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Mandol tunings

will_oud - 11-6-2006 at 09:41 AM

Hello folks. I'm about to receive an Algerian mandol from friend. Does anyone recommend spacific mandol tunings. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

William . parks

will_oud - 11-6-2006 at 09:45 AM

Also, does anyone know where I can get some recordings of Dahman Al Harashi?

William F. Sparks

billkilpatrick - 11-6-2006 at 01:06 PM

"mandol" in my search engine yields mostly drug related hits - any available, on-line photos of the instrument named "mandol"? - sounds interesting.

hi william sparks - it's been a long time since i've heard from you.

- bill

John Erlich - 11-6-2006 at 04:29 PM

Azul Will,

Why not ask a professional mandol player, like my friend Moh Alileche: http://www.flagoffreedom.com/ ? You can hear samples of (and purchase!) his 3 CDs at http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/102-7165089-6085711?url=search...

Ar Tufat,
Udi John

John Erlich - 11-6-2006 at 04:31 PM

Oops! The link didn't work. You can either paste the whole link into your browser or go to Amazon.com and search his name.

-Udi John

will_oud - 11-6-2006 at 07:03 PM

Waw! You now Moh Alileche? That's awsome! I've heard some of his music. I shall deffinately ask him. Thanks John.

William F. Sparks

Microber - 11-7-2006 at 01:25 AM

You can find cd of Dahmane El Harrachi on Amazone.
But you have to write 'HARRACHI' with 2 'R' and a 'C'.
Only a few on Amazone US. And more on Amazone France.
The famous original 'Ya Rayah' is on 'Le Chaabi : vol 1'
Club du disque arabe - AAA037

Robert

will_oud - 11-7-2006 at 11:02 PM

Thank gus. I just got my mandol, and Bill, nice to hear from you as well. I found out that mandol, or mondol, is strictly found in Algeria. There are only two makers of fine quality mandols in Algeria. My friend got mine from a local music shop. According to my friend, D A D G C is one of a few tunings used. Right now, I use Egyptian five course tuning E A D G C. Pics and sound clip will be up soon.

William F. Sparks