Sharon Lee Riggen was born in Inglewood, California. Her parents are George and Viola Riggen. Her music studies began at age 4 and she performed ten years in her fathers many bands. At age 16 she turned professional and has performed and taught music ever since. She has studied pop styles with numerous well-known musicians/artists; and classical guitar with Vaughn Andahl, while a music major at Metropolitan State College in Denver. She has been a member of the AFM Musicians Union and performed full-time over 35 years. She has taught music on staff at Colorado North Western Community College and currently teaches private lessons at a local music store. She performs at every posssible opportunity and is preparing her first recorded album. She plays covers plus a sprinkling of originals. Her arrangements add color and character to familiar well known gems.
INSTRUMENT INFO: Sharon began playing ukulele/uke at age 4. The begining ukes were standard/Soprano, tenor and baritone. Standard/Soprano uke is tuned to the fifth fret of the guitar, with the 4th string tuned up one full octave. She tunes the tenor and baritone ukes at the same pitch/octave as the guitar; with the baritone 4th string the same as guitar; and the tenor 4th string tuned one octave highter. The tenor guitar and plectrum banjo were Sharon's main instruments in Junior High. She tunes both just like guitar. She moved on to the 6-string guitar in High School.
Instrumentation Sharon plays archtop, classical and parlor guitars; tenor and baritone ukuleles; and plectrum banjo. She also does vocals. Multi-effects processors are; DigiTech RP100 and DigiTech GNX3.
