Chords for Tanglewood Parlour Guitars

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[C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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[C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ Hi, I'm Tim Slater with Play Music Magazine and today we're going to be taking a look
at three parlor guitars from Tanglewood, from Tanglewood's Sundance, Premier and Rosewood Reserve series.
_ The Tanglewood TW173 belongs to Tanglewood's Premier series.
This guitar features a solid cedar top, a solid mahogany back and mahogany sides.
It's a very nicely balanced combination of timbers.
I'll just pick through some chords for you now to give you an idea of the [G] sound.
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_ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ Parlor guitars were designed to be played in small rooms or parlors, so therefore you
don't necessarily have the same kind of projection and volume as you would from a dreadnought guitar.
But nevertheless, there's still plenty of projection and a nice crisp, sparkly top end.
And this particular instrument demonstrates that really well.
Just picking through [D] chords, _ _ [G] the tone is really nicely balanced.
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
Especially on the top, it really cuts through well.
So if you're into finger picking styles and you don't necessarily need that large, voluminous
tone of a bigger body guitar, a parlor guitar is ideal for you.
The _ TRP73VSE belongs to Tanglewood's Rosewood Reserve series.
The Rosewood Reserve series is Tanglewood's way of presenting an affordable acoustic guitar
using traditional, high-quality Tonewoods.
[F]
We know in this day and age that Tonewoods are in very short supply.
They are one of the world's most precious resources.
And to be honest, they won't be around forever.
So Tanglewood has bought up a large stock of these from a sustainable source.
And they are using them to build these high-quality instruments that still come in at an affordable price.
So what we have here, Rosewood back and sides and a solid spruce top, which again is a very
nice traditional setup that gives you plenty of projection and plenty of volume.
[D] I'll just strum through some chords for you now. _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F#] _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ From the sweet tones of solid spruce and rosewood, now we go to the darker, warmer tones of solid
cedar and solid mahogany.
This is the _ TW73VSE, which belongs to Tanglewood's Sundance series.
_ As befitting a parlor guitar, this features a traditional slotted headstock.
It has a very nice vintage-style V on the back of the [A] neck.
And actually some very attractive binding, which uses figured maple, which also transfers
to the side of the fingerboard, side of the neck as well.
Visually, it's a very, very striking guitar.
It feels very comfortable to play.
And tone-wise, it has the warmth and projection of mahogany, also with the extra stability
and projection provided by the cedar top.
I'll play a few chords for you.
Now bearing in mind, again, that the parlor guitar was designed for an intimate setting,
these are great guitars for finger-picking, for singers that want to accompany themselves.
If you're into the big, brash, strumming-along thing, a dreadnought is really more suitable for that.
But the parlor guitar is still a very powerful and versatile instrument.
I'll just play through a few little chords for you now.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well, we hope you've enjoyed this overview of these three Tanglewood parlor guitars.
If you are in the market for a parlor guitar, Tanglewood seem to have covered the entry
level up to the mid-price points really well with all three of these instruments.
They're well-made.
They sound very good.
They're well-finished.
They come fitted with Elixir strings, by the way, which are very good value-for-money guitar
strings, high-quality guitar strings that last a long time.
_ _ _ We've enjoyed playing them very, very much.
They hold their tuning well, and they feel like very nice guitars to play.
So, again, if you are in the market for a parlor guitar to do a bit of picking, _ in our
opinion, Tanglewood are definitely worth a look.
Look out for the review [F#] in the February 2011 edition of Play Music Magazine, and we'll
look forward to seeing you soon. Thanks.
Bye-bye. _
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[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#m] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _