When I ought to have been doing various kinds of weekend work, instead I was figuring out a mandolin version of a disquieting little instrumental piece by Thanasis Papakonstantinou. It’s Οργανικό (Organiko: “Instrumental”) from the album Αγία Νοσταλγία.

Here’s my rendition (5M mp3); youtube has the original.

Some differences you will notice:

  • I can’t play slowly. Not even to save my life.
  • I changed the chord on the second theme; if I played this in a group (especially with a bass or guitar for that pedal note) I would stick to the original, but I couldn’t get it to work on solo mandolin.
  • Yeah, I learned one of the downward runs wrong.