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what is meant by ornamentation in traditional music ? the so called fiddle roll seems to come from the picking of banjo playing, this is just made up nonsense, by eccentric players in the folk music scene, its called over playing, muddled playing, trying to squeeze a lot of notes , as a professional player, there is no way , you could perform a full set of music on stage , over a general performance, without tying your fingers up in knots.

that little jig at 2:25 makes my heart happy

Very cool tuning . . .

Wow those are some chunky G and D strings, I’m playing down at .42 .30 .20 .13 in GDAD and AEAE. Sounds great though, do you feel you are getting more low end response with the heavier strings?

Just picked up one of these second hand. I generally play ukulele and wanted this for the bigger sound so have tuned to DGBE. I love the sound and the steel strings but the narrow neck is a big problem coming from baritone ukulele.

Thanks

Enjoying the chicago tuning videos. More please😊

What are the names of the tunes you played?

Looks like a mix of strings including a flat wound G.

Not easy to make a tenor banjo sound good!

I bought a Mint condition 1931 17 T from the original owner a few years back. Paid the princely sum of $300. Sold it to a an elderly friend who owned a local guitar store. Her house was robbed and over 50 instruments were taken including her 1929 17T.. I sold mine to her for $300. They are very cool instruments.

I'm sure it has some tales to tell.

Wow that’s a real vintage beauty! Sounds lovely

The rhythm you jam over explained could be mentioned.

Building one up for a client. Came looking for inspiration - found it! Cheers

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Let me tell u that u have a lovely 🐾🐾🐕. Give him a caress ❤ .

Was singing along to this as I listened. Good job.

Thanks very much Todd for another great video, take care, David.

Nobody strings up an octave mandolin in octaves. You need to put matched pairs on there. How's the workmanship? Semi-hollow with a block down the middle? Fretwork? How's the action? Is the neck straight and true? What size frets? Can you play some modal Irish/Celtic stuff? What does bridge pickup sound like? Or both pickups. Can you crank up the Princeton and run through some Keith Richards rock & roll vamps? 5ths tuning is great for that.

A beautiful tune like hearing on the beach of an island somewhere in the world.

Is there an advantage of GDAE tuning over CGDA? I just got my first acoustic tenor guitar and am wondering what tuning to use.

Great stuff! Thanks! GDAE!!!!!

Tenor guitars are such a small market to target so thank you for posting your excellent videos. You will soon be at one thousand subs!

I'm really loving the Chicago tunning please do more big thanks for all your tutorials

You just gained a subscriber my friend,you’re a great teacher,any chance you can do some more g&r stuff (I know this is originally bob dylan) maybe don’t cry,November rain or maybe some lynyrd skynard, tuesdays gone or the ballad of Curtis loew,simple man Sorry for the weird song requests and I’m not trying to tell you what you should do it’s just hard to find tenor guitar teachers as well as you,I graduated high school last year and picked up an old harmony tenor arch top to try and learn a new instrument,I’ve played 6 string guitar since I was 15 and some mandolin,I was having trouble on the tenor guitar until I came across your channel,I normally put a capo on the 7th fret and use mandolin shapes(I’m tuned to cgda) Keep up the good work my friend👍🏻 Also maybe some old time music like big rock candy mountain or wildwood flower;) sorry I’m getting ahead of myself I have a strange taste in music

cgda is my favourite tuning, really zingy. Also, the same fingerings as gdae can be used and the only difference is it sounds slightly lower. It's great for picking. Thanks very much from a new subscriber in England.

Nicely played. I have one. After a while i put it in DGBE for the chord options. I prefer the shorter scale of a mandolin for a 5ths tuning. However you work those chords very well.

Yes I have one and it’s easy to play I love it too.

Great tune! Glad I found this channel.

Geez bro. Hold the freaking thing still long enough for people to see it. Flipping it and spinning it around nonstop is crazy. Making people dizzy. How frustratingly discouraging to want to buy one. . GEEZ.

I have the similar one, and love it! I'll use it on the music festival in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka this October.

The shorter scale allows you to use heavier gauge strings-especially the A @ 0.013?-without breaking?

I have that Kala, love it, thanks for demo!

I like these little guitars, nice body and scale length. Personally I think the head stock is a little bulky looking and as with virtually all mass produced lower end guitars, they are over-braced but … they were great value for the money.

so happy to find your video :D I've been owning the very same Fender tenor tele for a few years, but I haven't learnt how to play it. Do you have lessons on how to play this tenor guitar? Thanks in advance!

What model bigs fix is that.?

Your playing made me want to buy one but they are 1k used! Ugh.

Wish I could see your picking hand. Sounds great! Did you play with a loop? Or are you playing both parts? NICE!

Pretty tone!

So its basically an octave mandolin?

Love it, thanks you!

Practice the chord progression 3 times around with chord chart and lyric sheet at www.patreon.com/posts/something-chord-107150250?Link&

Pretty Cool!

Very cool, Man!

Hey Todd _ these chord shapes and the CAGED system are really helpful. On my acoustic I dont get much past the 12th fret...maybe I need an electric tenor guitar! I'd like to use this to learn to play arpeggios so I'll look for your video on this topic. Thanks for the lessons

Here's a link to the chord chart: www.patreon.com/posts/russian-lullaby-105660809?Link&

I've noticed behind you the Astrojet Tenor a model that reminds the Gibson SG ,i was interested to buy one , and i have waited and waited to see if Eastwood would have made some for left handed. Nothing to do , now , in 2024, the Astrojet is on the catalogue again , after some years when it went out of the market, but ,as it seems , left handed is not available . Too bad!

Nice playing!

Awesome. I'm gonna learn this. Thanks for posting.