Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Cover by Lucky & Ben

12th December 2009

Lucky's turn to chose a cover this time. All the parts were arranged by Lucky, including the orchestral percussion haha.

Merry Christmas.

Arrival of The Queen of Sheba on Mandolin

26th September 2009

From the Oratorio Solomon (HWV 67 - 1748) by George Frideric Handel. The British mandolinist Simon Mayor gave me the inspiration to do my version of this piece. The viola parts don't have a note lower than a mandolin's lower G, so I played the viola parts (doubled up) on mandolin. But listening back, I think it would have sounded better (or provided more "sonic interest") if played on guitar (or mandola if I had one).

Vivaldi - Concerto for two Mandolins (2nd Movement)

4th September 2009

Some more baroque music, but this time it was origanlly composed for mandolin.

Bach Invention 8 on Mandolin and Bass

28th August 2009

I originally became interested in Bach when I started playing Bass guitar and bought a load of books to get me going; one of which was "JS Bach for Electric Bass", which is where I learned this piece.

The bass part is an octave lower than it should be, but it still works.