Kaossilator

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Dusted off the old Kaossilator while the kids were napping.
Sounds:
P.95, b.41, L.06, S.61, B.35, L.10.

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Cantiga 182 from the Cantigas de Santa Maria on mandolin where I also play a simple guitar track in the background.
From 1200 AD; I feel part of something very old sometimes.


Deus Que Mui Ben Barata

My third attempt at this piece.  Something just didn't sound right.
Maybe I need a tambourine or some wind chimes or something.
Sheet music available in http://www.guitarandlute.com/early_mandolin.html

The Virgin Queen

My take on the excellent instrumental "Skidoo" by Steve Cooney.
Acoustic guitar (Washburn D28S/N) and mandolin (Breedlove Quartz OF).

Skidoo

A new recording of this piece. I wasn't very happy with the previous one.
This renaissance tune on guitar is followed by a medieval tune on mandolin + drone on guitar. I found these two pieces went well together.
The mandolin is a Breedlove Quartz OF and the guitar is a Levin WR 34 steel string.

Medieval Dance (Take 2)

Gnossienne No. 2 by Eric Satie for Mandolin and Guitar. As with my representation of the Gnossienne No. 1 I play the bass on guitar and treble on mandolin. In this one though I make liberal use of tremolo since I find this movement to require a lot more flow.

You can hear about the making of these in my podcast episodes 14, 18 and 24.
https://anchor.fm/s/110b41c/podcast/rss

Gnossienne No. 2 (Mandolin & Guitar)

More goofing around with the Kaossilator.

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Frantic

I'm a programmer from Ottawa, Canada.  In my spare time I like to make music.
If you want to hear about the production or the history of some of these pieces, check out my podcast "Mandolin Minute". RSS feed below.
Thanks for listening!

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Ron McKinnon