Join me on a musical journey to the picturesque seaside pathways of Torrevieja, Spain, in Novmember 2023!
In this enchanting video, I take you along as I explore the vibrant, sun-kissed city of Torrevieja in Spain while filling the air with the melodic sounds of the mandolin. My little busking...
Nothing is better than jamming some fiddle tunes with your friends!
In this video, Magnus Zetterlund and Mikael Grund play a bluegrass fiddle tune called Big Sciota. The melody is really cool, wandering from G-major to E-minor in an interesting way.
Thanks to Hayes Griffin for teaching me...
It's the 100th Anniversary of Bill Monroe's Gibson F-5 mandolin, signed by Lloyd Loar.
His instrument, the Gibson F-5 Master model with serial number 73987, was tested and approved on July 9th, 1923. It has become the most famous instrument in country and bluegrass music history....
In this video, Karl Tiren and Magnus Zetterlund play play a traditional Swedish fiddle tune called Årepolskan. This dance tune is a triplet polska from the region of Jämtland.
The melody is interesting, wandering from G-major to E-minor in a typical way for this tradition. It is a...
In this video, Magnus Zetterlund and Karl Tiren play the Minuet in G major (BWV Anh. 114) by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is a delightful tune to play on the mandolin and is a lovely introduction to classical and Baroque music. Our mandolin arrangement includes a melody part and a harmony part that...
Happy New Year, my mandolin friend!
The first video out in 2023 is a golden memory from the previous summer.
We are playing a traditional Scandinavian dance tune on the mandolin, octave mandolin and fiddle. This is the Silkesvalsen (the Silk Waltz), a traditional dance tune from...
In this video, we play a traditional Nordic dance tune on the mandolin guitar and fiddle. This is Polska after Juringius, Sweden.
We recorded a spontaneous jam session in Falun, Sweden early July 2022. The band is Magnus Zetterlund (Sweden) mandolin, Hayes Griffin (Ohio, US) guitar, and Ondra...
In this video, we are playing the swing standard “Sweet Georgia Brown.”
This song is nearly a century old and has become a favorite jam tune in jazz, swing, Western swing, and even bluegrass circles!
We recorded a spontaneous jam session in Falun, Sweden early July 2022. The band is...
In this video, Magnus Zetterlund and Hayes Griffin are playing the swing standard, “Avalon” by Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva, and Vincent Rose. Magnus is playing a Phoenix Neo Bluegrass mandolin and Hayes is playing a Red Diamond A-style mandolin.
In Mandolin Secrets Academy...
Back on Mandolin Mondays this week, we have Swedish mandolinist Magnus Zetterlund with us playing a beautiful Swedish fiddle tune called "Halls Lilla Vals" written by Jon Erik Hall (1877-1948) from Bergsjö in Hälsingland.
Magnus is playing a sweet electro-acoustic Phoenix Jazz...
New single, released August 24th, 2021. This is a Nordic folk, mandolin original called “Waltz of the Dreams” by Magnus Zetterlund. The instruments played are mandolin, octave mandolin, and double bass.
Listen to the tune and add it to your streaming service: ...
In this video, I show how I play the octave mandolin accompaniment for Murphy’s Hornpipe. It’s a traditional Irish tune I learned 17 years ago but still love to play it.
For this accompaniment, I focus on playing a strong baseline.
It suits this tune well with its...
