Re: [scots-l] Ukulele

2003-09-18 Thread Toby Rider
thelanes wrote: I rather fancy one of Toby's Lap (lap?) steel guitars, but couldn't I get one from Iceland as its nearer? :-) :-) :-) :-) You could try playing tunes on a dobro :-) Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your brows

Re: [scots-l] Ukulele

2003-09-18 Thread thelanes
Nigel wrote: >Recently I bought a nice baritone uke from > David Kilpatrick which I tune DGBE. > The D string is also tuned low rather than the usual high. >I don't know of any traditional or folk players who used > ukulele. Thanks, Nigel, I think that is the tuning of my baritone uke, but I'll c

[scots-l] Ukulele (was:Nigel's career?)

2003-09-17 Thread Nigel Gatherer
Jan asked: > > First instrument was a ukulele... > What kind of ukulele? Do you ever play it now? I can't remember much about my first time, eh, ukulele. I have had a little Hawaiian one for a few years from about 1915 which uses friction tuning with fiddle pegs. Recently I bought a nice barito