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Mandolin Minute

Ron McKinnon •podcasters.spotify.com
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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://bsky.app/profile/ronzler.bsky.social
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Episodes

S02E07. Session Music Online

1. TheSession.org 2. Conversion to a score with tabs 3. Mandolintab.net 4. An example 5. Under a Breton Sky 6. 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 | ...

Nov 17, 2019•7 min

S02E06. Copyright 2.0

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. 1. Introduction 2. Article 13 \ 17 3. Don't Cover Supertramp 4. Copyright 101 5. Third episode? 6. Minuet 7. 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 Futu...

Mar 31, 2019•10 min

S02E05. Other Mandolin Podcasts

In this episode I give a shoutout to the other mandolin-themed audio podcasts available out there. Contents: 1. Intro \ Review 2. Mando-Show Podcast 3. Mandolin Cafe Podcast 4. Musical Number 5. 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...

Mar 24, 2019•6 min

S02E04. St. Patrick's Day

Welcome to my St. Patrick's Day Party. Stay a while... 1. Two Polkas 2. O'Neill's Cavalry March \ Tralee Gaol 3. Two Jigs 4a. The Irish Washerwoman 4b. Morrison's Jig 5. Two Slip Jigs 6 The Butterfly \ The Kid on the Mountain 7. A Reel 8. 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....

Mar 17, 2019•9 min

S02E03. Fiddling Around

1. Intro / News 2. Fiddler's Fakebook 3. 6/8 and 9/8 4. K-What? 5. The Irish Washerwoman Mandolin re-tweet: https://twitter.com/HilaryJamesUK/status/1102876479032049666

Mar 10, 2019•5 min

S02E02. Guitar and Lute (and Mandolin)

1. A Great Call-In (*) 2. Summertime, motorcycles and the Dead 3. Allan Alexander 4. Bransle Charlotte (Octave) 5. 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.

Mar 03, 2019•8 min

S02E01. Octave Minute

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!

Feb 24, 2019•6 min

30. Tremolo

In this episode I return to tremolo practice and talk a bit about other instruments that use it.

Aug 01, 2018•5 min

29. On SoundCloud

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

Jul 19, 2018•9 min

#AudioMo 30!!! "Grasshopper"

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.

Jun 30, 2018•10 min

#AudioMo 29 “David Grisman”

Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/ron.mckinnon/playlist/3V6JOv1MdAsWwda4n6iYpt?si=WKImpLF0SN6xHsMe4X05KA Grisman / Thile Interview: https://www.fretboardjournal.com/features/generation-gab/

Jun 29, 2018•3 min

#AudioMo 28 “Simon Mayor”

Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/ron.mckinnon/playlist/3V6JOv1MdAsWwda4n6iYpt?si=Aq0o8snjTnm8Rp0Pbd0mgA

Jun 28, 2018•2 min

#AudioMo 27 “Marilynn Mair”

Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/ron.mckinnon/playlist/3V6JOv1MdAsWwda4n6iYpt?si=80YEvb3qRauCtHJ68gwSeQ

Jun 27, 2018•3 min

#AudioMo 26 “Avi Avital”

Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/ron.mckinnon/playlist/3V6JOv1MdAsWwda4n6iYpt?si=9x42I7XxS6qgvDDUbSqTRQ

Jun 26, 2018•3 min

#AudioMo 25 "Mike Marshall"

Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/ron.mckinnon/playlist/3V6JOv1MdAsWwda4n6iYpt?si=qxSd7QWKSHmpS3UHw6zYlQ

Jun 25, 2018•2 min

#AudioMo 24 "Chris Thile"

Related playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/ron.mckinnon/playlist/3V6JOv1MdAsWwda4n6iYpt?si=Mbnmv_OORAW25ZRGDW07aQ

Jun 24, 2018•2 min

#AudioMo 22 "South America"

South America has a variant of the mandolin called a bandolim. This is a short intro from the Suite Venezolana by José Antonio Zambrano.

Jun 22, 2018•1 min

#AudioMo 13 "La Rotta"

A follow-up to the Trotto episode, here's La Rotta I'd heard on the same record.

Jun 13, 2018•2 min
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