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I play the "middle C" where ever I want. Sometimes on the open string, some times on the 5th fret of the G string. Depends on if there are notes below the C or on the sound I want. Some times I...

Here are a couple of pics taken along the way. The first is the sides and block assembly, with two carbon fibre tubes (actually arrow shafts) between the neck and tail blocks. The thinking is that...

Yes, corporate/sales speak. A close relative to the speech of politics and kissing cousin of propoganda. I understand why it's used and often preferred in some situations, but in my personal opinion...

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Looks like a Gibson TG-50 with a "monkey on a stick" pick up. Nice!

It is not "cake walk into town" but you get the idea.

We’ve been having an interesting discussion on the Tenor Guitar Registry about one of my obsessions - the Eddie Freeman tuning system. This has stimulated me to think about it perhaps more deeply...

Well, this ain't bluegrass and it ain't blues, but it's a really cool cover of One Kind Favor, a Blind Lemon Jefferson song originally (it made the Folk boom rounds a few decades ago too).

This is...

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Hah! I thought it was some sort of literary or movie reference.

I second Mr Fox's baritone uke suggestion, for all the reasons given plus if you stick to the standard DGBE tuning you'll be able to play 90% or so of everything you find in standard guitar tablature...

If you're looking specifically for alto clef, there's not a heck of a lot of non-classical stuff out there.

If you're willing to branch out into bass clef and/or tablature, the options become more...

Looks promising.

While National does make a good cone, the recent pac-rim stuff is pretty descent. Getting a proper setup is far more important than the source of the cone, which may even be from...

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I love the Miles' quintet on this tune. Hancock and Shorter blow my mind."All" of them were in a deep...

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I had the good fortune to play this on five string banjo with Peter Rowan yesterday at a local Bluegrass festival. It was one my biggest thrills in the...

Quite correct Phil, not stupid at all & a good way to hear the different sound but, it might depend on what you are playing & how you approach the tenor guitar.
If you play your tenor guitar like a...

Revisited in better environment.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyRYKT4kRX8

Learn BB King's solo on his hit (1969) version. It's in various guitar transcription books and guitar mags. Get away from the usual "mandolin" phrasing and learn something (a lot of something) new. ...

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I was going over the chords to this great song yesterday. I haven't worked anything up on it, but maybe some of you may enjoy playing this on your...

This is one I just picked up from my friend, the great tenor banjoist Bob Barta. I know its an old standard, but I'd never heard it before. I had to work many hrs on this one, but what a beautiful,...

Taken straight from the notes of my friend Eddy Davis on Banjo. mrgreenmeat is his channel on youtube.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L4ybZXn3_o

Improvisation on CGDA tenor guitar with cut capo (2220 DAEA)


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Just a note on the tuning -

the two outside strings are in octaves, so the tuning is really low to high:

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Hey Fox, I haven't done this one in quite awhile, so I got my real book out. It's pretty close. Many ways to interpret this one. A lot of these 3 note...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA-GIQtTxdk

Haven't posted in a while, and had a chance to record a little today. My Guild through a TomKat amp.

David

This could be described as an F-5 shaped object.

Have always loved this classic Police track, although my favourite version of this is the cover by Shaun Colvin.

I've arranged it here for an ensemble of three different mandolin parts, an...