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Winter Suite, February 2019

by John Goodin

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The larger members of the mandolin family, the mandocello (CGDA) and the octave mandolin (GDAE), don't always receive the attention they deserve. This short and not too difficult Suite was written on the octave mandolin with the mandocello also in mind. I was conscious of the longer stretches required on these instruments and the extra resonance supplied by their open strings.

The idea for a Winter Suite came as I was reading the excellent biography of Lou Harrison recently written by Bill Alves and Brett Campbell. It's a fascinating and inspiring story of a great American composer. Harrison would often write short pieces using the suite format and, while reading during breakfast a couple of weeks ago, I had the idea to do something similar aimed at mandocello and octave mandolin players.

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released February 27, 2019

Recorded at home in Decorah using a recently built Eastman MDO305 octave mandolin.

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John Goodin Decorah, Iowa

John Goodin (1951-2021) played guitar and mandolin for decades. He wrote fiddle tunes and pieces for mandolin orchestra, published music books and recorded several CDs. He performed around the country with the contra dance band Contratopia and locally with fiddler Erik Sessions and the Scandinavian-American band Foot-Notes, among others. ... more

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