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I know lots of Tenor Banjo players play Mandolin too, usually in secret at home, using the same fingering, same notes, same tunes, so I thought we should have a group here, for us to share our thoughts.

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2: JK Mandolins
3: Mandolin Cafe
4: Mandolin.org.uk
5: Sobell Mandolins
6. Mandolin MySpace
7: Acoustic Music Co.
8: Chris Larkin Mandolins
9: Alan Mayers Mandolins
10: Mike Vanden Mandolins
11: Old Time Mandolin Music
12: The Scottish Mandolin Tutor

13: Dagger Gordon Interview for Mandolin Cafe

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Ian Stephenson playing a new NK Forster Mandolin.

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Here's Dennis Cahill playing Mandolin along with Martin Hayes on Fiddle.
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Here's Ian Stephenson demonstrating the NKForster Mandolin
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Andy Seagroatt playing a NKForster Mandolin
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Here's Quentin Cooper on Mandolin with Kitty Hayes and Eoin O'Neill, Yvonne Casey & Ger Hoyne on TG4 'Geantraí'.
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Frank's Reel/Music in the Glen. Sjoerd van Ravenzwaai on Mandolin & on bouzouki: Dennis Heijt.
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Here I am playing my Sobell Mandolin in my local Session Pub.
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Kieran Hanrahan playing Mandolin with Stockton's Wing.

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So what Mandolin do you play? Let's keep a list, to see which Mandolins are most popularly used for playing Irish Music.

Alan Mayers: 1

Ashbury F: 1

Bill Bussman: 1
Breedlove OF: 1

Breedlove Spirit: 1

Collings: 1

Crafter: 1

Eastman 814: 1

Eastman 915: 1

Eastman 504: 1

Flatiron: 1

Flatiron Model 3MC: 1

Gibson A: 2

Gibson A2: 1

Gibson A1: 1

Gibson A4: 1

Gibson F5L: 1

Mark Kelly F5: 1

Peter Sawchyn: 2

Randy Wood: 2

Rogue: 1

Samick MA1: 1

Stanford DFM300: 1

Stefan Sobell: 3

Tacoma M2: 1

Tonewood Gypsy: 1

Trinity College TM250: 1

Vanden: 1

Weber Bighorn: 1

Rich Westerman: 1

Will Parsons: 1

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Members who's Mandolin/s has/have been listed. Dick Glasgow, Andy Sugden, David Deacon, Michael Walls, Chris Moores, Chris Youlden & Big Ed Dono, GerryMac, Diarmaid O'Kane, Oldstrings, Cathal Whelehan, John Flynn, Sjoerd van Ravenzwaaij, Bruce Barton, Michael Keyes, John Boyd, Tony Krogh & Dave Linden.

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Irish Trad Mandolin CDs

1: O Life go Laoi by Fiontan O Meachair

2: And All Points West by Frank Cullen

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Mandolin YouTubes

1: Mark Conyard ~ 14 Mandolin Lesson YouTubes
2: Kevin MacLeod & Alec Finn ~ 6 Videos

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Comment by Dick Glasgow on February 26, 2013 at 4:56pm: For fans of The Mandolin!

Comment by Dick Glasgow on December 24, 2012 at 5:32am: HD YouTube of Bird Photos & Red Squirrel video clips, I took in Breen Oakwood, North Antrim yesterday morning.
Plus some Scottish Music on Nyckelharpa & Mandolins.

Merry Christmas.

Wildlife of Breen Oakwood!

Comment by Dick Glasgow on September 25, 2012 at 7:52am: I had to change the name of the Strathspey, so I've reposted this video:

The Oban Set

Cheers,

Dick

Comment by Dick Glasgow on September 24, 2012 at 5:23pm: A video, using a set of my own Scottish Tunes, played on Mandolin, with a little Tenor Banjo on the Reel, plus Tenor Guitar, Fiddle & Nyckelharpa.

The Oban Set

Cheers,

Dick

Comment by Dick Glasgow on September 11, 2012 at 12:14am: Just for you Grey Picker, here's a 2nd version, this time without the Fiddle & with more Mandolin & Concertina in the mix.

Cheers,

Dick

Comment by The Grey Picker on September 10, 2012 at 10:00am: What a good, lively tune, Dick! Very well played, too! That has really started my day in a jaunty humour! More power!

John

Comment by Dick Glasgow on September 10, 2012 at 9:40am: Here's a wee 4 part March, with a Scottish flavour, that I wrote for a Fiddle player from Oban who was over here on holiday last week. I play Mandolin on this, plus Fiddle, Nyckelharpa & English Concertina.

Maurice Duncan's trip to Ballycastle!

Comment by Dick Glasgow on August 22, 2012 at 8:12pm: Planxty Charles O'Connor.

Played on Mandolin, Tenor Guitar & Tenor Banjo, plus Nyckelharpa & Anglo Concertina.

Comment by Dick Glasgow on August 17, 2012 at 7:43pm: .. & now for something completely different! ;-)

A set of Scottish Tunes, played on my Nyckelharpa, Tenor Guitar & Sobell Mandolin.

Comment by Dick Glasgow on January 29, 2012 at 1:12am: Here are three tunes, a Hornpipe, Strathspey & Reel, that I composed in memory of the late Sam Stevenson of Broughshane, Co. Antrim, who was a very fine Fiddle maker & player. The tunes are, Sam Stevenson's, The Derry & Antrim Fiddlers & The braid Burn.

Sam Stevenson

Cheers,

Dick