Tikitu de Jager
@tikitu · Mandolin, mandola, bouzoukis Greek and Irish, tzouras, guitar · Thessaloniki
Extremely part-time musician.
A traditional dance from west Macedonia. My transcription is as basic as basic can be, there’s a lot going on that I didn’t capture. Oh and the tablature is for my instrument (mandola) not his (3-string… More…
Very quick, very dirty, just to get some accompaniment written down. More…
A wonderful jig by Tijn Berens, played crackling fast by one of his groups. I've only notated the bare tune (no ornaments or variations), and also not the second tune they run into later. More…
Lovely waltz by a wonderful band. This is a bare-bones tune-only transcription. They sell tune books with a *lot* more detail, and while this tune hasn't been included in one yet I presume it will at some… More…
I presume this is usually played a bit faster (it's a reel) but I love this slow setting. I've made almost no attempt to notate the ornaments, just the bare bones of the tune.… More…
Composed on the island Kalamos. I've notated it here for mandola; it works just as well on mandolin with the same fingering but pitched up a fifth. More…
This is a tricky one to notate, because Tallroth plays it with a tuning soundslice can't do. (He's using an octave mandolin which I think is tuned GDGD.) The stave notation is as Tallroth plays it, but… More…
A lovely delicate waltz, played somewhat awkwardly as I try to put in more double-stops than I can reliably finger. More…
Waterbound is a fabulous song that everybody, but *everybody*, seems to play differently. I've found 5/4 (played by the composer so I guess that's the original), 7/4, several different arrangements that,… More…
They play it twice, once slow and once faster. I've notated the *faster* version, because they stick to the melody without variations: the first section has more improvisation so it's harder to make out… More…
I haven't notated the whole recording, just the first time the themes are introduced. He starts with an improvisation, then the bit I notated, then another improvisation (watch that sharpened 4th!) then… More…
Played, somewhat shakily, by me. Including the odd mistake, but the notation follows what I *should* have played instead of what I *did* play.… More…
I encourage you to head over to youtube for the full track, which is lovely, and runs this schottische in between two other tunes.… More…
(After reading around a little I'm not sure I have the time signature correct. It's described all over the place as "not a waltz but a bourrée" and as definitely 3:8 not 3:4 time, but I'm not sure that… More…
Tricksy polska that changes where the "one" sits in the bar as it moves between sections. More…