Tenor Guitar - An Introduction by Richard Durrant
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- Musician Richard Durrant introduces us to one of his great loves - the Tenor Guitar and performs three short pieces: The Skye Boat Song and the Two Minuets from Bach's 1st Cello Suite in G.
In this film Richard is playing "The Uffington Tenor" built for him by Sussex luthier Ian Chisholm (complete with a silver White Horse of Uffington inlaid on the headstock) . The guitar features on Richard's 2018 double album "Stringhenge" .
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Beautiful - I wish I'd found this 50 years ago.....
If Time and Space, as sages say, are things which cannot be...doesn't matter , my friend, if you found this now....music has no boundaries specially when we are in front of such wonderful tone.
There wasnt youtube at that time
@@alinoori9056 No that you knew of! We kept it to ourselves for some time.
Practice makes perfect. Perfect practice makes perfection...and this is perfection. Thank you Richard. Most beautiful music.
How wonderful to read this. Thanks tony!!
Every word you are saying could be transcribed poetry. I've just watch Everything Everything playing To The Blade, which has brought me here. What a beautiful instrument!
Cheers Peter!!!!
That first English folk song tore at my heart. There's a tale or two behind it, the human condition explained in a fine mastery..thank you deeply
So glad you liked it. Those four strings make a beautiful sound!
It was a beautifully played rendition, but it isn't an English folk song.
@@paulmcqueen3153 Irish? Now I gotta know?. Nordic? Thx
@@frankcompagnone8550 Scottish. Called The Skye Boat Song, or Over the Sea to Skye. These days many people would know it as The Outlanders Theme.
I love this guy! He has a great approach, he’s very personable, and he plays beautifully.
Nice one Tony. This feedback means a hell of a lot.
What a gift to play like that.....
This is the most uplifting and beautifully played ‘Introduction’ that I’ve ever heard for any stringed instrument. Thank you so much for posting.
Thanks Jack. That means a lot. Richard
I recently purchased an Ibanez tenor guitar. That was absolutely beautiful playing. Damn! I wish I could play like that! I'd best get practicing!
Do you like it? Do they offer a tenor electric guitar? Hope you are getting good at it.
@@lifeonamarble961 I purchased it on Amazon. As far as I know, they don't offer an electric version. And yes, I do like it. It plays beautifully.
Richard makes it sound so easy - which it is on the ear Superb.
Beautiful; gorgeous!
Watching from Newark, NJ!
So good to hear a tenor masterfully played in its original tuning of C-G-D-A instead of Chicago tuning that I'm hearing in most other videos. Thank you for transporting us with your music!
Really enjoyed Speed Bonnie boat. My father used to sing it as a lullaby when I was a child. A beautiful versatile instrument
Your passion and the beauty of your playing are just a pleasure to witness.
Cheers Stephen. It's been my life's work!
I love the Celtic horse on the head stock of this guitar its beautiful and the the guitar has a beautiful exceptional voice incredible playing, tremendous mood lifting music.🤩👍
i am well amazed what a beatiful instrument, i play the mandolin i think i am convwered .beautifuly played xxxx
Skye Boat Song works so magnificently on this instrument! Thank you for playing!
that is spectacular
I've loved the tenor guitar for years! I'm a big Kingston Trio fan and general folk music fanatic. Nick Reynolds and Rick Dougherty have played tenor guitar in DGBE tuning in the band it adds so much to the Trio's sound. Guitar, banjo and tenor guitar are the instuments they used and I made a point of owning and playing all three.
I have a pretty nice, if old, tenor guitar and I love it to pieces. It has such a lovely voice.
Skye Boat Song AND Bach? Wonderful!
That’s just beautiful.
Wow. Absolutely beautiful playing. Not overdone...just perfect....I'm very tempted to try one now. Thank you
Absolutely beautiful playing. Never heard of a tenor guitar before. Now I wish I had sooner. I was moved.
so....I guess I need a tenor acoustic now. There is such a brilliant sparkle and top end to those strings. Fantastic playing
Beautifully played and it sounds gorgeous. I’m putting a tenor guitar on my wishlist.
