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drew-gurbach - Posted - 08/30/2009: 13:53:39
Just wondering how many of us banjoist, who have been playing for a number of years have experienced the following: hear a song, remember it was one of our favorites or was a part of our personal arsenal, and went to revisit it by playing it again, but drew a blank on how the heck to play it? In particular, I had a number of melodic pieces I used to play, but as time went on and I remembered the number as being one I did pretty well, when I went to do it again, it was almost like starting all over again, and I aint that old. Any takers?
Edited by - Texasbanjo on 09/01/2009 12:20:56
beanseo - Posted - 08/30/2009: 14:06:13
Sure enough. I havent' played banjo long enough to forget any tunes, but when I pick up the fiddle, I'm often confounded by my lack of memory on tunes that used to be part of my regular set. Makes a person feel old.
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DaveInCA - Posted - 08/30/2009: 14:44:24
Yeh, especially melodic tunes unless they're very simple melodies in standard positions like 8th of January or Turkey in the Straw. I was just trying to play Crazy Creek and found I had forgotten the 2nd half of the A part. ;-(
Dave
Edited by - DaveInCA on 08/30/2009 14:44:51
Nosferatu - Posted - 08/30/2009: 14:50:38
And may I ask drew-gurbach, what tab are you requesting? It helps to know.
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Edited by - Nosferatu on 08/30/2009 14:52:28
Cornflake - Posted - 08/30/2009: 15:38:18
I heard Richard Bailey say he's forgotten a lot more than he remembers, and that hit home with me. It get's ridiculous resurrecting old tunes, re-learning them, setting them aside, and starting all over later. I think I've learned Jerusalem Ridge about 6 times (really!) and could not play through it right now.
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Don Borchelt - Posted - 08/30/2009: 19:55:57
Dave wrote: "I was just trying to play Crazy Creek and found I had forgotten the 2nd half of the A part. "
Don't feel bad, I've forgotten the whole dang thing.
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R Buck - Posted - 08/31/2009: 05:33:47
I have been teaching banjo everyday for the past 7-1/2 years. I still remember tunes that I had forgotten. The best thing was I played a local show on banjo last winter and it all came back like magic. I even remembered things I had not used in 20 years.
Now what were we talking about?
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DaveInCA - Posted - 09/01/2009: 08:42:24
> Don't feel bad, I've forgotten the whole dang thing.
Thanks Don, I feel better already..;-)
Dave
Texasbanjo - Posted - 09/01/2009: 12:20:33
Since no tab has been requested, this topic is being moved to other banjo related topics.
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rexhunt - Posted - 09/01/2009: 15:51:46
A while ago a friend gave me an old Flatt and Scruggs record that included Josh Graves' Fireball. I hadn't heard that song in years and only vaguely remembered playing it. Just a couple of weeks ago I came across some MP3s on the net of a show my old band did way back in 1975. Second song - Fireball. Also on that show, we did Buck White's Buck's Run. Not only did I forget that one, I also forgot the name.
Rex
5stringypsy - Posted - 09/01/2009: 16:01:37
I need some Ginko or something..... I do it too often, especially when I am asked to recite a classical piece, of which I had dedicated a good 10 years to learning pieces.. heh >< maybe you have "just enuff" brain space and have to put stuff in "storage" to make room for new stuff. I'm amazed at the moments, when I'm by myself and DO remember how to play that one I completely forgot about, but would never stop loving. Those are real blessings :)
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Banjophobic - Posted - 09/02/2009: 06:50:57
Gosh yes,we all go through this 'syndrome',haha. There were so many cool tunes that I used to play, so many cool licks I used to remember.... . There's just too many songs to know,licks to learn and time to do it all. But occasionally a song or idea will poke its head out of the quagmire of my brain and I can thrash it once again!
The KIDD - Posted - 09/02/2009: 07:41:10
Ill tell ya whats even MORE weird is to have taped them (with the intention of NOT forgetting) and other cool phrases/licks that you had came up with say 7-15 yrs ago and go back and listen and say WHO is THAT? Man thats killer!....Then find yourself like the Ed in the first reader all over again workin it up as if you'd never done it. I went back to a "Banjo Ideas 97" tape and re worked up a break to " Midnite Train" in C (female vocal) and thought my GAWD, where'd these licks come from?..The licks /phrases of some tunes we work up come from new ideas that tickled our fancy at the time and were never expounded on so the motif just died... Ive got tapes from 92-2000. I always DREAD going back and seein whats on there.. Im not sure why???
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Unplugged - Posted - 09/02/2009: 12:29:46
LISTS! I keep a list of each song that I have learned and, before my weekly jam or whenever, I go over the list to see which song I haven't played in a while (this is the same with lyrics).
Still, there are still some non-jam songs that get by me and I just keep on needing to recheck the tabs as a memory jog. Bummer.
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Hotrodtruck - Posted - 09/02/2009: 12:38:03
Yah, I remember the days when I could sit down in an evening and play through my entire repetoir (sp?). Now, unless I have played it lately, I don't even remember some of what I once knew.
Mike
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