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Old 15-11-2017, 11:24   #76
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try a ukulele, does not take much space, good for groups and easy to learn
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I purchased an original PANArt Hang last week... Lot's of fun! Looking forward to playing it all summer long on the boat. The scale is C pentatonic like the one in this video:
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A bass......what else??
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Old 08-12-2017, 22:07   #79
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The hang chingadera was news to me. But I watched a few videos and it seems to have a lot of potential. Show us what you know after you get it fingered out. Good luck and have fun.
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George Harrison was a big fan of the Uke and so are we. Guitars are really bulky on a boat, but a Uke can go anywhere.
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The problem with accordions, bagpipes and even harmonica's (after a while) is who wants to listen to them? My vote is for a 3/4 or 7/8 scale guitar. Admittedly, I'm a guitar player. I'm also a trumpet player, but again......who wants to listen to a solo trumpet in an anchorage, essentially practicing for 1-2 hours?
That depends on whether or not you can play "The Orange Blossom Special' like James Last' band.
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Old 27-12-2017, 07:29   #82
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For a guitar player, there are smaller models... or perhaps try learning mandolin, ukulele, or violin/fiddle... partly for their smaller size... but the humidity could take it's toll on the instruments... so maybe less expensive models would be best on board.
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ukulele is taught at my kids school, and they all love it! They are small, inexpensive, and are a delight (the ukes, not my kids, they are a nightmare).

I've also seen little guitars available these days...hardly bigger than a uke, but strung like an acoustic guitar. This would be ideal on the boat. My preference is a "parlor guitar" which is an acoustic guitar which is just a bit smaller than normal.

IMHO, one of the best parts of making music is having fun...so don't forget the percussion...tamborines, maracas, cabasas, and guiros.
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I have always carried a guitar Classical, 12 string, Ovation and they all suffered from the sea elements.
The one exception is my national steel Dobro, which is impervious to the elements, stays tuned, great harmonics and really compliments jamming with locals on the beach.

This was weighing on my mind... especially while thinking about when we go back to the boat in a few weeks, for another few months on board.

I have a high-end Ovation 12-string and thought about taking it... but it's sorta huge...

And then I thought maybe I'd take my small Gibson semi-hollow electric with a tiny palm-sized battery amp... but the unplugged sound is fairly minimal...

So then I shopped on the travel and 3/4 size guitars, and the baritone ukulele (tuned like the top 4 of a guitar). There are several, ranging from OK to very good, but none really felt comfortable...

And then I gravitated toward some of the thinline versions of parlor guitars. There are several to choose from -- Yamaha, Ibanez, Epiphone, etc. -- and finally homed in on a new but since discontinued PRS SE Alex Lifeson thinline 6-string acoustic-electric that just happened to be left over here in a local shop.

E Voila! Wifey bought it for me, for Christmas! I'm thinking with a soft case, it'll maybe be OK for on the boat, at least for size -- aside from all that potential humidity/temperature/salinity abuse. We'll see how that goes. If it still turns out too big, Yamaha makes a thing called a Silent Guitar (SLG) and I played one; really nice. The acoustic sound was just a tad louder than the Gibson electric... and I could couple an SLG with the palm-sized amp.

Interesting we've had the PRS for about a week now, with three car trips involved... and I haven't had to tune it yet.

I think I'll also take my Bodhrán along for percussion this time... although it's not the smallest version in the free world, either...

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Get a theremin and have everybody in the anchorage diving for their tinfoil hats.
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Old 27-12-2017, 09:02   #84
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We took a different approach. We had the instruments and looked for a boat that would fit. This meant finding a boat with room for a 5/8 upright bass, two flutes, keyboard, two ukeles, and, at the time, three guitars. I'm sure there's a harmonica in there somewhere. Oh, and two amps.

Despite all the noisemakers, we're actually pretty quiet at the dock and at the anchorage. So far zero complaints and lots of favorable comments on Sue's flute and bass practice.

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Guitars and Ukes are the obvious choices, but I found a spot for my yamaha electric piano! We'll see how long she lasts in the salt air....
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I looked into this about a year ago - I'm pretty sure that any silver-plated instrument would rapidly decay in salt air. There are some pretty serious-looking woodwind collections made entirely from plastic, coming out of Asia. Kind of expensive though. I'd really like to play a couple of them before laying out that kind of cash.

... I think there was an (Ericson 38?) floating around on EBay recently that had part of the dinette converted to a custom piano keyboard.
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I looked into this about a year ago - I'm pretty sure that any silver-plated instrument would rapidly decay in salt air. .
Sue's Powell Sonare flute shows no ill effects.

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Guitars and Ukes are the obvious choices, but I found a spot for my yamaha electric piano! We'll see how long she lasts in the salt air....
We had some magical evenings aboard VALIS as we sailed back to Friday Harbor after the 2012 Pacific Cup. We had two ukuleles on board, plus a $100 guitar I purchased literally one hour before we departed Oahu. Playing together after dinner in the cockpit while watching the sunset was a wonderful experience. I still have that guitar (a used practice guitar I bought in a Kaneohe music store), and it held up very well during and since that passage.
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We took two guitars.
Only occasionally did other people shout at us at anchor.
Make sure to learn some popular songs that folks can sing along too. Finger picking some acoustic number for your own entertainment doesnt really make you many friends.

Oh, they both held up really well, i just treated my guitar to some new strings and saddle, and its sounding better than it ever has.
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I am a beginner. I start learning music. but struggling between Piano vs Violin two and wondering which one is the right fit for me. Both musical instruments need a lot of time to learn. So please suggest me which one is easy to learn.
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