From: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org (jangle-poets-digest) To: jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Subject: jangle-poets-digest V9 #10 Reply-To: jangle-poets@smoe.org Sender: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jangle-poets-digest Monday, January 22 2007 Volume 09 : Number 010 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [JP] Re: jangle-poets-digest V9 #9 [Pmkennedy@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:52:59 EST From: Pmkennedy@aol.com Subject: [JP] Re: jangle-poets-digest V9 #9 Hi, all, To answer your question, I'm playing a Rogue electric sitar. It's different from Pete's Jerry Jones electric sitar in that it has sympathetic strings that resonate for an extra buzzing. I can also play harp-like lines on it, which I do occasionally, though not on the clip that's on YouTube right now. Those sympathetic strings are typically tuned to an Indian mode, like a Mixolydian mode: D - E - F# - G - A - C, though I tune mine to the D dorian mode, which works well with Celtic music: D - E - F - G - A - C. The main difference is that the Mixolydian has a major third, and the Dorian has a minor third. The other main difference in our two electric sitars is that Pete replaced the factory pickup in his with a Joe Barden pickup, which is much stronger with less noise. I am still using the factory installed pickups in mine, but I will eventually replace them with Joe Bardens (though the pickup underneath the sympathetic strings has a strong signal, so I'll leave that one as-is). Maura K In a message dated 1/21/2007 5:09:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org writes: Does anyone know what kind of guitar Maura is playing there? Is that a Rogue STR-1 Sitar Guitar? Check out the Kennedys' Official Home Page: http://www.KennedysMusic.com/ Fab photos, the Official tour diary, dashboard Buddha haiku, groovy merchandise...what more could you ask for? ------------------------------ End of jangle-poets-digest V9 #10 *********************************