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berean_315
Akahai
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
 Posted - 05/11/2010 : 12:29:15 PM
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Oh my! Auntie is so happy to see you posting over here. You know I am a big fan of your You Tube videos. I am mightily impressed by your talent and ability to play just about any kind of music on any kind of stringed iinstrument. I enjoy your duets with your brother, too.
I thought Patrick would get a kick out of hearing Pilipuka on the banjo. I enjoyed them all, but especially Maori Brown Eyes.
I think Paul says that banjo frequently uses alternate tunings.
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Me ke aloha
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Earl
`Olu`olu
USA
523 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2010 : 08:58:59 AM
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Since banjo is most commonly tuned to open G, it's bascially already in taro patch without the bass strings. A little different than guitar, but I experiment with slack-key tunes on banjo from time to time. Fun.
I have an instrument called a banjola, a banjo neck on a mandola body, made by Gold Tone. It's a way to play banjo subtly (two words you never expect to see in the same sentence) without scaring the cat or the wife. Sounds pretty good for slack tunes too.
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2010 : 12:48:14 PM
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| Paul just gave away his banjo-uke. But that's OK by me. It was not the most pleasant sounding instrument. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Fran Guidry
Ha`aha`a
USA
1579 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2010 : 3:30:30 PM
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Originally posted by wcerto
Paul just gave away his banjo-uke. But that's OK by me. It was not the most pleasant sounding instrument.
Wanda, it's unusual in my experience for you to be so understated in your opinion. Afraid of hurting the feelings of those little calf-skinned monsters from the depths of hell?
Fran |
E ho`okani pila kakou ma Kaleponi
Slack Key Guitar in California - www.kaleponi.com
Slack Key on YouTube
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2168 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2010 : 3:39:15 PM
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| The Sunday Manoa had Peter Moon playing 5-string banjo on a few cuts. I recall Gary Haleamau playing some 5-string also. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2010 : 3:54:46 PM
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| OK Fran. It STUNK. It made my ears hurt. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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berean_315
Akahai
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2010 : 6:32:06 PM
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Now that I'm short an instrument, I need to replace it with one. Maybe a TUBA!
Unko Paul |
"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 01:19:28 AM
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Paul thinks he is a comedian. Maybe if he wanted a baritone `ukulele.
Hey, we've got a little 6 or 7 year old girl at the halau (who is probably the best student there) who wants Paul to teach her to play `ukulele. I taught her C chord yesterday! |
Me ke aloha
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 08:49:11 AM
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| I have a banjo uke, sad but true, Wanda, but I only use it for twenties' songs, ragtime, and for old timey stirng band music. The Hillbillies', one of the premiere old time string band, had one, and also Fiddlin' Powers and Family. Not for Hawaiian music, tho. Bluegrass banjo may be good for slack key tunes, but not old time frailing. Interesting factoid: when I took Cyril's slack key workshop last November, the picking pattern he used for C tuning is like a Scruggs roll, so slack key banjo is possible. Here in LA I'm a banjo guy. Been to one pickin' party already. Yee Hah! (Oh - but that's what Ledward says). |
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 09:47:28 AM
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Baritone uke? Ok, I'll settle for that.I'll start shopping right away.
Unko Paul |
"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 2:11:42 PM
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| I think Patrick chastised Paulfor "rolling" on guitar like a banjo player. He knew right away Paul was a banjo player. But Paul is much better now, Patrick. He does your homework like every day for 5 years already. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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neeej
`Olu`olu
USA
643 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 4:06:21 PM
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Originally posted by rendesvous1840
Now that I'm short an instrument, I need to replace it with one. Maybe a TUBA!
Unko Paul
or bagpipes? |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 4:34:50 PM
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| Oooh, neej, don't even give him any ideas. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 5:47:35 PM
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Originally posted by neeej
or bagpipes?
Ah --- an ill wind that nobody blows good. |
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Banjo Slack Key?
