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- Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:21 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: geetar pickin the tunes
- Replies: 25
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I haven't played in any real sessions, but I've played in Bluegrass jams with several banjos, several mandolins, and a fiddle or two, and I can be heard pretty well, because I have a Bourgeois Country Boy (mahogany back and sides, adirondack top). I use a .80 mm Clayton pick, beveled and polished, w...
- Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:33 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: flatpicking tunes--what tuning?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3363
I use standard tuning. Most of the Irish stuff I play is either D major or E dorian, so I capo on the second fret and play as in C major or D dorian. And, of course, B minor and A mixolydian also work capoed on 2, played as in A minor and G mixolydian. Since I play mostly Bluegrass, I'm not interest...
- Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:57 am
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: Pronunciation
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7692
- Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:27 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Spam warning
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1968
- Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:11 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: Pronunciation
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7692
- Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:53 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: Pronunciation
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7692
- Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:50 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: DADGAD on 12 String Guitar
- Replies: 42
- Views: 14653
- Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:16 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: The persistence of the Beats
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1539
- Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:15 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: The persistence of the Beats
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1539
- Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:12 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: The persistence of the Beats
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1539
Re: The persistence of the Beats
Kerouac and Snyder, in particular, were very influential in making Zen Buddhism attractive to those who read their stuff--especially Kerouac's Dharma Bums . That's what led many of us to Alan Watts, and on to D.T. Suzuki--and beyond. In a way, this progression was a bit like the way the Kingston Tri...
- Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:59 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: How To Give A Cat A Pill
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2008
- Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:42 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: A fine new Busman
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2687
- Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:51 am
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: DADGAD on 12 String Guitar
- Replies: 42
- Views: 14653
I've only ever owned one 12-string (a small-bodied Gibson, which I sold in 1979), but I do recall that getting everything in exact tune--including fretted notes matching open strings--was quite difficult. It's actually impossible with the octave strings, no matter what the scale. To be in tune up t...
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:03 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: joke!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1628
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 2:46 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: DADGAD on 12 String Guitar
- Replies: 42
- Views: 14653
I haven't, but I'd think that if your lower octave courses are tuned in octaves it might get a bit jingle-jangley, what with several of the higher notes being duplicated. I've only ever owned one 12-string (a small-bodied Gibson, which I sold in 1979), but I do recall that getting everything in exac...