Tim Allan (Mandola)- LARA'S THEME - sounds like 4 mandolas!

[sthompson8355]

Awesome! It makes me want to watch the movie again!

[singo23596]

whos the asshat who disliked this

[HenryBair]

How did you string a mandola tuning onto an octave mandolin? What strings did you use?

[Walker615]

Wow! Amazing.

[torchwoodjackharknes]

What mornoic twaddle could dislike this? This is absolutely AMAZING!!!!

[josemchrist]

Wow! You made my day!!!

[DroogMonkey]

That is a beautiful Instrument. wonderful playing.

[Barakx8]

One Balalaika, two Balalaika, three Balalaika four. This is so wonderful I want to hear

more!

[zzlong55]

Such a pretty presentation! I have just acquired a mandola and I'll be learning to play it soon! I have been playing guitar for 35 years, so mandola shouldn't be that much of a challenge. Thanks for your talent!

[Thomasfiddle]

Amazing! Have you been liustening to Eddie Peabody? Just started with the tenor mandola myself. Nice to hear that the instrument is alive and kicking so wildly!

[Porterchrille]

AMAZING! Absolutely Wonderful!

[jampotdj]

I want one And ur amazing

[SotR59]

that is pretty rad.

[Freemasonry]

you are kinda awesome at the mandola Tim Allan.

[xIgniteTheChangex]

you hack

[koborlo27]

Sehr schön!!!

[SuperOxideDimutase]

man, I am confused - mandola, oactave mandolin, mandocello?? what's the difference?

[taffedwards1]

That is brilliant Tim. I've been playing mandolin for over 50 years but I don't think I could master your technique. Well done - an inspiration for all us "tryers". By the way, if you tune one or two courses in octaves, does that not make it a bouzouki?

Cheers, Taff Edwards

[DisembodiedLoaf]

Amazing! I would think it's impossible to sound like FOUR instruments are playing.

[RatherCrunchyMuffin]

That neck seems too long to be a mandola.

[mroubison]

I believe this is an octave mandola. a guitar sized low key mandola. normal mandolas are much smaller

[claybanjo]

Nice job on one of my favorite songs!

[redmotodotcom]

Great! Amazing!

Congratulations from Argentina

[WolfeSVK]

I cannot trust my ears, it's awesome

[PaddyMacNasty]

brilliant

[Agar101]

what's your tuning? this is of course an old concept but it makes your arrangement no less excellent * genius tim =]

[fateissealed]

Charisma...

[garrybedi]

good heavenss...... this is awesome.. crazy ... out of this world.. i feel blessed listening to this

Garry

Chandigarh, India

[TESTOSTICLE777]

one word.

Mandocello

[syadkir]

Excellent , wow....!

Cheers !

[austrolapithicas]

Is that a Mandola? A mandola is tuned a fifth lower than a mondolin. That sounds like an octave mandolin to me. Anyway, an utterly outstanding sound and performance!

[iwouldeatthem]

wow

[RosebudliasCabochons]

About 10 years ago I was with the love of my life in vienna, Austria, and we went into a cafe for a cup of tea. A woman was playing this on the piano. It was snowing outside and it was just SO romantic.

Needless to say, a matter of 2 months later he left me and broke my heart lol! However, whenever I hear this I am reminded of that lovely day ...

Thank you. x

[kiddroy]

Really awesome.

[connan5]

Great!

[Balderjanszz]

And that's .... how it's done!

[ilovemutemath]

that was pretty awesome

[susbutster]

What kind of mandola is he playing?

[VV44NNcc33]

Gibson

[stonefly]

Better than a Gibson. It's a Weber Fern Octave Mandolin

[musky527]

Fabulous!!!!!! Really enjoyed that!!!!

[Wahwah999]

That was mind blowing mate, Was searching for Lara's Tune and found you, Ive been jamming to you on my Mando ever since!

[peedayrus]

brilliant! outstanding! bravo!!

[sonanterobrutal]

I have a doubt, I have a mandola but it is smaller than yours, the yours is a mandola or a 8 mandolin? My mandola in tunned c,g,d,a, bass-treble. How is tunned yours one? However, congratulations for this sweet music.

[dianeb1020]

Absolutely beautiful........

[bryarbryarbryar]

That was simply amazing!

I watched with my mouth open in awe the whole time.

You, sir, are very talented.

I would be honored if we could play this song together sometime.

[mithunia]

awesome................love it!!!

[Wiegieboard]

That was great to wtatch

[faug2007]

YEAH!!!!!!!EXELLENT!!!

[j0hnm1lt0n]

Great playing - I love the 'duo' style, melody and countermelody.

Made me smile!

Jim Y (Vanden, and Gregory mandolins, Gregory mandola)

[Buffalo49]

Hi Tim: I actually prefer your banjo version from your "In Concert" DVD. I ordered some of your books & CD's at the begining of the summer & have been trying to learn the tenor banjo. Keep posting.

Doug.

[mandolaguy]

I'm totally impressed with your playing. The first thing I thought when I saw this performance was wow, ... where does this guy live?.... I want to take a lesson. (Unfortunately, I'm across the continent in San Francisco)

I play a standard (American style) mandola (CGDA) but I've never thought of tuning some of the strings an octave higher (you're referring to the D and A strings, right?) What kind of strings would I buy for a standard mandola to accomplish that?

Thanks for inspiring me.

[timallanstrings]

Hi, Glad you like this tuning. On a regular mandola, maybe a first string could be put on the 3rd pair, and a little heavier one on the 4th pair, eg. .10 and .12 gauge.

Have fun.

Tim

[Mandolin1944]

Remarkable playing, just excellent really.

I'm wondering why you call it a mandola though -- clearly you are playing an octave manodolin right? (tuned GDAE a full octave below the manodlin?).

Generally I consider the the mandola tuning as the same as the viola -- a 5th below the mandolin.

Maybe you are using a different tuning? Anwway it sounds very nice. What kind of instrument do you have? Whatever it is it is a beauty and is it sounds great.

[timallanstrings]

Hi, Thanks. I'm glad you like the sound.

This is a "Weber" Octave Mandolin tuned higher- up to C,G,D,A. like a mandola - so I have called it a mandola to indicate the tuning. I also put an octave higher string in the 4th pair as well as one octave higher string in the 3rd pair- to add a greater fullness (6 different notes at once). I play tenor banjo, which has the CGDA tuning, and the fingerboard of the banjo is almost exactly the same as my Octave Mandolin.

All the best,

Tim Allan

[Mandolin1944]

Great idea! I have been wondering what my mandocello would sound like if I could find a way to have the two lower (C and G) strings separated by an octave in pitch like on a 12-string guitar.

[jaxjagsman]

@timallanstrings -- what string gauges do you use? i'm interested in an octave mandola as i prefer the size, but the timbre of the CGDA tuning here is to die for.

[TheGiantPony1]

@timallanstrings My question is, did you have to get new strings, and if so, which ones? Because I'd love to do this with my Octave Mandolin, but I don't know how.

[singo23596]

@timallanstrings dude that looks a bit like a madocello

[Labrabob]

Incredible.

[vaandamme]

i wud give all my money if i cud play like that

your awesome man

[tenorbanjoguy]

Tim, I finally get to hear this instrument! I have seen you pictured with this for years and have wondered how you sound on it. I am not disappointed in the least! You are amazing, thanks sooo much!

[Mandopete]

Most Excellent - 5 Stars!

[billkilpatrick]

just wonderful - you play a big instrument, tim - complimenti.

[MandoIsland]

Great technique, and great, full sound of your mandola!