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Mando-guitar to ukulele conversion!

How to make a Ukulele in an hour! Bluey my 2nd mando guitar is no longer! No don't worry she's undergone a little tuning change and is now a double 6 steel string ukulele! (approximately concert size) I've changed a few string gauges around and she now tuned ADGCEA All the pairs are in unison but the extra A&D also tuned like the G in what Ukulele players call re-entery or in plain English an octave up from what you'd expect. So I play my standard guitar chords but have no bass but can now p… Continue

Added by Andy Stone on November 7, 2009 at 8:14am — No Comments

Eddie Lang guitar style

Greetings Acoustic guitar players, Is anyone interested in Eddie Lang plectrum style playing? My late father Louis Gallo wrote guitar arrangements in Lang style and played them on BBC radio in London UK. If interested please look at www.louisgalloguitarist.com Regards to all. Ray Gallo Continue

Added by Ray Gallo on November 5, 2009 at 3:05pm — No Comments

Lance Allyn & TiSonix have SPLIT

Due to an unethical corporate take over, designer and founder Lance Allyn has split from TiSonix Industries. Those who respect integrity and a business founded by a musician and whose excellent products were crafted for musicians and NOT corporate greed would do well to wait until Mr. Allyn finds another facility to produce his world class titanium products. I hereby rescind my endorsement of his former employer and will patiently wait until Mr. Allen re-emerges from this legal road block. Continue

Added by Lem Genovese on November 5, 2009 at 2:51pm — No Comments

Let The Dust Settle

Hi All Just a short one this week. And Good to see Terry back behind the broadcasting desk again. The News Blog for this week is up in all the usual places and HERE There's new Reviews from David Kidman and the prolific Mike W… Continue

Added by Richard Millard (Masher) on November 2, 2009 at 4:10am — No Comments

How Are You Growing As A Guitarist?

I have just posted my examination of this question........really the most important question for guitar students, in my group "The Student Advocate" http://acousticguitarclub.ning.com/group/thestudentadvocate/foru I would like to hear your thoughts! Jamie www.guitarprinciples.com Continue

Added by Jamie Marie Andreas on October 30, 2009 at 10:08am — No Comments

This week on Work & Worry... Yair Yona and Alasdair Roberts!

Yair Yona is a great acoustic guitarist, in the Fahey/Takoma vein, but with a modern, indie-rock inspired twist : Interview : Yair Yona ...and a review of the new Alasdair Roberts mini-album "The Wyrd Meme" Revew : "The Wyrd Meme" Check it out! Work & Worry is a new website devoted to fingerstyle, aco… Continue

Added by Raymond Morin on October 29, 2009 at 10:34pm — No Comments

Fingers On...Fingers Off

I often make the point to students that paying attention to when fingers need to come off is as important as paying attention to when they need to go on the strings. I just had a student of my classical foundation course post a video that illustrates this nicely. He usually masters every piece flawlessly.....but in the last piece by Sor, he messes up a passage toward the end. He doesn't know it (yet), but it is because particulars fingers are not coming off at the right time. Check it out.....… Continue

Added by Jamie Marie Andreas on October 28, 2009 at 4:53pm — No Comments

Music and Politics!!!

Hi All An interesting week for the Mashers making for what I hope might be an interesting and thought provoking News Blog for this week. All the artists at Acoustic Rotherham 5 stood tall and proud in their vocal support for the very late change in venue for the event, which was forced upon us because our normal venue allowed a BNP meeting in the pub. The full story is in the Blog, read it and be frightened!! I want to thank all those who have sent messages of support to me over the past few… Continue

Added by Richard Millard (Masher) on October 26, 2009 at 1:32pm — No Comments

Student Pushes Through Shearer Classical Book

I have a student who, like many, was wasting time by getting too hung up on each piece in the Shearer book (which I use as a textbook for my classical course). Even after he had done a good job, he kept working at it to try to get it as fast as he heard somebody else play it That is fine, but he was neglecting going forward, which is very important at this stage. So I have been pushing him. He sent me a video of his results after 2 weeks with 2 new pieces. They are quite good. Here they are ar… Continue

Added by Jamie Marie Andreas on October 26, 2009 at 7:20am — No Comments

Architecture Dissertation: what dissertation topics to present relating to some new current affairs in architecture?

Architecture is the art and science of scheming out and construct buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter. It is the art or science of building; exclusively: the art or practice of designing and building structures and especially livable ones. For your architecture dissertation you are required to do methodical research work. Architecture is a… Continue

Added by Rose Tyler on October 25, 2009 at 11:32pm — No Comments

Reasons for false starts uncovered.......

