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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
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 Posted - 09/13/2012 : 2:22:33 PM
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What was the 10 string instrument Bob Brozman played at camp many times?
a friend is in Peru and looking at instruments...and Charango came up.
thinking of "investing"!
10 strings...double strings of "G,C,E,A,E" a bit like ukulele (plus viola, violin)!
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haolebrownie
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 09/13/2012 : 3:37:05 PM
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| I have no idea since I have never been to a camp, but are you thinking of a tiple? |
Kī Hōʻalu and ʻUkulele Soul |
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
1051 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2012 : 5:57:40 PM
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There are many variations on the double stringed "guitar" like instruments/beasts.
each charming and useful to the right hands. But Don't think it's a tiple...didn't know if this was uke talk! But we'll get it figured. Just Taropatch is my favorite search engine!
Thanks, first try worth some T Points, probably worth the same as a rupee.
Namaste. |
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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a
USA
1597 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2012 : 06:35:23 AM
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Yes - it was a Charango.
shantihi...
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Mahope Kākou...
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
1051 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2012 : 10:10:11 AM
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| Bueno, thanks Lawrence...probably a low priorty, but if one shows up, I'll try. Also Cheaper ones are likely a bear to keep in tune... Which matches my fiddle! |
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guitar yogi
Akahai
Kiribati
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Posted - 09/16/2012 : 3:32:37 PM
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Bob Brozman sells charangos on his website. With the GCEAE tuning, if you ignore the last E string pair, then they are tuned like a tenor 'ukulele, so they are supposed to be easy for uke and guitar players to learn. They used to make the body from armadillo shells. I'd buy one, but I have too many instruments already.
I really like the sound of the tiple, you can hear Ry Cooder play one on some of the Gabby Band albums. Martin made a bunch of these cool instruments many decades ago, the one I saw years ago had a warped neck and was real pricey, so I didn't buy it. |
Edited by - guitar yogi on 09/17/2012 5:40:40 PM |
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Charango info?
