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Thread #94826 Message #1838614
Posted By: TIA
19-Sep-06 - 04:48 PM
Thread Name: Two Bouzouki Setup Questions
Subject: RE: Two Bouzouki Setup Questions
Thanks LfH. More details. I play mostly with a three-person group. Oldest daughter on flute or guitar, middle daughter on violin or mandolin. I play tenor banjo, and guitar, and am now adding bouzouki. Violin, mandolin or flute (or me on banjo) usually have the melody (although we double it a lot), so I think I'll be doing mostly accompaniment, but for some ballad-y type stuff where banjo just doesn't sound right, we have found that bouzouki actually sounds pretty good on lead (I just pretend it's a giraffe-like banjo). No singing accompaniment - we're all jackass-voiced. Bottom line - it'll probably be a mixture tilted towards accomp., but hell, I don't know enough to say for sure -- we are really just hacks who enjoy it, and get the occasional gig in very understanding settings.