The Sound of the American Mandolin
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- 2018 North Carolina Heritage Award recipient Tony Williamson is a visionary musician, composer, musical instrument expert, teacher and mentor. He has played stringed instruments, most famously mandolin, for six decades and has been receiving awards and honors for his music for nearly 50 of those years. Never content to rest on his laurels, today Tony continues to perform live and travel internationally and has recordings with fresh new concepts in progress.
In this documentary from 1995 Tony goes through the history of the American mandolin and plays quite a few examples of different instruments that demonstrate that history.
Check out Tony's website at www.mandolincentral.com - Sport
Hope this helps someone. the list of song's played so's far as I could tell ,I think I got them all
"Darlin' Nellie Grey" Blonde
@ 11:43 - 12:50
"Dola Dance " - Mandola
@ 29:23 - 30:48
"The Mandolin Song"1923
@ 35:10 - 36:12
"Grandfather's Clock" Mandocello (John C. Works)
@ 45:10 - 47:28
"The Road to Pedro's" - 1927
"The Sound of the American Mandolin"
Last song played
Through growing up listening to my dads American country music. I eventually developed a love of it myself. After asking my dad why does he love country music. He said it’s Irish music that they have continued. His parents are Irish and he spent his school holidays there. It’s brought me to loving and learning both bluegrass and Irish trad mandolin. Thanks to America and the internet. 🇬🇧
It puts the issue of Virzi tone producer to rest. A must see video for all Mandolin lovers.......
@@RustyMadd I’m so happy with my A4 with the Virzi!!!
Very happy this is available to view!
WOW ,last tune was WOW !!!!
This video was an informative collection of musical segments discussing the history and types of mandolins in America and Europe. Thank You Mr. Williamson and McCullough for your efforts. As a beginning mandolin student, I found this helpful in better understanding the instrument I am learning to play.
very nice to see and hear a lot of beautiful mandolins like that !
Thoroughly enjoyed this mandolin history trip with the venerable Mr W. Thank you for posting this.
12:35 The mandola is the tenor member of the family instruments like a tenor guitar and tenor banjo with exactly same tuning, and mandolin is the alto ones. Mandocello is the baritone voice and serves as the octave mandola. And the octave mandolin is the tenor-baritone/lower tenor ones.
And the big mando-bass is less common instrument.
I still have a copy of the original 1995 VHS tape of this great project but no player anymore. According to Tony they never could get funding to make a DVD version available for sale. Pity because it is a great show.
WOW!!!
This is so very informative for the lovers of American mandolins such as myself. Thanks so very much for posting this video! My sincere most regards and respects........
Thank you, very informative.
This whole discussion seems to be about the Gibson Company Models. I would have liked to hear and Han had demonstrations the ones Martin Company and others. Yes Gibson made some of the most famous examples. Thanks for the presentation. Really enjoyed it.
I really enjoy this video and its view of the history of the mandolin in the U.S. My only criticism is that it focuses a bit too much on Gibson and Loar. There were a lot of mandolin makers in the early 1900s (Vega, Washburn, etc.) and makers of the cheap Army-Navy frying pan mandos, as well as the National Resophonic company making resophonic mandos in the 1930s. But Gibson is the big dog on the block, nd their A and F models have pretty much become what the definition of an American mando is. So I can't complain.
This was Alfredo Gil's first instrument he picked up where he discovered his love for the Guitar he then invented the Requinto which he played in a little band called Los Panchos.
This was fascinating
Truly fascinating video. Thank you. I am just developing an interest in the mandolin. It’s a very beautiful sounding instrument and it’s interesting to see that a uniquely American form of mandolin music developed.
great show...Thanks ...*****
Thank you for posting this! I love these well explained discussions and demonstrations.
For years people said the Handel inlaid tuning buttons were German but I believe they were actually made in St Louis, USA.
excellent video
If I wasn't watching the whole video when you played the mandocello, just on the basis of the look and sound, I would be hard pressed to tell it was a mandolin family member rather than a guitar, the sound is very similar to my ears
Amazing player
I have a Bow Back mandoline it was made in Chana with Chinese writing on the inside label it needs some work on the nut warren over time tuning and restringing... needs new treats on the fingerboard too...
Bowl back.. also called a Tater Bug
Although i have different and high-quality mandolins. I still primarily play a bowlback mandolin when i am at home. It's the one i carry around the house and yard. Something about the sound that i love. However, it is terrible for playing chords with other instruments.
I was experimenting with rattle strings, Have you seen the G & D string break in two places close together they rattle like a snake... just the outer rap breaks... .. . on one string it sounds cool ... .. .
Wow, I didn't recognize Tony...
You are telling me things I did not know. This is all pre-- Loar stuff, who designed our modern day Mandolins As an aside, Tony, I think your Tennessee Tuxedo is the right garb for this program. Cheers, my friend. Bob in Montana
I just fell in love with this instrument
The Vibration Trap would be a good name for it... .. .or vibration delay
it gives it a longer vibration time to me not a good thing for fast bluegrass playing... and if it had a pickup bridge for an amplifier, oh no lookout Benjo bleed over from mandolin... .. .
I also have a Bean Blossom mandolin F-Sysle hmmm it has no label on the inside that I can see... .. . looked it up it was $999.99... wow I paid $99.99 for it at a pawn shop ... someone needed glass's ... .. .
When I learn how to play The Road to Pedros, I know I'll have made it.
The soprano member ones which is the piccolo mandolin is the less common instrument.
34:29 what’s the tune?
I need to know if you use the standard classical tuning or the mandola tuning on the mandolin and what gauge strings do you like or preferr?
that would sound good if it had a pickup bridge for solo
What is the name of the song at about 33:40
I came to the comments looking for the same answer. Sounds to me like “When I’m Dead My Dearest”. Look up the Krüger Brothers’ version and I think you’ll hear a match.
I don't like the fingerboard how it goes over the flat top oval soundhole to me reduce the sounds coming out of it... .. .
I also have a Hybrid Washburn looked at it for months hang there in the store, it has an F-style headstock an A-style body, and a Flat Top oval soundhole, and it sounds good too, it's blue in color the ladies like it. lol ... ..
I agree with you I build violin and cello and it seems to me that the fingerboard extension would hinder a lot of vibration
yes, does anyone know what the last tune was?
Get up John 1936
The road to Pedro's -1927
The 10 string thing should be called mandoliola (mandolin and mandola hybrid).
Should be called a mandolorian
the difference between the snakeheads and f models was , they were voiced . like a violin was.
Please pronounce Appalachian correctly.
Contact info???,thankyou.
John e. Hutton made the finest sounding mandolins to be had.!!!!!!!!!
John e. Hutto
Not. Hutton,. H u t t o .