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Hi Tam.
Ive just about to make my first 3 stringer. I usually play either 6 or 12 string folk/country music.Irish and American.The Dubliners,Furies,Neil Young etc. Do you use a fretted CBG for the Irish songs? Ive been toying with the idea of a Dulcimer type CBG. Only because the chords would already be set out. What is the general feeing on this?
I apologise in advance for my ignorance.
Slainte mo chara.
Songs are one thing Tunes are another.
Irish Traditional Music (ITM) is mostly dance music (tunes) that are played in Sessions.
The usual forms are reels, jigs, slip jigs, Irish polkas, and a few others.
It generally gets played at fast tempos and people who do it seriously (on stringed instruments)
prefer short scales that allow two octaves to fit under your hand.
Mandolins, and tenor banjos (19" scale) seem to be bog standard.
If you don't play with others speed is not important and you can play anything you want.
I play standard instruments for ITM and I still haven't worked up to session speed after 7years.
Probly never will. Its a tough genre, if your not born to it.
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