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10-01-2015, 10:20 AM
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Tenor Guitar Strumming
I've played at mandolin for years and mostly used chop chord strums as I played backup. Now, I've become caught up in another "5ths" instrument, the tenor guitar, and am wondering how best to play backup, to strum in accompanying songs. Any help? thanks
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10-02-2015, 01:59 AM
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Arktrav, there are no rules. "Best" will always be subjective, and will depend greatly upon context: Are you accompanying your own voice, solo, or playing with one, two, three, ten other musicians?
The best advice I can offer is to check out as many other players as you can, and here are a few: Neko Case... Carrie Rodriguez, strumming... Carrie Rodriguez, finger picking... Nick Gillentine... John Lawlor, with a flat pick... John Lawlor, with his thumb... Ani DiFranco... If you're playing solo, letting every chord ring will work just fine for some songs. For others, you'll likely find the accompaniment more authoritative with ringing strums on one and three and damped or muted strums on the backbeats. Eventually, you'll very possibly end up mixing a variety of strumming and picking patterns into each song, making each one unique.
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10-02-2015, 08:05 AM
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Thanks everyone and especially SYRYNX, for you thoughtful and appreciated responses. I'm working on it, haven't gotten there yet, but I'm working on it!
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10-08-2015, 11:03 PM
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It was a popular instrument in the 40s & 50s. Buddy Ebsen was a fair hand as well! He always carried a tenor guitar when he was Davy Crockett's side kick, George Russell... The late Scat Man Crothers did a great version of Ghost Riders in the Sky using a tenor guitar, or baritone uke? Don
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10-09-2015, 07:41 AM
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I've tried to find it for years and have been unsuccessful. But 8 or so years ago I found a clip on youtube of a japanese dude playing surf on a tenor. Dude was really good.
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