VOLUME1. NUMBER 3.

JUNE,l J2.
~HE SERENADER
I S51JED EVi:RY MONTH IN THE I N T cR E"STS
OF M"NDOllN, GU I TAR . and 'BANJO
TFACHER5 and -PU\Y'ERS EVERYWHERE
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CAfE'.MPLEMAN - Sioux C:i.l:vJ owa.
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th i s i s only by note ." I aM only
pleased to say that our worthy ed -
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THE DIAGRAMHETHODFOR STEEL GUITARS ject . I trust I wil1 see you al l
___,== =c-- By- C. S . DeLano---===== ·- this su rn;·,,er in a visit to the Olym-
It is a deplorable fact t hat a pie Games . Come in and see me,
number of our teachers of the Ea - Sincere~.y - C. S. De Lano
waiian Guitar have yielded to the
so calledndiagram 11
system cf :play - Folks , the diaeram s3rstem of
ing this beaut i ful instrument . No:.:., teachil i{:; the Hawaiian Gui tar seems
thing could be more remote from trubto be somewhat of a question . "To
musical instruction than this so be or not to be , nor in plain English
called 11
g_uick " method . I have bei:;n to do it r not ! We know that s ome
carefully investigating it 1 s work - of the best teachers ar e using t his
ings and I find not one out of ten method to some exten t, as to wheth -
can even read the music arranged e r they f i nd that it i s good bus i-
thus . Does anyone suppose for a mo- ness or not , we cannot say . We
ment that any teacher of piano or would venture that i t would possib -
violin would for a mome11t stoop to ly hurt t heir stand i ng with other
such fake methods ? If so the3r may I teachers to the extent that the oth e
expect to lose all pupils and pres - 1other teachers would do mor e or l es ~
tige as a teacher . The custome r go e s knocking . Thus spoiling the good
to the music dealer to buy a diagra mresults in a bu s i ness way . In writ-
solo - he pays fifty cents fo r i t ing to an organ i ze r f or one of the
and gets no discount , if a teacher . lead i ne fretted instrument manufact-
he takes the said solo home with ure r s i n the south who was interest-
hi g h hopes that in an hour ' s prac - ed i n securing t eachers for his work ,
tice he will easily le a rn the selec - we receiv ed the fol~owing reply ;- ·
tion . To h i s dismay he finds no tim e " I can ' t t ell def i nitely from
no way to tell dotted note s from !your circular whethe r you teach
other notes and above all no ger:.eralnote or number system , If nu mber
idea of how to :play the NEW syste~ • Isystem , I woul den rt be inte r ested
He is ou t his money and gets nothing in any :my whateve!E' ."
out of it . I recen t ly :purchased oneJ ~ " I aPJ getti:r..g a bunch of Club s
of t hese solos and not on e of my PU-started in the sou t h now , somewhat
p i ls could read it . In my mail ord - on the order of the Mandolin and
ers for publ i cations I get numer ous Gui tar Clubs of several years ago ,
orders sta t ing ; (BY NOTE ONLY) "I am ye t wi th a bunch of entire:'..y new
pleas e d to see our teachers are wak7i deas that teachers have neve r em-
ing up t o t he f act that they have plo yed he r etofore . Thi s i s ca l ~i ng
been dece iv ed and wi ll come back to f0 r more tea che r s and the f i eld i s
the leg iti mate way of teach i ng and ge t t i ng r ip e for tea che r s wh o can
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teach large . fret te d i-nstrl.?-ment orch-~ -ary the r:rogra,PJ. . Hr. De Lano will_
estras, I need severa~ go o d ones .now j~as e nt th e following talent: Do~
BUT :.they must :_knov,.r ~-;.isic. Number rothy Bruns , th e premier lady solo-
stuff wo11.rt g.o', with this •kind of· ist on th e ste e l t,11i tar, of the Pa-
work." ·· · . ' · c ifi c coast , Cel e; ste Adair, an ex -
It would therefore seem to us p e rt - Stand a rd Guj_tar soloist , Ancid
that· if thiS' man, who is interestE:d Overton , St a nda j·a Guitar, who ·accoro -
in .the organization of fretted in- pani P-d C.S . DeLa~o a year ago on his
strument orchestras on a commeTcial conc c ~t trip to Chicago, the LeLano
basis, will have nothing to do w:i. th Junior Hawaiian Gnitar Quartet com-
teachers who teach by the diagram rosed of Vireinia Bennet , Alfred De
method . It isft ot,so good a proposi gaetano , Oran Smiley and Bobbie
tion as one would think. Sq_uir es , assisttng - Jif.rs. Lucille
Let us hear from YOU on this Alshir e and Hrs . C, lriohn, talented
subject . - EDITOR soprano soloist , little )~rgnret Al.-
shire , 8 year old Standard Guitar
T,he world I s 0lym})ic games will soloist, will aid. with sev e ral se-
be held in Los Angeles , July 31 to l ections . ::rr . DcLano will pl ay the
aug , 14th. surel~r our mus:ic t.each- several :· instrum e nts in the l)rogram.
ers .and dealers wj_ll wish to attend , All attending the gaPJ.es reyiort to
C. S . DeLano , whose studio i s 802 Hr . DeLano on arriving ln Los Angcl-
Hajestic Theater Bldg , Los Angeles , e s , Ev e r;ything wLJ_l be don e by Mr .
extends a personal greeting to all DcLano and h is assistants to make
to mar.e .. h.is studio· their music head your ste .y at th e f,'ames a plcasnt one,
quarters while visitin g the gam e s .
Mr . DeLano will give a musi c al
daily d.uring th e dnrA.tion of the
game~ , at time~ ~ot .t~ conflict with
the ga'.m'e' prograPJ., };rc,.wai-:i;an Gui yar ·
music .·· will be featut Gµ ,_•: ·standatd
G:,1itar andUUkul e le solo •Work wi.11