Hi Hugh.
A mandolin has eight strings two for each tuned note.
The repeat sound is done by alternating the plucking of each string.
I hope this makes a bit of sense.
Regards Don

My son plays a Mandolin so here is my 'Composition for a Mandolin'.
Regards, Don

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Hi Fred and John,
Thanks for listening to my composition,
As you say, it's just a matter of messing around really.
Regards Don,

Hi all. A while ago now I just sat at the organ, started the Bossa Nova rhythm going and ad-libbed this piece as I went along. The second time I played it I may have not played it exactly the same, but now I have done it a few times the pattern of the melody has stuck in my head and I reckon it ends...

Hi Charles,
Thanks for that, beautifully played
like a breath of fresh air.
Regards Don.

Psalm 23 is generally known in English by its first verse, "The Lord is my Shepherd". A metrical version of the psalm is traditionally sung to the hymn tune Crimond, generally attributed to Jessie Seymour Irvine. This version, with its opening words "The Lord's My Shepherd", is p...

Hi Hugh and Fred
Thanks for your kind remarks
As you say Hugh, it is a fine sounding trumpet,
but we have Yamaha to thank for that
Regards Don ,

Most classical trumpet pieces were written in the key of D.
Here is one called Trumpet Tune, composed by John Stanley
Stanley was born in 1712 and died in 1786.
I have played this in the key of D, the key it was written in.
Regards, Don

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Hi Tony
Absolutely terrific multittracking arrangement.
I think if Stan Kenton was still around , he would
have considered hanging up his baton
Very enjoyable listen
Regards Don

Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Regards, Don

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Hi Brian 007.
Glad you liked my Cinquantaine.
Sorry about the halfway blipps,
Must be old age,
Thanks for listening
Regards Don

Hi Val,
I'm sorry but I haven't still got the dots for La Cinquantaine.
I used to have for playing at weddings.
Pity really. if I had I might have played it better.
Regards Don

"La Cinquantaine" (French "the fiftieth anniversary" ie. "The Golden Wedding")
is a piece of music which was composed by Jean Gabriel-Marie in 1887.
Regards, Don

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The Shepherds Farewell by Hector Berlioz
Regards, Don

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Hi Charles,
Trumpeters Lullaby,
One of my favourite pieces brilliantly
Performed by you.
I particularly loved the brass band backing.
Regards
Don.

More for Christmas.
On Christmas Night (Medley)
Regards, Don

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Another classical one from me.
"Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring" (BWV Cantata 147) by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Regards, Don

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Once In Royal David's City.
Played on my Yamaha AR 100.
Regards, Don

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Hi Charles,
Great to hear your music again,
brilliant as ever.
Kind Regards.
Don .

Hi Val,
Lovely rendition of Let it snow.
Super left hand.
Regards Don .

The Snowman - I'm Walking In The Air
Regards, Don

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Hi Val7Jean,
I enjoyed your Winter Wonderland.
Nice to hear it with your own rhythms,
like the old theatre organ days.
Regards Don.

Something a little different
Theatre Organ style this time.
The Christmas Song & I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas
Regards, Don

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Hi MichaelW
What a great version of Stop The Cavalry.
I enjoyed that much more than the original.
Well played
Regards Don

Hi Hugh
You are right ,I have put an extra E not written
in the last line but what,s one note among friends
Regards Don

"The angel Gabriel from heaven came" is a Basque Christmas folk carol about the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary It quotes the biblical account of that event and was translated into English by Sabine Baring-Gould. It is best known from that version. Regards, Don https://app.box.com/s/fsv49d...

Hi Hugh
Just listened to your Calypso Carol with
the complicated tempo,It put me in mind
of Dave Brubeck's Take Five which was
five beats to the bar.
Well played you
Don

Hi Val
As far as I know there are no sampled
Sounds on the AR 100 .
It has a very good set of drawbars which
enables you to be yourself .
Thanks for listening.
Regards Don

Hi John D ,
Pleased you liked my Christmas selection.
Thanks for listening.
Kind Regards
Don

No Carol Service would be complete without this one, any more than
you could have The Last Night of the Proms without Land of Hope and Glory.
O Come All Ye Faithful on the AR's 'Church Organ'.
Regards, Don

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Hi Val ,
Pleased you liked my Christmas Medley,
It was recorded on my AR100 in one take.
I just sit down and play where the mood takes me.
Kind Regards
Don

Hi Brian007 and Hugh,
Thanks for your comments on my Christmas Medley,
Glad you liked it.
Hugh, I am sure you would be very welcome at my church.
Another tenor would be very useful.
Kind Regards,
Don

A Christmas Medley.
Sleigh Ride, Have Yourself A Very Merry Christmas, O Holy Night.
Regards, Don

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Hi Ken and Hugh
Thanks for listening to my Clair De Lune,
Glad you liked it
Regards Don

Another classical piece from me.
Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy.
Regards, Don

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