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Topic: A Young Bud Tutmarc on Hawaiian Steel Guitar |
Don Kona Woods
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Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 31 Dec 2010 12:19 am |
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By the way these videos are really good.
You will not want to miss listening !!!
A couple of videos from many years ago, when Bud Tutmarc was young.
He was good steeler and singer!
As many of you know, he was a student of Sol Ho'opii.
Some of his licks sound like Sol.
Bud Tutmarc on Steel playing Hula Blues
Bud Tutmarc Hawaiian Serenaders
Bud Tutmarc sings I'll Remember You
with Richie Hedman on Steel
Aloha, 
Don
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 31 Dec 2010 3:43 pm
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Isn't it amazing what can be extracted from the old C# minor tuning in sound and technique. I spent a year in 1944 taking lessons in this tuning from George Kaahiki at his studio on Vermont St. in So. Los Angeles. He was a real task master and you really had to learn the slants. Mr. Kaahiki had come to Los Angeles from the Islands when Hawiian Music was still very much in vogue here
 on Mainland.
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Darrell Urbien
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Echo Park, California
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Posted 1 Jan 2011 2:33 am
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| Am I correct in guessing that is one of his Serenader steels? |
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Don Kona Woods
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Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 1 Jan 2011 9:45 am
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Bud Tutmarc played a six string steel guitar made by his father called an Audiovox and always in C#m as Billy indicated.
Aloha,
Don |
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Bill Leff
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Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2011 9:56 am
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Don, these are great, especially Hula Blues!
Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year to all.
Bill |
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Ray Shakeshaft
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Kidderminster, Worcs, UK.
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Posted 1 Jan 2011 3:42 pm
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Many thanks Don - but it cost me. I promptly downloaded the CD 'To You Sweetheart, Aloha'.
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Darrell Urbien
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Posted 1 Jan 2011 10:53 pm
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| Don Kona Woods wrote: |
| Bud Tutmarc played a six string steel guitar made by his father called an Audiovox |
I thought the inlays and peghead shape looked more like one of Bud's own Serenaders than his dad's. |
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George Keoki Lake
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Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 1 Jan 2011 11:45 pm
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I think the guitar Bud is playing was made by his dad. Bud's guitars came along later in his life. Bud always used the C#m tuning as Don indicated. Bud had a great sense of humor and was always helpful to anyone who asked anything about the steel guitar. Bud and Opal stayed in our home for one week of fun and jamming many years ago. I still miss the guy!
And Billy, back in the days when you and I took lessons, there was no tablature that I ever saw. We had to learn everything via notation which I feel is still the best way, though more difficult than reading tablature. Steel music was always written an octave higher than the actual pitch...lots of leger lines to contend with in those days. |
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Kevin Brown
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England
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Posted 2 Jan 2011 10:38 am
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| lovely footage, theres something about seeing it for real that makes such a difference. It has convinced me even further about my goals re a year inside C sharp minor tuning, i feel it will be of great benefit, especially after being inspired by this ! |
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Doug Beaumier
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Posted 2 Jan 2011 11:49 am
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I'm not sure if that's a Serenader lap steel or an Audiovox in that first clip. I had a Serenader years ago and it had a light tan finish, but it did look a lot like the one in the video. The clip looks like it's from the late 1950s or possibly early 60s?
The Serenader was a nice looking instrument, but Bud insisted on using the older technology that his dad used in the Audiovox... the big magnet inside the guitar, blade PU, etc. Mine had a very weak output.
Here's a video of Bud playing later in his life. He had a very nice single note, single string style. A real sweet vibrato too -----> CLICK
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Kevin Brown
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England
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Posted 2 Jan 2011 12:09 pm
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| check out his 'thumb flick' at 32 seconds, it coincides with a hammer on style note coming from the guitar, do you think this is a 'technique' or am I following a red herring ? have seen this before as a great example of oft overlooked single string work does'nt quite have the glamour of chord work unless absolutely spot on ! great post, many thanks |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Bill Leff
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Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2011 2:03 pm
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| Kevin Brown wrote: |
| check out his 'thumb flick' at 32 seconds, it coincides with a hammer on style note coming from the guitar, do you think this is a 'technique' or am I following a red herring ? have seen this before as a great example of oft overlooked single string work does'nt quite have the glamour of chord work unless absolutely spot on ! great post, many thanks |
At 32 seconds I see the bass player, no Bud to be found on my screen. Don't hear any particular thumb flick or anything like that either...
Maybe it plays different in the UK?  |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Kevin Brown
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England
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Posted 2 Jan 2011 2:29 pm
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| OK, allow me to clarify what Im referring too, at approx 36 secs he plucks with the thumb of his picking hand, then appears to quickly pluck a string with the thumb of his BAR HAND !! if what i see is actually happening, then that's a darn first for me ! please have a look and check Im not going nuts ! if this is a common technique apologies for my ignorance |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Kevin Brown
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England
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Posted 2 Jan 2011 3:15 pm
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| Your probably right Doug, sure had me going there for a mo, might be worth a try tho, nothing to lose ! |
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 2 Jan 2011 3:55 pm
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In listening and viewing, you will notice in his single string picking he uses a lot of tripletts.
In addition he uses his thumb and middle finger to pick alternative strings in rapid succession.
Bud was a master of single string picking.
Thanks for all your posts.
Aloha,
Don |
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