Tenor and Classical Guitars

[engravertom]

Well, I’m finally beginning to enjoy the CG. I’m getting closer and closer to playing a recognizable melody with a bass line. I‘m making lots of weird noises too, but few real errors. Anyway, I’m not angry or depressed when I’m through playing so far — Onward and Upward!

I’m glad you’ve stuck with it! CG has been a long gradual journey for me. I’m finally starting to feel like I can do it.

 

[Down Up Dick]

Thanks for your post. I haven’t played the CG lately. I’ve been doing other things, but I’ll get back to it. There’s only so much time in a day.

 

[Down Up Dick]

Well, I have gotten back to it recently. I have a book, Folk Music for Easy Classical Guitar by Amy Hite, that I got a while back. I like the tunes pretty well, and it looks like somethin’ that I can handle. At least so far I am showing some progress, but I‘ve only used the book three or four days.

At least I haven’t felt like wrapping the CG around a tree yet . . .

 

[Down Up Dick]

I had a good session today. I’m working on two short songs, and learning to control the too loud bass and the too soft melody. I’m making them get along together.

I did very well wid it. Everybody’s the same and happy.

 

[Down Up Dick]

Another session of progress. I even added another short piece in the key of D major. I don’t care for G so much but A and D are good. I also enjoyed rearranging my general guitar music binder and my Classical Guitar one too.

I’m hoping my enjoyment and progress will continue. I’ve had so many starts and stops with the CG.

 

[Rllink]

I'm happy it is working for you Dick.

 

[Down Up Dick]

Well, I‘m doin’ high so-so with the melodies and a bass chord note, but now I’m workin’ on the D and C chords so mebbe I can sing a little.

The darn thing is a lot bigger than a mandolin or even my tenor guitars.

 

[Down Up Dick]

Well, I’m still bangin’ away at the CG and havin’ some success. I can easily play the melodies and sometimes with the chord notes, but I‘m stlill a bit clumsy wid it.

In my defense, I haven’t played the CG for a while. I guess I just have too many irons in the fire.

 

[Down Up Dick]

I got a new, wooden, foot stand yesterday to replace the very crushable metal one. I got tired of bending the metal one back into a usable shape. It was also narrow and unsteady.

 

[Down Up Dick]

My new foot rest is certainly a step up (Ha!) from the old one. I think I’m gonna like it. I didn’t like playing on my right thigh. I like the width of it too. It’s more comfortable.

 

[iamesperambient]

I just got this recording king tenor guitar. I purchased a set of custom Chicago tuning strings from elderly and slapped them on today. I’ve been writing new music in the singer / songwriter style on my baritone uke but I wanted something more guitary and full and this definitely gets the job done and has a great tone.

 

[Down Up Dick]

Yeah, I like my tenors too. What tuning are you using? My Kala is tuned CGDA. I like to play in fifths a lot. The Blueridge is tuned CGBD for my Plectrum books.

 

[rustydusty]

Nice! I love my Ibanez tenor, and play it every day. I keep it in “Chicago tuning” DGBE.
I use D’Addairio “custom light” for 6 strings and don’t use the bottom two base strings…

 

[Down Up Dick]

Why don’t you use the bass strings? Do you have trouble with chords? That’s what I’ve been workin’ on, when I play my guitar.

 

[rustydusty]

Arthritis has hampered my playing chords on a full width acoustic guitar neck.
That was why I took up the baritone ukulele.
I played around with guitars for 50+ years…

 

[Down Up Dick]

Oh. Well, sorry about your pain. It comes to all of us, I guess, mines’ in my left hip and my neck mostly. Got a bad back too, but I don’t think it’s arthritis.

 

[iamesperambient]

Arthritis has hampered my playing chords on a full width acoustic guitar neck.
That was why I took up the baritone ukulele.
I played around with guitars for 50+ years…

For me it’s that I was never great at guitar but got pretty good at ukulele since 2003-2004 when I started and I pretty much gave up taking the guitar serious and kept practicing the uke. So tenor guitar is perfect gives me a guitar sound while using the chords I got used too with out the top 2 strings I never used much anyway. But I’m sure now that I’m 42 I will be there with the arthritis soon too lol.

 

[Down Up Dick]

Oh, I missed it before . . . You’re in Chicago.