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Looking for an accomplished, "Gdad" Irish Bouzouki teacher
Looking for an accomplished, "Gdad" Irish Bouzouki teacher
Hi Everyone-
I am having no luck in finding a Gdad Irish bouzouki teacher in the Philadelphia, PA, USA area ( I live near Jenkintown).
Does anyone have any leads or suggestions ? I might be willing to travel as far as NYC, Washington, DC, Atlantic City, NJ,, or to Harrisburg, PA if the right teacher for me is available.
Thanks.
Big Dog
It is not a live teacher, it is not a GDAD specific piece, but it might be useful and at least it has an accomplished player giving his slant on "things 'zouk." Better than nothing, again IMHO.
Best of luck.
Rook
(currently practicing "Pay The Reckoning")
Re: Looking for an accomplished, "Gdad" Irish Bouzouki teacher
The Gerry McKee cd-rom if really good. Though he plays in GDAE, the disk includes chord forms in GDAD, and I learned a lot from it. I would highly reccommend it as a great place to start. I think the site says it is for Windows 95, but it plays fine on XP
Re: Looking for an accomplished, "Gdad" Irish Bouzouki teacher
As a matter of interest, do zouk players mainly play accompaniment or tunes.
What techniques did you use to learn your fretboard. I mean, charts, scales in dots and/or tab or MP3 (etc), or play along with tunes.
Re: Looking for an accomplished, "Gdad" Irish Bouzouki teacher
Zouk players play both melody and accompaniment. I have read that mandolin tuning, Gdae, (low to high) is a bit easier to play melody on, while my preferred tuning , Gdad, is better for chording accompaniment. I am slowly learning the fret board, for there is a dearth of Gdad bouzouki information out there. I have learned the D and G scales, a small (10-12) vocabulary of chords, and a few tunes by ear or from Hans Speek’s tab. I do play along with tunes as well. I am hopeful to meet a teacher who can help me not reinvent the bouzouki wheel.
Big Dog
Re: Looking for an accomplished, "Gdad" Irish Bouzouki teacher
I think it depends on who you ask. Many zouk players play both, some play only backing.
The Han Speek website has loads of chords, and lots of info, the Gerry McKee CD-rom (which plays on any system and any computer, you just need to open the HTML file instead of anything else) is great, he shows lots of different strumming patterns for different tune types. It's all in video format.
I actually bought my bouzouki from Gerry (and that's the bouzouki he plays on the CD-rom, hehe!) and he gave me a free lesson, I got some good advice on trying chords.
Looking for an accomplished, "Gdad" Irish Bouzouki teacher
Looking for an accomplished, "Gdad" Irish Bouzouki teacher
Hi Everyone-
I am having no luck in finding a Gdad Irish bouzouki teacher in the Philadelphia, PA, USA area ( I live near Jenkintown).
Does anyone have any leads or suggestions ? I might be willing to travel as far as NYC, Washington, DC, Atlantic City, NJ,, or to Harrisburg, PA if the right teacher for me is available.
Thanks.
Big Dog
# Posted on May 30th 2008 by Big Dog
Re: Looking for an accomplished, "Gdad" Irish Bouzouki teacher
Read your bio, a bit thin, so I do not know where you are at in your playing. Here is one resource of many, tutorials, and not half bad, IMHO.
http://www.madfortrad.com/
It is not a live teacher, it is not a GDAD specific piece, but it might be useful and at least it has an accomplished player giving his slant on "things 'zouk." Better than nothing, again IMHO.
Best of luck.
Rook
(currently practicing "Pay The Reckoning")
# Posted on May 31st 2008 by Piece
Re: Looking for an accomplished, "Gdad" Irish Bouzouki teacher
The Gerry McKee cd-rom if really good. Though he plays in GDAE, the disk includes chord forms in GDAD, and I learned a lot from it. I would highly reccommend it as a great place to start. I think the site says it is for Windows 95, but it plays fine on XP
# Posted on June 3rd 2008 by Ginepro
Re: Looking for an accomplished, "Gdad" Irish Bouzouki teacher
As a matter of interest, do zouk players mainly play accompaniment or tunes.
What techniques did you use to learn your fretboard. I mean, charts, scales in dots and/or tab or MP3 (etc), or play along with tunes.
# Posted on June 3rd 2008 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
Re: Looking for an accomplished, "Gdad" Irish Bouzouki teacher
Zouk players play both melody and accompaniment. I have read that mandolin tuning, Gdae, (low to high) is a bit easier to play melody on, while my preferred tuning , Gdad, is better for chording accompaniment. I am slowly learning the fret board, for there is a dearth of Gdad bouzouki information out there. I have learned the D and G scales, a small (10-12) vocabulary of chords, and a few tunes by ear or from Hans Speek’s tab. I do play along with tunes as well. I am hopeful to meet a teacher who can help me not reinvent the bouzouki wheel.
Big Dog
# Posted on June 5th 2008 by Big Dog
Re: Looking for an accomplished, "Gdad" Irish Bouzouki teacher
Thank you, bd. Very helpful.
# Posted on June 5th 2008 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
Re: Looking for an accomplished, "Gdad" Irish Bouzouki teacher
I think it depends on who you ask. Many zouk players play both, some play only backing.
The Han Speek website has loads of chords, and lots of info, the Gerry McKee CD-rom (which plays on any system and any computer, you just need to open the HTML file instead of anything else) is great, he shows lots of different strumming patterns for different tune types. It's all in video format.
I actually bought my bouzouki from Gerry (and that's the bouzouki he plays on the CD-rom, hehe!) and he gave me a free lesson, I got some good advice on trying chords.
# Posted on June 8th 2008 by susiakasinead