"Laurie (ukonline)" wrote: > > Frank wrote "... I bought ... a ... banjo tears ago..." > > Wonderful!! > I know that t and y are keyboard neighbours but I like to imagine it was a > Freudian slip.
;-) That particular instrument has certainly been a source of frustration for its poor owner and his fellow musicians, so you might be right. Gerry McCartney wrote: ... > > The one you subsequently described (20 > frets) sound more like a 'short-armed tenor' which would be more suitable > for playing Irish style i.e. tuned down to GDAE. ... It certainly is. I could have adjusted the action if I really wanted to and I could have lived with the string breaks, but I couldn't do anything about its lousy sound. Tuning it down fixed that, though. ... > > One of my banjos is a 24 > fret, 23.5 inch string length on which I play Irish Trad. But I have to say > that it concentrates both my mind and the tendons of my left hand! Yeah, I've noticed that too. But it's OK - I really need some left hand exercise anyway. ;-) Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
