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Old 08-02-2018, 07:00 AM
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Default African Folk Guitar...amazing

I wanted to share this unique clip of a female folk guitarist in Botswana Africa....
esp at 15 seconds in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx4cRw6TIIg
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Old 08-02-2018, 08:10 AM
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Thanks for the link. Very cool.
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Old 08-03-2018, 03:30 AM
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Great stuff. Looks like she - EDIT: he! - got some tips from Slim Gaillard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdrnTTDTqo
0:23 and 3:58
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Old 08-03-2018, 06:50 AM
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actually this amazing guitar player is a guy named Ronnie Moipolai :
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2010...guitar-player/
http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=7&...ember/Friday26

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Old 08-03-2018, 08:39 AM
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Saw this video (OP) years ago. And it's still cool!

Great example of doing the best you can with what you've got.
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Old 08-03-2018, 11:35 AM
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Quite clever to take off the 5th string, meaning that loose right hand style can pick bass and chords alternately.
Obviously with only 5 machine heads, one string had to go, but the 5th is an interesting choice. And I notice there's only 4 strings anyway.

Update: the tuning is F - A C F -. Like open E, but up a half-step, and with strings 4-3-2 tuned how 3-2-1 usually are.
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Old 08-03-2018, 01:36 PM
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It’s about the music, after all.
Thanks for the link.
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Old 08-04-2018, 10:55 PM
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I enjoyed that. Thanks for posting.

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Old 08-05-2018, 02:32 PM
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Thanks that was cool! I love how she rolls her fretting hand.
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