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Don Rickert Musician Shop: Your Source for Unique Bowed and Fretted Instruments and Accessories Ranging from Baroque Period to Today’s Cutting Edge

Don Rickert Musician Shop (D. Rickert Musical Instruments): Your Source for Unique Bowed and Fretted Instruments and Accessories Ranging from Baroque Period to Today’s Cutting Edge Introduction It is quite clear that we are the place to come for the unique stuff…things you just cannot get at either the corner music store, traditional violin shops or…

Irish Traditional Music is a LIVING Tradition!

Aug 6, 2013

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Donald Rickert

in Banjos, Observations and Opinion

Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. Traditional Irish Music is almost a misnomer, as it is such a wonderful LIVING tradition, adopting new instruments all the time. We talk about traditional Irish Bouzoukis and Octave Mandolins. Fact is, it was Andy Irvine, I believe in the Irish band Planxty at the time, who starting…

Tenor Banjo and Irish Tenor Banjo: Is There a Difference?

Aug 6, 2013

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Donald Rickert

in Banjos, Tenor Banjo

Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. This is an excellent question, and it comes up all the time from smart musicians. The difference between the Tenor Banjo and Irish Tenor Banjo is, on one level, analogous to the difference between a violin and a fiddle. They are played differently. But Irish Tenor Banjos are…

Banjo in Irish Traditional Music: Part 2 UPDATE (The Tenor Banjo)

Mar 16, 2011

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Donald Rickert

in Banjos, Don Rickert Musical Instruments, Historic Instrument Replicas, Observations and Opinion, Video and Sound Demos

Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. The Mythology of the "Irish Tenor Banjo: According to none other than the acknowledged expert on Irish Banjo, Dr. Mick Maloney ( see The Banjo: A Short History by Mick Maloney), in the 15 or 20 years prior to the introduction of the Tenor Banjo, many banjo players,…

So You Think You Know About the Banjo In Irish Traditional Music?: Part 2

Mar 11, 2011

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Donald Rickert

in Banjos, Historic Instrument Replicas, Observations and Opinion, Tenor Banjo

Please visit the Don Rickert Musician Shop. The Second Myth: There is Special Type of Tenor Banjo Called the "Irish Tenor Banjo" It is a common belief that the Irish Tenor Banjo (4 strings, tuned in 5ths) is somehow different from a Tenor Banjo, which was introduced around 1915 in America and was also known as…

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Don Rickert Musician Shop: Your Source for Unique Bowed and Fretted Instruments and Accessories Ranging from Baroque Period to Today’s Cutting Edge

Irish Traditional Music is a LIVING Tradition!

Tenor Banjo and Irish Tenor Banjo: Is There a Difference?

Banjo in Irish Traditional Music: Part 2 UPDATE (The Tenor Banjo)

So You Think You Know About the Banjo In Irish Traditional Music?: Part 2