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By Ted Parrish, ukulele extraordinaire and co-author of Ukulele for the Complete Ignoramus! To be or not to be – Bb, that is. Beginning ukulele students often have this common experience: You are rolling right along, strumming and singing, you got your C chord down, Am, F, even G. Then you have to play a… Read More »
By Ted Parrish, co-author of our newest release, Ukulele for the Complete Ignoramus! A lot of ukulele beginners struggle with holding the instrument. It is important to have the instrument supported so that you don’t have to worry about holding it up and can instead concentrate on playing. The good news is there are many… Read More »
By Wayne Erbsen It’s amazing just how many people dream about playing a stringed instrument. When they finally do get around to trying out a guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, or bass, they sometimes find it takes a little more work than they figured to make their dreams come true. If you are one of those… Read More »
The sound of a fiddle is certainly a sum of its parts: the instrument, the bow, and even the person driving it. There is one key item that usually costs between 5 and 10 bucks which can make or break a night of fiddle fun. Rosin. Without it, bow hair just slips over the strings.… Read More »
I’ve recently been reading many newspaper and magazine articles on the greatest inventions of the last 98 years. You tend to see the same things over and over: air travel, nylon, transistors, and even Little Debbie Nutty Bars. My personal favorite is one that few people ever see, though most guitar, banjo, and mandolin players… Read More »
Yes, I was watching TV. A return of an animal show that we all watched as kids only because Walt Disney was on after it. Jim was wrestling with a giant anaconda while Marlin watched from a helicopter. I was wrestling with a decision on this Old-Time Herald’s instrument topic. Then it hit me –… Read More »
By Bob Smakula You walk into a music store to check out the latest in six string guitars that might be suitable for old-time music. You overhear the salesman talking to another customer and they seem to be talking in some cryptic code: “D-35, triple 0-18, M-36, D-28s.” Should you yell “Bingo!?” No, they are… Read More »
Issue # 91- January/February 1985 BUILD YOUR OWN “HAMDOLIN” It’s amazing what you can do with an open mind and a ham can. Wahy, you might even… Wayne Erbsen Before I explain the particulars on how you can build your very own playable, attractive, almost-one-of-a-kind mandolin out of a ham can (I call it a… Read More »
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