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Post by LesTele on Nov 25, 2022 12:12:31 GMT -5
Had a birthday this week. I’m 60 now.
After my banjo frenzy I needed another folk instrument.
Enter the Irish bouzouki.
Loving it. Another Thomann success. They really do deliver.
As a fiddler, mandolin player and latterly an Irish tenor banjo player, it makes sense.
Barry approves too.
He’s still hungover after the birthday celebrations.
Giraffes are lightweights - who knew?
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Post by orrk01 on Nov 26, 2022 9:28:17 GMT -5
I'm not up-to-speed on Irish folk instruments. If you had told me that you entered your Irish bouzouki in the Westminster Dog Show, I would have nodded and said "that's a fine breed of dog." How does the Irish bouzouki compare with a mandolin? Which tuning scheme do you favor?
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Post by Leftee on Nov 26, 2022 9:29:55 GMT -5
A belated happy birthday!
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Bopper
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Motor City USA
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Post by Bopper on Nov 26, 2022 10:54:14 GMT -5
Here's Larry Campbell on bouzouki, although maybe not prominently, at a show pamster and I saw.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Nov 26, 2022 13:14:27 GMT -5
You can get a gig at a cheese shop with that thing, too.
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Post by LesTele on Nov 27, 2022 6:02:42 GMT -5
" How does the Irish bouzouki compare with a mandolin? Which tuning scheme do you favor? At the moment I’m playing in GDAE, the same as mandolin, fiddle and Irish tenor banjo. The Bouzouki is similar in scale length to the tenor banjo, but is much more guitar-like than the mandolin. I’m going to work on some Irish harp tunes next week and may have a shot at GDAD, for a chance to play around with some different sounds - if my old brain can get a handle on the change. With a lot of the tunes I already play, my fingers don’t seem to need to connect to my brain - which may present problems with a new tuning. |
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