Mandolin Minute: Recent Episodes
Ron McKinnon
With Ron McKinnon. If you geek out on minutiæ regarding music interpretation, history, acoustics and theory (and seriously who doesn't?) I invite you to join me on the Mandolin Minute. Available wherever podcasts are heard. Suggestions/comments can be sent to https://www.twitter.com/ron_mckinnon
- TheSession.org
- Conversion to a score with tabs
- Mandolintab.net
- An example
- Under a Breton Sky
- Transposition
The Session website with tons of scores: https://thesession.org Generate score (and mandolin tabs) from abc notation: http://www.mandolintab.net/abcconverter.php
“Under a Breton Sky” in abc notation:
X: 1 T: Under a Breton Sky R: Polka C: Aurora Celtic M: 2/4 L: 1/8 K: Am Q: C2=120 "Am"A/2B/2c BA | (ec dc | "Em"Bd cB) | "Am"(AE FE) | "Am"A/2B/2c BA | (ec dc) | "Dm"BA Bc | "E"B2 cd | "C"ef (ec | "G/B"d2 dc | "F/A"B)d cB | "E"(AE FE) | "Am"A/2B/2c BA | (ec dc) | "Em"Bd cB | "Am"A3 "coda"z :|| ||: "Am"EF (AF | E3 D | "C"(C)D E(C) | "Dm"D/2E/2F ED) | "Am"EF (AE | "Dm"D3 E | "C"(C)D EF | "E/B"E4) | "Am"A/2B/2c B(A | E3 D | "C"(C)D E(C) | "Dm"D/2E/2F ED) | "C"(CD ED | "Dm"EF EF) |1 "Esus4"^GF ED | "E"E4 :||2 "Esus4"^GA Bc | "E"B2 c"D.C. al coda"B ||
A second foray into what might become a series of episodes on the topic of copyright, the protections it provides for you, and who's trying to undermine these laws and who's trying to prop them up.
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Introduction
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Article 13 \ 17
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Don't Cover Supertramp
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Copyright 101
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Third episode?
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Minuet
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Until Next Time
Links mentioned:
Google astroturfs the EU: https://musictechpolicy.com/2018/08/08/the-times-of-london-confirms-that-google-is-behind-astroturf-opposition-to-article-13/
The Future of What - Copyright 101: https://soundcloud.com/thefutureofwhat/copyright-101
In this episode I give a shoutout to the other mandolin-themed audio podcasts available out there.
Contents:
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Intro \ Review
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Mando-Show Podcast
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Mandolin Cafe Podcast
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Musical Number
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Ay Triste Que Vengo (Octave)
Links mentioned in the episode:
Mando-Show: https://mandomontreal.squarespace.com/en/mando-show?format=rss
Mandolin Cafe: https://www.mandolincafe.com/mp3/mp3.xml
Youtube video where I first heard the song "Ay Triste Que Vengo": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4csYgR39SR8
and the process of making that instrument, très cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_18qReD5MZg
Welcome to my St. Patrick's Day Party. Stay a while...
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Two Polkas
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O'Neill's Cavalry March \ Tralee Gaol
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Two Jigs
4a. The Irish Washerwoman
4b. Morrison's Jig
- Two Slip Jigs
6 The Butterfly \ The Kid on the Mountain
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A Reel
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The Musical Priest
If you'd like to call in you can leave me a voice message on the Anchor.FM app at Mandolin Minute. If voice messages are not your thing, I can also be reached at Twitter @ron_mckinnon. I would be delighted to hear from you.
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Intro / News
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Fiddler's Fakebook
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6/8 and 9/8
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K-What?
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The Irish Washerwoman
Mandolin re-tweet: https://twitter.com/HilaryJamesUK/status/1102876479032049666
- A Great Call-In (*)
- Summertime, motorcycles and the Dead
- Allan Alexander
- Bransle Charlotte (Octave)
- Rhythmic Variations *If you'd like to call in you can leave me a voice message on the Anchor.FM app at Mandolin Minute. If voice messages are not your thing, I can also be reached at Twitter @ron_mckinnon. I would be delighted to hear from you.
I just got myself an octave mandolin. This is a mandolin but twice the size and tuned an octave lower than a regular one.
This particular one is an Eastman. Archtop A-style with F-shaped sound holes.
Come have a listen!
In this episode I return to tremolo practice and talk a bit about other instruments that use it.
In this episode I talk about the rise and fall of the SoundCloud streaming audio platform and offer a cautionary tale to similarly-themed web sites.
My playlist referred to in the episode: https://soundcloud.com/ron-mckinnon/sets/mandolin
Made it! The final installment for the year 2018 is a re-cap. If you only listen to one of my #AudioMo segments listen to this one.
