RE; tenor banjo sets
http://www.the-music-room.com/ does a line in Redwing Strings for the tenor
banjo and all other stringed instruments. For the tenor you can choose
light, medium and heavy gauge and any combination of singles. Prices reduced
for bulk purchases, etc. They are also very fast in d
Jon wrote:
> Tenor sets can be very hard to find in the UK too.
> As I mentioned before, I opt for singles but your type
> of solution is quite common - I used to do that too.
So it's not my invention ;-)
> If you wanted to try ordering sets from the UK, you could try
> Redwing Strings from Mally
>I tune it GDAE (octave-mandolin) but I had to look a while for suitable
>strings.
>Now I use the C-, G- and D-string of a tenor-banjo-set as D-,A- and
>E-string.
>As a G-string I use the lower E-string of a guitar-banjo (I think about
>63cm length).
>This works realy good, the strings have nearly
Frank Nordberg wrote:
> Jon Freeman wrote:
> >
> > You will probably get better answers but I would suggest scale
length and
> > frets are the clue with the tenor running from somewhere round about
20" for
> > a short scale 17 fret job to maybe 23" for a 19 fretter compared to,
I think
> > around
"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 h
To Frank Nordberg (again, off topic)
Frank
I don't have enough info to give a full opinion on your banjo. Whether it
was an expensive one or not, the length of the vibrating string (from nut to
bridge) and your phrase 'Tuning it to standard tenor banjo tuning (C, G, D
A)turned out to be a *very*
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.
Laurie
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Frank Nordberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One more question:
> Would you consider the Irish and The New Orleans tenor banjos as two
> different instruments?
Ignornt answer from me I'm afraid, I consider "tenor" as a "tenor".
> The only type of four-string set I've ever seen in a Norwegian mus
Jon Freeman wrote:
>
> You will probably get better answers but I would suggest scale length and
> frets are the clue with the tenor running from somewhere round about 20" for
> a short scale 17 fret job to maybe 23" for a 19 fretter compared to, I think
> around 26/27" for a 5 string or plectur
From: Frank Nordberg wrote:
> I bought what I thought was a standard tenor banjo tears ago to play in
> a dixieland band. Tuning it to standard tenor banjo tuning (C, G, D A)
> turned out to be a *very* bad idea, however. I still haven't figured out
> if it's supposed to be a plectrum banjo or and
(I know this is completely off-topic. Sorry ;-)
Gerry McCartney wrote:
>
> To Jon Freeman
>
> Hi Jon
>
> Keep pluckin'! Any advice, just ask.
>
> Gerry
Wow, some four-stringers on the list! Do you mind some very, very basic questions?
I bought what I thought was a standard tenor banjo tears
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