A student was wondering why he keeps messing up the beginning of his pieces when trying to play for others. I gave him a simple exercise to perform which showed him the reason very quickly! Read it...........http://tinyurl.com/yj5jgfd Continue

Added by Jamie Marie Andreas on October 23, 2009 at 10:55am — No Comments

First Birthday Party for Acoustic Rotherham SUNDAY

Hi All Yes Acoustic Rotherham's first birthday approaches fast, and Sunday's afternoon of music promises to be great. WHERE? THE MONKWOOD, HAUGH ROAD, RAWMARSH - TIME? 1:00PM finishing around 7:00pm. DATE? 25th OCTOBER Doors open at NOON You can check out the full list of those performing HERE We've slightly changed the format for our birthday by including a Special Guest Spot. This Q… Continue

Added by Richard Millard (Masher) on October 20, 2009 at 6:31am — No Comments

Air on the G string (BWV1068) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) in tab

taken from my guitar blog www.chrisliang.com Air on the G-string is Bach's ever popular song. I love this song and I find it both challenging and a joy to play. This song is so beautiful and expressive, you would have to be a rock not to be moved by it's melody. Recently, I have had a song request in my blog to cover this song so that gave me the push to revisit Air on the G string. Of all the bach songs I have done, this is the song that I have the greatest di… Continue

Added by christian liang on October 19, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

PA Systems

I've had a few different PA set-ups in my day. The last radical change was from the usual 2 speaker style to the Bose L1 line array speaker system with a single totem pole type stand which acts as mains and monitors all in one simple set-up. The only problem for me was the weight of the base which houses the 2 amps and mixer. It does take up less room than a conventional set-up and is quicker to set up but that one piece is too heavy for me so....Bose now has the L1Compact. A lighter version per… Continue

Added by Downtown Freddy Brown on October 18, 2009 at 2:27pm — 3 Comments

A Brief Introduction

I originally, began recording my guitar playing to keep a few friends up to speed on my progress at learning to play. After a couple of these recordings a friend branded me as 'MG Taylor', that was flattering, kinda' fun and funny; thanks, Ron. The Acoustic Guitar Community became available, and I'm a subscriber to Acoustic Guitar magazine, so, I thought, why not, this oughta' be ... neat. I had a web site dedicated to my Amateur Flattrack Motorcycle Racing hobby, when I was involved in that, t… Continue

Added by Mike Grieff on October 17, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Pierre Bensusan on Work & Worry!

Pierre has a new box set and documentary film in the works! Read all about it on http://www.workandworry.com! Continue

Added by Raymond Morin on October 15, 2009 at 5:41pm — No Comments

Correction for “Africa,” as arranged by Andy McKee

We’ve discovered an unfortunate error in our transcription of Andy McKee’s fingerstyle arrangement of “Africa” in the November 2009 issue of Acoustic Guitar. The tuning key listed is slightly (but significantly!) off the mark—the tuning that we printed was D G D G B D, but should have been D G D G A D. The notes and tab numbers are correct, as is the second-fret capo. We’re deeply sorry about any confusion this may have caused. McKee recently uploaded several new high-definition videos t… Continue

Added by Dan Apczynski, Associate Editor on October 15, 2009 at 12:59pm — No Comments

Didn't know I had a blog....

I don't know if I will find time to use this feature or not but we'll get it started anyway. I'm 57 and live in Brampton, ON, Canada. I have been playing guitar since I was 12. Guitar was not my first (or my last) instrument I learned to play. I started palying trumpet when I was 8. I now play trumpet, trombone, tenor sax, French Horn, guitar, bass, 5 string banjo, mandolin, uke, pedal steel, recorder, harmonicas, dulcimer, canjo...I think that's it. Now I want to try sitar and tabla. I play Blu… Continue

Added by Downtown Freddy Brown on October 15, 2009 at 7:25am — No Comments

New Dave Rawlings Album and Upcoming Interview in Acoustic Guitar

We're excited to hear about the upcoming realease of the Dave Rawlings Machine album, A Friend of a Friend. Acoustic Guitar senior editor Scott Nygaard spent a few hours with Rawlings when he and Gillian Welch were playing Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco two weeks ago, and got a lot of great insight into Rawlings singular guitar style. Look for a feature story in an upcoming issue of Acoustic Guitar. Unt… Continue

Added by Dan Gabel, Editor & Group Publisher on October 14, 2009 at 2:50pm — 1 Comment

Busy, Busy

Hi All Last call for the opening night of The Flat Cap Folk Club. Yes it's undway tomorrow, Thursday 15th at The Transport Club, Union Street, Rotherham withour special guests Brother Crow and Toein' In The Dark. Having checked the Concert Room out, we're going to try and run this first one acoustically as we believe this will help bring out the best from the music. The whole evening is going to be experiemntal so come along and join us. A limited number of Floor Spots will be available, with… Continue

Added by Richard Millard (Masher) on October 14, 2009 at 3:05am — No Comments

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