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Topic: Tricone players and music suggestions please! |
David M Brown
From: California, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2017 11:14 am
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Joe Burke wrote: |
Wow - love listening to all the suggestions.
What tuning does everyone use on their tricones?
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I have no Tricones, but I keep my single cone tuned to G high bass (Dobro) tuning, mostly to read all the books for that tuning, and my biscuit cone tuned to either A low bass, E, E7, C#m, etc. |
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Peter Garellick
From: California, USA
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Posted 8 Feb 2017 11:09 am
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Sol Ho'opi'i was just incredible, hands down my favorite.
I play mostly Hawaiian music on my 1930 Tricone squareneck.
I use an open E tuning as follows (from low pitch to high):
E-B-E-G#-B-E aka 1-5-1-3-5-1.
It's an "easy" tuning in the sense that if you are playing major chords/scale with a straight bar there are no "wrong" notes. It has it's limitations but you can do a lot with slants on the 1st and 3rd strings.
From what I understand, (please correct me if I'm wrong), Sol Ho'opi'i used a similar tuning on his tricone with one twist:
E-B-E-G#-C#-E aka 1-5-1-3-6-1
This is usually described as a C# minor tuning, though you could look at it as an E6 I suppose.
I like that tuning too, though I am a little less comfortable/familiar with it. It still gives you the same notes on the 1st and 3rd string as the open E tuning, but now it's easier to throw in a 6. |
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 8 Feb 2017 12:24 pm
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Mike Neer wrote: |
This track by George Ku Trio was one of my favorites and one of the reasons I really wanted to buy a tricone.
https://youtu.be/CYWdZMMv3zI |
Good call on George Ku Trio. This has long been a favorite of mine for the beautiful tremolo...
Kuu Lei:
https://youtu.be/oKLHhAp1slU |
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Sebastian Müller
From: Berlin / Germany
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Gary Anwyl
From: Palo Alto, CA
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Posted 10 Feb 2017 10:19 am
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Note that the Jim & Bob (Genial Hawaiians) compilation on Grass Skirt Records that was mentioned earlier in this thread also includes 12 tracks by George Ku and his Pacific Islanders
The CD comes with a really nice 32 page booklet with some interesting history of the group (e.g. their steel player, Charles Opunui, also had a minor film career).
It is definitely a package worth owning if you're a tricone fan. It appears to be readily available from Amazon and other sources. |
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Joe Burke
From: Toronto, Canada
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Posted 28 Jun 2017 11:32 am
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Gary Anwyl wrote: |
Note that the Jim & Bob (Genial Hawaiians) compilation on Grass Skirt Records that was mentioned earlier in this thread also includes 12 tracks by George Ku and his Pacific Islanders
The CD comes with a really nice 32 page booklet with some interesting history of the group (e.g. their steel player, Charles Opunui, also had a minor film career).
It is definitely a package worth owning if you're a tricone fan. It appears to be readily available from Amazon and other sources. |
I picked up this CD and am loving it. My favorite is still Kuu Lei by George Ku Trio. |
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