I can get you to here, but I'm not finding any uke tabs.
2 2011-02-06 04:55:04
Re: TENOR GUITAR (21 replies, posted in Other string instruments)
All that may be, but don't be mislead as to what the "usual" tuning is. (It's CGDA)
I don't use it myself, so I understand.
3 2011-02-02 05:30:28
Re: Portuguese guitarra (12 replies, posted in Other string instruments)
Since the Guitarra Portuguesa has six courses, (12 strings, in pairs) you could easily tune a regular guitar to the same tuning to try it out. I have the tuning written down somewhere, but it's probably on the web too. I seem to remember it had the top three strings repeated on the bottom three, but a few frets down. You may need to change the string gauges, and considering the nature of Fado music, you might want to go light, to help achieve that liquid sound. Once you've tried it and found the right gauges, you could get a 12 string guitar and continue your transition, until you're ready to lay down the dough for a real Guitarra!
Boa sorte! Espero ouvi-lo tocar, um dia.
4 2011-02-02 03:37:27
Re: TENOR GUITAR (21 replies, posted in Other string instruments)
I play tenor guitar too. I don't play six-stringed guitars. JERSEYDEVIL (above) is quite wrong when he states tenor tuning. Traditional tenor tuning is in fifths: CGDA. I tune mine in the "Irish style": GDAE, same as a violin or mandolin.
5 2011-02-01 23:01:33
Re: Tenor Guitar (13 replies, posted in Other string instruments)
My response wasn't meant as an insult either, and I stand by my first two sentences as right and true.
6 2011-02-01 21:46:58
Re: Tenor Guitar (13 replies, posted in Other string instruments)
First, he insults her buying method, then he insults both the instrument of her choice and Mexican craftsmanship, then fails to give her any relevant information while imparting bad advice.
How do I end up the bad guy, Benson?
7 2011-02-01 20:17:21
Re: Tenor Guitar (13 replies, posted in Other string instruments)
Pay no attention to Jerome's answer! It has little to do with your problem.
Do as I have been doing for 35 years and buy your strings by the gage. Your local superior music store can sell you Ernie Ball Phosphor Bronze strings in the gages you need.
If you wish to play this tenor in the same range as your uke, you must tune it an octave lower, to compensate for the longer neck. I see you're using the reentrant tuning common to ukes, so I would first try these gages:
G - C - E - A
26W - 34W - 30W - 18P
If any of them feel too slack, move up to the next even number.
(It's hard to find odd numbers in the larger sizes)
If any of them break or get very tight when you try to tune them up to pitch,
(and remember, you're tuning an octave lower!) move down to the next even number.
Experiment until the string's tension feels comfortable and sounds right.
You may also want to tune it only a half octave lower, to make it easier to sing in keys that are new to you. That will require a new set of gages, but the notes you would want to try first would be C-F-A-D.
A Tenor Guitar is properly tuned in fifths, but we're forgiving misdemeanors today.