I agree with Rob, once you play guitar and lute, everything else
becomes pretty easy; venezuelan cuatro, ukulele, bouzouki, banjo,
etc.... I also find the same with winds, once you play a couple of
flutes, all other wind instruments have fingerings that are about the
same and you can pretty much fake it.
Bruno
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On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Guy Smith <[2]guy_m_sm...@comcast.net>
wrote:
You could always try a gut bucket:-) Only one string to deal with
and no
frets to complicate choosing the right temperament (although I did
see one
last summer that had three strings).
Guy
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On 1/18/2009, "Rob MacKillop" <[7]luteplay...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Oh, they are all the same...lutes, guitars, vihuelas, ukuleles -
just
> put your fingers where the tab tells you to, and hope for the
best. I
> can't play any wind instruments (I faint) and I can't for the life
of
> me understand the supposed logic of a keyboard. My job at Queen
> Margaret University allows me access to all sorts of instruments.
We
> have at home just now a very expensive Roland sythesiser, with an
> unbelievable number of sounds. I tried playing it for an hour -
almost
> went insane. Picked up my ukulele - ah, Heaven!
Having only 4 courses/strings is a bless! With my ren. guitar - 4
courses
- for ex. - the key doesn't matter much. The more courses, the more
problems... :-)
Best luck! And I guess simplicity will win the complexity... ;-)
Arto
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Estavel
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