tourdion - renaissance mandolin

[saetron]

magnificent...



[Hiudon]

Is there a tab of this song somewhere?

[LeSymposie]

molto bello! ha un suono incantevole..merveilleus!! :)

[noahjell]

what are you useing to pluck the mandolin?

[billkilpatrick]

@noahjell - a risha or oud plectrum

[jakekn3]

beautiful!

[billkilpatrick]

@jakekn3 - gratz'!

[elocius1]

|: Quand je bois du vin clairet, Ami tout tourne, tourne, tourne, tourne, Aussi désormais je bois Anjou ou Arbois, :| |: Chantons et buvons, à ce flacon faisons la guerre, Chantons et buvons, les amis, buvons donc! :| Quand je bois du vin clairet, Ami tout tourne, tourne, tourne, tourne, Aussi désormais je bois Anjou ou Arbois. Buvons bien, là buvons donc A ce flacon faisons la guerre. Buvons bien, là buvons donc Ami, trinquons, gaiement chantons. |: En mangeant d'un gras jambon,

[Uteki]

''Pepe le piu'' accent? i think it pretty good!

[heartbreakerGeorge]

I'm impressed! Recently saw you other vids!

Have you studied mandoline somewhere?

Personally, I try to do it whithout notes, so far, if at all I would transform guitar chords on mandoline or so (e.g. the mandoline part of "Losing my religion" performed by REM) which worked quite well. But I'm looking for a change in style though as medieval and renaissance songs...

[billkilpatrick]

@heartbreakerGeorge - thank you, george. the instrument is a mid-missouri M-4 mandoline from the united states, with calace dogal RW92 medio strings - a beautiful instrument.

[heartbreakerGeorge]

Hi, I consider this to be the best stuff on mandoline I've ever heard!

Say mate, where did you get this instrument from?

Playing along on a bluegrass mandoline, but it's no real fun as the sound is somewhat WEAK -.-

If this particular one is NOT available elsewhere, what do you recommend instead? I'm looking at least for a similar type...

Your's sincerely

Gehabt euch wohl!

[sjokolade777]

Attention a la diction...

[HistoryValkyrie]

Superb job, you certainly performed it skillfully.

Where exactly did you find the sheet music and lyrics for this?

[billkilpatrick]

@HistoryValkyrie - thank you. no sheet music but the lyrics are available on-line. i learned the tune by listening to others and playing along.

[HistoryValkyrie]

@billkilpatrick

I found the online lyrics, but this stanza online seems to be very different from how you sing it here and I can't quite make out the difference since I am not proficient in French. May I ask what you sang exactly in this stanza? (bracketed words=unsure)

"Buvons bien, buvons mes amis [trinquons,]

buvons, [gaiement chantons!]"

[billkilpatrick]

@HistoryValkyrie - here are the words that were given to me:

"buvon vein

buvon mes ami trinquon

buvon vidons nos verres

buvon bein

buvon mes ami trinquon

buvon vidons gaiement chanton"

[HistoryValkyrie]

@billkilpatrick Okay, thank you. It makes much more sense now. :)

[billkilpatrick]

@Uteki - interesting - a quick check of the lyrics given me show a slight difference: can't find "Le bon vin nous a rendus gais, Chantons oublions nos peines, chantons."

when will we see/hear your version? ... hmmm?

[Uteki]

@billkilpatrick look on youtube for: Caljenté sings "Tourdion"

^_^ If you speak french, you will be able to hear it.

[elocius1]

you have the lyrics here

hermineradieuse.aceboard.fr/14­766-5061-17948-0-Paroles-chant­s-medievaux.htm

2nd answer, called "Tourdion paroles"

[pereenah]

Ah c'est formidable, je souhaite que je puisse jouer comme ca!!

[GLPease314]

This is really beautiful! I've been a guitar player for 40 years, and have just picked up the mandolin. Your playing really inspires me! Magnifique!

[Seibehegen]

Grand, mais je voulais si possible, que vous transcrevese la lettre, a certains endroits que je ne comprends pas.

Reconnaissant,

Italo Dant

Hail from Brasil ami, nous bois ^^

[reliablebow]

sweeet

[csango01]

Superbe. Quel est l' accordage ? Tuning?

[billkilpatrick]

merci - l'accordage est Gg-DD-aa-ee.

[mossymando]

Bill, Thanks for your reply. The tuning you speak of "with an octave course in G".Could you explain how that is done as different from regular tuning. I've listened again to 'Tourdion' & I think what makes it so pleasing is the melodic sequence & the time signature just make it lope along, almost like it is travelling geographically & through time. Perhaps your slight chuckle at the end of the tune shows you enjoy its qualities too.

Thanks,

Mossymando (rank beginner but -know what I like)

[mossymando]

Hello Bill;

If you ever want to publish a book of your stylings & interpretations , I'm interested. Currently I am learning mando with a well-made instrument by Peter Sawchyn (his Beavertail).I very much want to work on something like this tourdion, or your Saltarello, but I would need some kind of tab version to work with those chord progressions. Really, book, CD, I'm there!

Mossymando.

[billkilpatrick]

this is about as close as i'll ever get to "nashville is on the line ..." - thank you very much for the compliment.

check out allan alexander on google - he's compiled several early music books with tab and cd. mostly, these are very simple tunes and shouldn't be too difficult to follow along, using this - or any other - video. essentially it's folk music with as many variations as there are (were) folks who played them. thanks again - canada rocks!

[haakonmakt]

fantastico!

[billkilpatrick]

mine is an m-4 mid-missouri, tuned with an octave course in "g" - makes a nice "medieval-ish" sound, i think.

[OudProff]

interesting !, I like it

[billkilpatrick]

thank you proff'! - high praise indeed coming from you ...

[billkilpatrick]

done! think of it more as treble lute and you're halfway there. i doubt i'll ever be quick enough for celtic mandolin playing.

[oscilis]

You're making me want to get one of these.

[654321654321]

wow!! amazing!

i like it a lot, great music.

greetings,

R.

[billkilpatrick]

grazie!

[LUKEJAMESBARRETT]

were can i buy one of those mandolins?, loverly playing.

[billkilpatrick]

thank you - it's a lovely instrument. i bought mine from mike dulac, luthier for "mid-missouri" and "big muddy" mandolins.

[lewdite]

very nice picking.