HorseHannah - Posted - 09/19/2009:  10:55:00

Hey I went to camp and was taught one claw hammer style song with doule C tuning... and I was wondering where I could get some more music in that tuning. I like the sound of it. :-) Oh also does anyone know what the chords are in that tuning (or are there any)? Thanks so much.
HH

I would love to say that Twang is my middle name, but since it isn't I just wish it were, as that would truly be me. :-)

EggerRidgeBoy - Posted - 09/19/2009:  11:09:58

Double C is one of the most popular clawhammer tunings, especially for traditional fiddle tunes. Almost any clawhammer banjo tune book would have plenty of Double C tunes for you to choose from - for instance, Dan Levenson's "Old Time Festival Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo", which is one of my favorite resources. A few songs that I play in Double C are "Soldier's Joy", "Turkey in the Straw", "Liberty", "Mississippi Sawyer", "Angeline the Baker", "Over the Waterfall", "Jaybird", "Year of Jubilo", and, well, many others.

The Hangout tab archive allows you to search by tuning: http://www.banjohangout.org/tab/ (although that feature is still being tested, so it might not be completely up and running yet).

If that doesn't get you many results, just search for the tab for the songs listed above (and others that will no doubt be suggested) - you'll almost certainly find some in Double C.

As for chords, C, F, and G7 would probably cover most things. C is first string, second fret. F is first string, third fret and third string, second fret. G7 is first string, third fret and second string, second fret (third string, fourth fret optional). Maybe throw in Bflat, too, which is first string, third fret and second string, second fret and third string, third fret.

Edited by - EggerRidgeBoy on 09/19/2009 11:39:56

madkelt2004 - Posted - 09/19/2009:  12:01:42

bluesageband.com

Jim D - Posted - 09/19/2009:  12:07:21

I had trouble with your link, Preston.

Try this one.
http://www.bluesageband.com/Tab%20p...20Chords.pdf

Jim
Linwood, N.C.

vega long neck - Posted - 09/19/2009:  13:58:32

Most clawhammer books are in double C. Usually each tune also shows what each string is at the lirst line of the tab. Ken Perlman,Mary Z. Cox, etc.

Scott

stevel - Posted - 09/22/2009:  10:07:41

some dwight diller tabs in double c here....

http://www.dwightdiller.com/tab2.html

minstrelmike - Posted - 09/22/2009:  10:17:32

If you look around, you can find chord charts for it also.

The benefit of the new tuning is the sound.
The cost of it is that you have to learn all new chords.

Some say a benefit is learning the neck better but I find that to be true _only_ when someone can translate from one tuning to another, i.e., play the same song in the same key in different tunings. Otherwise, you're just learning a new neck. I think the cost of that is higher than the quikc and inconsequential payoff of ease of fingering in new tunings is.

Mike Moxcey
http://moxcey.net/mike/minstrel/index.html

HorseHannah - Posted - 09/23/2009:  14:30:08

Thanks y'all, I appreciate the info. :-)
Hannah

I would love to say that Twang is my middle name, but since it isn't I just wish it were, as that would truly be me. :-)

R.D. Lunceford - Posted - 10/07/2009:  10:31:03

There's a tab book by 3-finger picker Tony Ellis called
"The Banjo Music of Tony Ellis- Original tunes and Arrangements in Tablature and Notation" Published by Centerstream, 2004

It contains 47 tunes and the majority are in gCGCD, with a sprinkling in other tunings like fCFCD, gDGCD, etc.

Centerstream Publishing LLC
PO Box 17878
Anaheim Hills, CA 92817

ISBN 1-57424-140-0
SAN 683-8022

R.D. Lunceford- "Missourian in Exile"
Model 1865 Bowlin Fretless Banjo
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