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Written in fRoots issue 306, 2008


BOOK

PETRI HAKALA
Trad. - Traditional Finnish Fiddle Tunes On Guitars And Mandolins
Sibelius Academy Folk Music Department ISSN 1455-2493 (2008)

Finnish mandolinist and guitarist Hakala’s 2007 CD of traditional Finnish fiddle tunes played on guitars and mandolins, Trad, was reviewed in fR 297. Hakala’s a fine, very experienced player, playing with the Helsinki Mandoliners, Maria Kalaniemi’s Aldargaz, Freshet, Markku Lepistö, Unto, Lumisudet, Ottopasuuna and many more over the years. The CD, on which he plays all the instruments – mandolin, mandola, mandocello and guitar, often multitracked as a convincing ensemble - is an elegant fresh take on the tunes as he translates them from bowed to plucked strings.
      This 170-page A4 book, ringbound to lie flat, with a copy of the CD inside the back cover, opens things up for other players with transcriptions of the full scores for all the tracks, plus for each instrument separate notation in parallel with its tablature.
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