Mandolin Minute Ron McKinnon
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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://www.twitter.com/ron_mckinnon
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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 | "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 || -
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 Future of What - Copyright 101: https://soundcloud.com/thefutureofwhat/copyright-101 -
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 the process of making that instrument, très cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_18qReD5MZg -
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. -
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