Any instrument you play is awesome once you become awesome at playing it
When a MUSICIAN plays , whatever the instrument something great occurs . RICHARD DURRANT is one on top . Few years
ago I aquired one of this tenor guitar ( a 1940 DI MAURO ) and when you are used to common six strings guitar the tenor
brings you fresh ideas .....and RICHARD literally opens a new world with unlimited horizon . THANKS a lot to share and
offer your unique talent Mr. RICHARD DURRANT .
@Robert Shorthill at first sight you make a G instrument instead a C one . i would like more details about
the scale ( neck length ) and the strings ( gauge ) and the G frequence as the reference to tune the
following fifths. I dont know anyting about double strings and 8 keys mandolin . Thanks FOR ANY DETAILS
@Robert Shorthill Thanks a lot ROBERT for yours detailed and kind explanations . You answer my question
and I guess what to add as the G note must be tuned at 391.395 hz ( according the A 440 hz reference ). I
shall follow your idea and build an electric GDAE with the most accurate ratio scale/ strings . I am lucky
enough to share neighbourhood and friendship with the WILD CUSTOM team and their workchop is full of
all kind of necks and bodies . First is to visit the attic and choose available parts .!! Have a good day .
@Robert Shorthill Added info : my tenor guitar scale is 575 mm ( 23'' inches ) and my tenor banjolin scale
is 535 mm ( 21 , 4 '' inches ) . Both are tuned CGDA and I've used the same set of strings : 009 - 016 - 023 -
030 . if I had to compare I should say the BANJO is more short of breath beyond the 7th fret ....but I think
the percussive tone of the banjo lacks naturally some sustain . If I build the lower tenor tuned GDAE I think
I shall use the gibson byrdland short scale ( 23 - 1/2 '' ) . Best regards to ROBBY my MONTANA's fellow !
ITHINK .....i shall use the gibson Byrdland short scale ( 23 - 1/2 '' ) . Best regards to ROBBY my MONTANA's
fellow .
Great playing!!! From one Britanniac Celt, to another!
that was lovely!
I’m mainly a ukulele player and I have a tenor guitar tuned in Chicago tuning, with a low fourth string. my ukes are mainly soprano size and I have two concert scale ukulele. they are tuned re-entrant in gCEA. I also have a sopranino uke, tuned cFAD. my tenor guitar stands in for a baritone ukulele.
the upshot is I can use the same chord shapes on the whole range and all I have to do is remember what key they’re playing in.
Beautiful
Brilliant !
Very lovely ,,,, a real treat.
Beautiful my friend. Thank you for sharing.
Really Nice!
Now I want one of those.
Beautiful instrument played beautifully.
Lovely melody
Loved this. Thanks for sharing...(new bucket list item). Beautiful. 👍❤
Damn, I so wanted you to play that tenor banjo. Beautiful instruments
I will try and remedy.....
Mooi! bedankt. Ik was op zoek naar wat een tenorgitaar is, een aangename verrassing.
Very well played and recorded! Enjoyed that!
Fantastic!
brilliant
How could I not enjoy that - superb.
Amazing.
Sounds so nice, my mom gave me a tenor Key Kord for my birthday, can not wait to get some stings on it and give it a run.
Excellent.
absolutely beautiful playing and damn I need one of those
Simply beautiful!
I was curious as to what a tenor guitar was like, and what a great intro to one too! Now I know how one should sound! Only remembered you halfway through and it took me back to a most marvelous evening when you, and a young lady with a lovely voice , entertained us in our tiny church in the sleepy Lincolnshire village of Belchford in the days of the rural touring scheme.Enjoyed chatting to you about all things musical in our local hostilary afterwards. Seem to think we had a similar interest in melding electronic and real instruments together.
Playing the banjo in a Dixieband, I've have a few days ago bought a Tenorguitar - and its really a suprise. Specially popsongs from the 70s and 80s or old jazz-melodies seem to like the sound of this little guitar. What Richard was playing in his video is really wunderful. Peter is right: What a beautiful instrument!