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/ron.mckinnon/playlist/3V6JOv1MdAsWwda4n6iYpt?si=WKImpLF0SN6xHsMe4X05KA
Grisman / Thile Interview: https://www.fretboardjournal.com/features/generation-gab/
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/ron.mckinnon/playlist/3V6JOv1MdAsWwda4n6iYpt?si=Aq0o8snjTnm8Rp0Pbd0mgA
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/ron.mckinnon/playlist/3V6JOv1MdAsWwda4n6iYpt?si=80YEvb3qRauCtHJ68gwSeQ
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/ron.mckinnon/playlist/3V6JOv1MdAsWwda4n6iYpt?si=9x42I7XxS6qgvDDUbSqTRQ
Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/ron.mckinnon/playlist/3V6JOv1MdAsWwda4n6iYpt?si=qxSd7QWKSHmpS3UHw6zYlQ
Related playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/ron.mckinnon/playlist/3V6JOv1MdAsWwda4n6iYpt?si=Mbnmv_OORAW25ZRGDW07aQ
South America has a variant of the mandolin called a bandolim. This is a short intro from the Suite Venezolana by José Antonio Zambrano.
Can listeners tell the difference between an expensive pick and a cheap one? We'll find out! Responses welcome on Anchor, Limor, Vaudle, and https://www.twitter.com/ron_mckinnon
A quick arrangement of early dance music. The melody is kind of catchy and I find myself humming it incessantly.
Installment 4 of #AudioMo recorded during the crazy that is our household most of the time.
In this next installment of the daily #AudioMo challenge, I talk about the odd time signature of the original Terminator movie's theme music.
In the month of June there's this #AudioMo challenge happening where participants are tasked with recording a piece of audio every day. I'm going to partake, recording pieces from my repertoire that could use a bit of ... ahem ... rehearsal.
In this episode I talk a bit about software used in writing out music notation on the computer. References The "powerless podcast" piece in notation and tabs: https://www.instagram.com/p/BiuLSqNAbYJ/ The StaffPad demo: (très cool!) https://youtu.be/D_PgKyqE3RU The Session website: https://thesession.org/tunes/1113
Where I talk about the differences between learning a piece by ear or by using sheet music. The musical number is this tune I heard played by someone on YouTube. Here's the version that inspired my rendition for comparison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4csYgR39SR8
What prompted the redesign of the mandolin in the early 20th century and how has its status changed over the years? These questions and more answered in today's episode of the Mandolin Minute.
With the recording of the last of the trilogy, here are Erik Satie's three Gnossiennes collected together for your listening pleasure. I hope you like these, I enjoyed making them. (Originally featured in episodes 14, 18 and 24).
Rounding out the trilogy, here is my rendition of Erik Satie's Gnossienne No. 3. I added some chord tones to the melody to fill out the sound.
It's not always possible to have a digital audio workstation handy so for those circumstances recording on the go is always a possibility. Here's a brief chat about this. Pieces: Early Renaissance Song • Under the Breton Sky • The Morris Dance • Pan's work in progress
Anchor is the platform upon which these podcasts are assembled and disseminated. They recently went through a major upgrade. This episode was recorded on v2 and then podcast via v3. Also contains an Irish reel to commemorate St-Patrick's day.
Free February Friday wrap-up episode. Sound bites are available for download at: https://soundcloud.com/ron-mckinnon/sets/soundbites
Free February Friday Bumpers • FFF4. Bach Soundbite • Bach Bumper • https://soundcloud.com/ron-mckinnon/sets/soundbites
Free February Friday Bumpers • FFF3. Vivaldi Soundbite • Vivaldi Bumper • https://soundcloud.com/ron-mckinnon/sets/soundbites
Free February Friday Bumpers • FFF2. Verdi Soundbite • The long and short of it... • Verdi Bumper - long • Verdi Bumper - short • https://soundcloud.com/ron-mckinnon/sets/soundbites
Free February Friday Bumpers • FFF1: Sibelius Soundbite • Sibelius Bumper • https://soundcloud.com/ron-mckinnon/sets/soundbites
The Case For Copyright • Letter to Emily • Eating Crow • Blackberry Festival Footrace
http://illustratorspartnership.org/2006/07/19/unwilling-orphan/
https://thetrichordist.com/2012/06/18/letter-to-emily-white-at-npr-all-songs-considered/
https://www.npr.org/2014/05/07/310475715/the-thistle-shamrock-beltane
The Medieval Medley Strikes Again • Medieval Medley - Saltarello / La Rotta / Trotto (R)
Coverdale's Carol • (sheet music for this arrangement available in Marilynn Mair’s “The Complete Mandolinist”)
Audio recording and post-processing • Black is the Barley • Black is the Colour / The Wind That Shakes the Barley
What's in a key? (http://bit.ly/2xgQa54) • O Flauta de Santa Maria (Canon in Dm w/ 2 mandolins)
Celtic Music • Introduction • Heman Dubh (Breton) • Morrison's Jig (Irish) • Black Is The Colour (Scottish) • The Butterfly / The Kid on the Mountain
In this episode we compare different instrument tunings to see which, if any, sound better or are preferred by the listener.