Hi group - As a child in the mid 60's, I learned to play a tenor guitar which I loved and still have. I recently pulled it out of the closet but found that...
Thanks, Peter. Good resource, but for newbies here like me, I recommend they go further and check out how these forms sound when used by Steve and others. The...
Yes, Steve Caddick is a very talented tenor player, both guitar and especially banjo. FYI, he hosts a PalTalk music room every last Sunday of the month at...
Pete, I'm always ready to play a few tunes either here or at CGDA live play, I usually have been at a jam here in town on Thursdays, and I'm more availible...
A couple of items: CGDA Live play doesn't exist anymore. It's now called ' 4String- Banjo-Guitar ' the password is ' plectrum '. Some Mondays and some ...
Could one of our experienced members give a brief summary of tenor- group essentials? Like how to listen to sample music? How to get into the chatroom? Don't...
This summer I was visiting my favorite flea market when I happened upon a small four string martin guitar. At first I thought it was a baritone uke and offered...
... into The internet address of our group is; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tenorguitarregistry/ Once there you will have to log in with your ID and password....
Pretty excellent result for an initial $5 investment! Just curious, how do you get the thinest string to C? Most of us are glad when we reach 'A' without a...
Sorry need to clarify the tuning (it was late). Starting from the top (biggest string) and working my way down: CGDG (not C). The high G gives lots of open...
Ah, right. Same relative tuning as GDAD (a common tuning on Irish zouk). It's a good tuning for chording, partial chording and melodies all in one, and much...
Donn Although your not in GDAD, if your basically in the C variant of that tuning, you can get a whole bunch of chord shapes free off this website- han's Irish...
I've been playing guitar and bass for years and I just recently got interested in playing Tenor guitar. I wanted to buy one, so I've been searching ebay for...
I decided not to get one of the "tenors" because of the long scale length, but instead got one of the "mandocellos" which were just the same, or nearly the...
<PRE>Rafannell, Sounds like a European tenor, maybe a baritone uke, ( by the position markers). Post measurements. A photo would bring instant results....
If I had to guess I would call it a plectrum guitar. There seems to be some confusion over the terms 4 string guitar, tenor guitar, and plectrum guitar. For...
... that's exactly what he means. i've exchanged email with him on this point; he's across the border from me in westchester county, and i was further...
This a group of surfers who have been playing in San Onofre California since the 1930s. The current leader of the group is the brother of one of my oldest...
Another marvelous plectrum player is Eddie Erickson of Monterey, Calif. He is also a superb jazz guitarist and an appealing vocalist. He first came to my...
Eddie Erickson of Monterey, CA is not only a fine musician he is a great showman and is very intertaining....well worth going out of the way to see anywhere....
... <conetones@y...>" <conetones@y...> wrote: [Snip] ... Alden, ... If that's the same Howard Alden who did the solo work on the movie, "Sweet and Lowdown,"...
Conversations with people on other boards, and my own observations, have led me to this conclusion. A great many guitars are gathering dust, because their...
... you ... Rory- Didn't mean to blow you off- it just took me a while to get the pictures, I got distracted by the holidays and now I'm having trouble...
Hi all. New member here. Not a serious musician but someone who enjoys playing instruments tuned in 5ths. I have mandos, octave mandos, double octave mandos...
I was cleaning up around the house and ran accross a copy of an article that Marty Grosz wrote for Just Jazz Guitar magazine back in august 1995. I think Marty...
bob, i think you mean DGBE. sounds like you're talking about a baritone uke -- 30 inches long tuned DGBE, and it uses nylon strings for those tender fingers....
Posted - 01/10/2003 : 16:08:35 ... hi all, just a quick post to let you know that this month's ezine is delayed until next month. the explanation, as such,...
I was thinking of baritone uke as well. In fact, my wife is starting to play bari at my suggestion. It seems to be a lot easier for her. She had tried guitar...
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