Reels on the Octave Mandolin

A pair of Irish reels played on the octave mandolin. I believe these tunes come from the playing of Johnny Doherty, but I don't know that for a fact.
I'm still experimenting with iMovie and Garage Band. Playing around with cropping clips (sorry if the editing seems a bit jumpy.) Fun tunes to play, though -- I hope you like them.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• traditional
• folk
• Celtic
• mandolin

[snitcheroo]

Love the drone you're getting!

How exactly do you string the G and D in octaves?

Does it mean that for the pair of G strings you have one at a lower octave G and one at a higher octave G? Do you need to buy different gauge G strings for this?

Thanks!

[pintNdale]

@snitcheroo When I got the octave mandolin in England, I was told the gauges were: G:22 and 47 -- D:11 and 31 -- A:22,22 -- E: 11, 11. Getting those specs isn't always possible, so I vary them a bit (usually going heavier rather than lighter to get a fuller sound.) There are Octave Mando string sets and I sometimes get those and just substitute single lighter strings to make the octave pairs. The octaves make it much easier to play tunes up the neck. I hope this answers your question

[pintNdale]

Thanks very much for your comment! I've been enjoying that aspect of the octave mandolin.

[straybullet]

WHy plug an acoustic instrument into an amplifier for house music, are you hiding something?

[pintNdale]

@straybullet

No plug - no amplifier - no hiding -- THIS IS ALL ACOUSTIC.

[dashdrum]

Nice job! Looks like you're using a bouzouki tuning - GDAD.

[pintNdale]

Thanks! -- The tuning is standard GDAE, but the G and D are strung in octaves.

[SeekingShari777]

I just got an OM and just learning...thank you for the video...inspiring :)

[fanwick]

Sound really great!

[chirritutiplen]

Well done that!

[Dracapalley]

Great stuff! Very full sound

[Brobee]

That is super awesome! I too would love to know which two reels....

[paddyswhiskers]

lovely playing......what's the name of these two reels?



[wesmatron]

This could make the dead get up and dance.

[boabstewart]

this is good stuff