Mandolin Improvisation and Songs with Chords- theMandolinTuner Weekly Roundup wk2 '18

Hi there, here are the latest articles published at theMandolinTuner in case you missed them.

The first article is about a mandolin hero. Srinivas was a brilliant mandolin musician, playing Indian music on his custom 5-string electrical mandolin. In this video from the Festival International Mandolines de Lunel, he is improvising together with two mandolin greats, Mike Marshal and Hamilton de Holanda.

The other three articles are about songs I like so much to select to present them to you with lyrics, chords and an embedded video to play along.

Actually, one of my 2018 resolutions is to post every Tuesday a new song at theMandolinTuner. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do when creating the posts.

Cheers, thanks again, and I'll see you on the inside!

Christos

Saying Goodbye to 2017 with an amazing video by Srinivas Marshal Holanda - TV138

I always thought that big moments should be celebrated properly. Saying farewell to 2017 is such a moment for me, as I am waiting with excitement the new adventures to be realized in 2018. Thus, I spent some time trying to discover an extraordinary performance to share. And I found it. I actually wonder how is it possible not to …

Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen (Chords)

"Famous Blue Raincoat" is a dark song, that was included in "Songs of Love and Hate", the third studio album by Leonard Cohen. Produced by Bob Johnston, the album was released on March 19, 1971, through Columbia Records. This is the second Leonard Cohen song to be added in theMandolinTuner. More will definitely follow as I intend to create a collection …

I'll be home for Christmas

"I'll Be Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song recorded in 1943 by Bing Crosby, who scored a top ten hit with the song. Originally written to honor soldiers overseas who longed to be home at Christmastime, "I'll Be Home for Christmas" has since gone on to become a Christmas standard. The song is sung from the point of view …

Hotel California, The Eagles

Hotel California is the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics). The song is considered the most famous recording by the band, and its long guitar coda has been voted the …