-style version.
The Polack MSgt
(13,182 posts)Which is a bit embarrassing, not gonna lie.
All these years and there is an instrument I didn't even know existed even though I listen to the music in which it is most commonly used...
But this is the DU MAG - the place I learn. Great video too BTW
BluesRunTheGame
(1,607 posts)I remember him occasionally playing one when he was in the Grisman Quintet.
LearnedHand
(3,387 posts)BluesRunTheGame
(1,607 posts)Three strings.
Mando family instruments have 4 pairs of strings.
Cool instrument, though.
LearnedHand
(3,387 posts)I told you I didnt know from mandolins. I saw this band perform once, and that contrabass balalaika is almost small-person-sized. Amazing sound.
LearnedHand
(3,387 posts)Thanks to all for the instrument education.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)JDC
(10,117 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,919 posts)(sure was a long extension cord out into the woods! )
LearnedHand
(3,387 posts)I love both womens voices, and this is sublime. I saw Aoife ODonovan with Crooked Still quite a few years ago.