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Thread #102630   Message #2083594
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
21-Jun-07 - 08:38 PM
Thread Name: Review: Paul McCartneys Mandolin playing
Subject: RE: Review: Paul McCartneys Mandolin playing
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (that's the two volume one with 2,672 pages - not that short) gives it as virtuosi and virtuosos both being correct. But my impression is that the word has now been anglicised to the extent that virtuosos is now more common usage.
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Here's the youtube clip with the official video. Good fun stuff, not one of the great songs, but so what? Basic strumming is the right kin dof accompaniment, clever stuff would have spoiled it.

An dhere's a discussion about all this on a specialsit mandolin site.