Seasonal Suites for Octave Mandolin or Mandocello (including the new Autumn Suite)

 

Seasonal Suites for Octave Mandolin or Mandocello, (pdf book combining Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn Suites from this blog, only $5).

Autumn Suite, November, 2020 (for Octave Mandolin or Mandocello)

(Octave Mandolin version pdf) (Mandocello version pdf)

1. Amber (mp3)

2. Russet (mp3)

3. Golden (mp3)

4. Scarlet (mp3)

5. Auburn (mp3)

Today's post completes a project begun in February 2019. The Autumn Suite presented here is the final piece of what I am now calling Seasonal Suites for Octave Mandolin or Mandocello. I have really enjoyed putting these suites together for the the players of the "big mandolins" and I have been very pleased by the positive responses I have received from the Big Mandolin Community.

If you have been following the deployment of these suites over the last two years, and you have been printing out the sheet music for your own use, then you can simply print a copy of the Autumn Suite and you will have a complete set. 

My hope is that some folks will decide to pay the price of a cup of fancy coffee and buy the new book I have compiled in order to have all of the pieces together in one handy place. Just click on the link above for the web page for the book which includes a Paypal Buy Now button. I'll send it out to you quickly.

I may someday compile all of my recordings of these pieces into one album as well, but that's a project for another year. Right now I'm just happy that I managed to finish the Autumn Suite and put together the book before the end of this very strange year.

Just a reminder, while these pieces were created and arranged with the octave mandolin and mandocello in mind there is no reason that players of the regular mandolin can't play them as well. I think these pieces would sound good on the "little" (CGDA) mandola also but I didn't create versions in alto clef. If you play the CGDA mandola and can read bass clef that is your best bet.

However you come at this music I hope that you find something to enjoy in playing and hearing it. I certainly had a good time composing these tunes and playing them on my own octave mandolin. Thanks to everyone who has encouraged me with this project.