Re: Help! Drowned out by fiddles!
I played mandolin at beginner Irish sessions till my fiddle playing got semi-decent. Then I was gifted with a beat up old tenor banjo, which I had brought up to snuff in GDAE tuning. I enjoy playing fiddle on reels, but really like the banjo on hornpipes and jigs if there are other fiddles present. I did learn that my old 1920's Bacon with a resonator was loud enough that the guitar player couldn't hear herself, and she is very good and has plenty of volume. Therefore (prior to Covid shutdowns) I would get to the session early so I could sit well away from the guitar player, aiming away from her (at the fiddles, they don't mind.) We all had fun with more variety in the voicings, and the guitar player was happier I'm was not deafening her and drowning her out. With much volume comes much responsibility.
Rob Ross
Apple Valley, Minne-SOH-tah
1996 Flatiron A5-Performer, 1915 Gibson F-2 (loaned to me by a friend), 2008 Kentucky Master KM-505 A-Model
1925 Bacon Peerless tenor banjo (Irish tuning), 1985 Lloyd Laplant F-5, 2021 Ibanez PFT2 Tenor Guitar (GDAE)
and of course, the 1970 Suzuki-Violin-Sha Bowl Back Taterbug
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