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Post by Conor on Mar 26, 2006 17:06:45 GMT
Howya's, just seen this thread, im playing tenor banjo, mandolin and bass (tin whistle and baudhran too, but who isnt), Ill be recording music soon enough with a socialist feel, I'll put them on the net when they are recorded. Might be a while though because we've the leaving cert coming up. Theres a huge amount of people in my area playing music, sadly however the vast majority of these are guitarists playing bad metallica style metal.
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Post by Papa C. on Mar 26, 2006 17:51:07 GMT
Thanks conor for the contribution, if you have any songs maybe you could share them with us? I know the MetallicA style metal you speak of... all too well lol.
Cheers,
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Post by RedFlag32 on Mar 26, 2006 19:48:26 GMT
I used to play the banjo many moons ago myself,i was a member of comhalts,been too busy to learn any new tunes lately unfortunetly
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Post by Papa C. on Mar 26, 2006 21:03:21 GMT
Yeah, you need to put a lot of time into it. I need to get a banjo, they're great!
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Post by collins on Mar 26, 2006 22:02:50 GMT
If you're ever looking for an instrument that sort of bridges a gap between the guitar, mandolin and banjo (if you can imagine that) you may want to try the CBOM (cittern, bouzouki, octave mandolin). In Ireland it even stands out- you can imagine how it sticks out over here, I get alot of, "what the hell's that thing". I prefer the ten stringer, but most go with the eight.
About the metal music; my spandex days are, sadly, at an end and have been for some time now. I prefer to wear clothing that has at least a few more wrinkles than I do... and that's becoming harder and harder to find.
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Post by Papa C. on Mar 26, 2006 22:20:49 GMT
If you're ever looking for an instrument that sort of bridges a gap between the guitar, mandolin and banjo (if you can imagine that) you may want to try the CBOM (cittern, bouzouki, octave mandolin). In Ireland it even stands out- you can imagine how it sticks out over here, I get alot of, "what the hell's that thing". I prefer the ten stringer, but most go with the eight. Actually that's another one I'll have to get my hands on. But one thing at a time I suppose ;D The first time I saw one was when I was watching Planxty. Very interesting instrument. Built a little like a mandolin is it? I have a mandolin, nice little instrument. |
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Post by collins on Mar 26, 2006 23:48:24 GMT
Hmmmm... imagine a BIG teardrop shaped mandolin. Actually my main instrument has a 21" scale tuned one octave lower than a mandolin (between a guitar and mandolin), the body is 14" wide and 3-4" deep, 5 courses of 2 strings in unison, and tuned GDAda (low to high). This tuning works best for what I play and is often refered to as Irish modal tuning. The other instrument is smaller (13 1/4" wide x 2 1/2" deep with a 16" scale) which I tune DADAD. The treble side would be the same octave as a mandolin and the bass side is one octave down. The smaller is an experimental unit that I have chosen to call a tenor cittern (no real name for it). Both interesting instruments that I find it very difficult to put down. Oh yeah, both have pickups within.
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