Splendid
That was wonderful. This is one of my favourite tenor guitar moments- it is part of something a lot "bigger" and is great. Stick this into the YT search box: After You've Gone (1934) Gene Austin
Love your playing, might have to get a Tenor guitar now...Thank you
OK, I'm hooked, off out to get me a tenor guitar!
Lovely playing, thanks
Beautiful songs and perfectly played by you. Thank you very, very much for these minutes of beauty you're offering for free.
Amazing so beautiful
Thank you!
Beautiful!
This is the most beautiful instrument I've ever heard❤
Hooray! It is very special to play.
That sounds really beautiful. Nice, clean articulation.
Richard your wonderful playing inspired me to get a tenor guitar. Thank you very interesting addition to my regular guitar. I’ve been sharing this video, well done!
Absolutely beautiful great player Gina
Amazingly beautiful playing!
Love the headstock on your guitar, the guitar its self sounds beautiful .🤩👍
Beautiful, Santa brought me one early it’s waiting at home. Merry Christmas from Colorado.
This introduction exceeded my expectations.
Wow! Now I have to make one.
Gorgeous!
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
This is an Ian Chisholm guitar. Ian makes lovely instruments: I have several but can't do them justice in the way that Richard dies here!
Absolutely perfect. Ordered one the other day and planned to tune it like a baritone uke…. Rethinking it after your performance.
Well played
Oh! The Uffington White Horse! On the headstock! I’ve been there several times.
Absolutely beautiful. I’m speechless. I play a baritone uke and tenor . I think I gotta get a tenor guitar asap. Nice job.
In your hands it is a lovely sounding instrument.
Many thanks!!
beautiful tone.
A1👏🏆🥇🎼🎶🎵Outstanding!
Aloha Braddah Richard! Sounds very ancient....medieval....FANTASTIC! Very artistic playing there Richard! A professional production.
Mahalo nui loa for sharing!
Wonderful video, both in character and playing. Great introduction to the tenor guitar. Thanks for posting.
Bellissima chitarra e bravissimo musicista.
Wow, you play so beautiful! A real treat. ❤
Thank you!
It''s not too many instruments, if you play them all.
Well played.
I have always thought of this minuet being a little slower, at least on cello, viola or violin, but the faster tempo and additional chording, is wonderfully suited to tenor guitar.
So far I have only tuned 6 string guitars to 5th, though always comprising one interval, as the physics of 6 strings tuned in 5ths doesn't quite work out.
I may yet have to buy a tenor guitar.
I'd certainly like to hear them more.
I absolutely LOVE this song...I'm sure it has an official name, I just know it as the theme from Outlander! Love it!! Thanks for sharing!
Just beautiful Richard Durrant..........nice.
Fantastic playing.
Bravo!
How wonderfully played
It was the Mackinnons that took him over to skye! It sounds amazing on this wee tenor
Such a magical sound!
VERY NICE
Late to party but "Thank you" - both for the introduction to Tenor Guitar and, of course, 'The Skye Boat Song', which I sort of grew up with (my Mother was Scottish). I'll need to investigate options for picking up a TG now. The fifths from C up very comfortable for me as I spent quite some time with Robert Fripp's 'New Standard Tuning' for guitar C G D A E with a G on top. Look forward to exploring more of your channel - thanks again!
Thank you for the introduction to tenor guitar... very fascinating indeed ! I'm amazed ... such a full sound from a diminutive instrument....reminiscent of a 12 string guitar as well.
I just bought one from the 60's and am learning my first chords. Great video and song, thanks! A few weeks I had never heard of this instrument.
Nice one Dawn!
Wonderful ! Thank you for sharing this with us. .
Speed Bonny boat like a bird on the wing , onward the sailors cry. Carry the lad that’s born to be king, over the sea to Skye.
Thanks Richard Durant, excellent performance and interesting video .
👏👏👏 BRAVO ! 🌹
Amazing......
Applause 👏
Just bought one today . I'm a mandolin and tenor banjo player .
Great video and playing. I'm on my third round and I'm inspired to get a tenor guitar. Cheers!