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Topic: Six string banjo for guitarists....yes or no? |
Tony Palmer
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Posted 11 Aug 2019 11:10 am |
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This is what provoked my question:
https://youtu.be/ogDa1KuuTLs
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Fred Treece
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Posted 11 Aug 2019 12:15 pm
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| He must have lost a bet. |
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Larry Lenhart
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Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 13 Aug 2019 5:24 am
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I just sold my Deering 6 string...I really enjoy the sound of a tenor banjo or plectrum banjo,,,Eddie Peabody music I called it...and I was hoping to get that sound out of the 6 string without relearning all the chords, but for whatever reason, it just didnt have that sound I was hoping for.
So, in answer to your original question, if you want a 5 string banjo sound, buy a 5 string banjo and learn to play it Earl Scruggs style ...if you want a tenor banjo sound, buy a tenor banjo. The 6 string banjo, for me, just didnt do anything for me.
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Tom Keller
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Greeneville, TN, USA
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Posted 13 Aug 2019 6:16 am
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| No a thousand times no to the 6 string banjo! |
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Fred Treece
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California, USA
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Posted 13 Aug 2019 7:51 am
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Bring on the snark. The topic has been fair game forever.
All due respect, that Keith Urban video is a pathetic example of the banjitarĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s possibilities. Try this one instead.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MbpHOlaYP5k |
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Chris Walke
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St Charles, IL
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Posted 14 Aug 2019 7:22 am
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| Dom Franco wrote: |
I have a six string Banjo or "Bantar" as it's called.
I replaced the low "E" and "A" strings with unwound strings tuned an octave or 2 higher.
It works reasonable well for some background tracks since I don't have a 5 string anymore.
strumming bar chords up the fretboard with a flat pick I can simulate an old timey 4 string for some Dixieland songs.
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Interesting idea. I always thought doing some sorta thing like a Nashville- or high-strung tuning on one of those would be cool. Give some of the octave jumps, while also allowing for some droning type of sounds. Could be interesting. |
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Fred Treece
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California, USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2019 12:43 pm
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Hmm, alternate tunings...
Sometimes I wonder if my posts even show up. Does that ever happen to you? If you play a 6-string banjo in the forest and a tree falls on it, does that mean you have perfect pitch? |
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Charlie McDonald
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out of the blue
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Posted 14 Aug 2019 1:14 pm
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Nora Jones is on AXS. She has a banjo player. I wondered at that.
The six-string banjo explained it.
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 15 Aug 2019 7:42 am
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| Hmm, alternate tunings... |
Wasn't Tommy Tedesco known for this type of thing?  |
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 15 Aug 2019 8:05 am
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| Barry Blackwood wrote: |
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| Hmm, alternate tunings... |
Wasn't Tommy Tedesco known for this type of thing? |
Yes, sort of. He tuned 4-string (or 8-string double-course) instruments the same as a guitarĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s top 4 strings, 3-string instruments to the top 3, etc. There is no time to learn odd tunings when you are sight-reading. The producer is just looking for the sound and the composer has written what notes to play. |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 15 Aug 2019 8:25 am
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| Fred Treece wrote: |
| Barry Blackwood wrote: |
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| Hmm, alternate tunings... |
Wasn't Tommy Tedesco known for this type of thing? |
Yes, sort of. He tuned 4-string (or 8-string double-course) instruments the same as a guitarĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s top 4 strings, 3-string instruments to the top 3, etc. There is no time to learn odd tunings when you are sight-reading. |
That's why my ukulele is a baritone. Same notes as the top 4 guitar strings. Still sounds like a ukulele.
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