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Playing Since: 1978
Experience Level: Purty Good
peter somerville has made 12 recent additions to Banjo Hangout 
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Occupation: musician
Gender: Male
Age: 57
My Instruments:
Deering Deluxe. Windsor open back, old bolero tuned down to dADF#A and my new favourite, a deering maple blossom archtop
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
ralph stanley, ben eldridge, alan o'bryant, Don Reno, Tony Ellis don stover, don borchelt, ed britt, Tom Hanway, locally, Ian Simpson. it's a long list
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Created 7/2/2009
Last Visit 5/20/2013
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Play count: 344
Size: 1,427kb, uploaded 6/24/2010 10:53:08 PM
Genre: Other
a calypso thing i made up. not a bluegrass roll in site but played 3 finger style
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Play count: 205
Size: 1,101kb, uploaded 4/11/2011 5:26:14 AM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish
first time through i play it straight, 2nd time i've added some harmony notes
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Play count: 135
Size: 1,537kb, uploaded 4/11/2011 5:23:20 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
3 finger style, lots of double stops played with index and middle
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Play count: 191
Size: 1,498kb, uploaded 3/30/2011 6:30:00 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish
i've put in a few harmony notes along with the melody, ie double stops. not entirely traditional approach. Please excuse the numerous fluffed notes. i must practice more!
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Play count: 148
Size: 884kb, uploaded 5/5/2011 7:31:10 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish
i think i've remained faithful to the melody while adding some extra notes to make it more 'banjonic'. tuning is DBGDa
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Play count: 82
Size: 1,739kb, uploaded 4/17/2013 10:54:38 PM
Genre: Bluegrass
Here's a tune I made up recently. I think it might be a good one? but what does anyone think? banjo in Gminor tuning. I like the chord progression and the melody is very open to interpretation. Constructive critiscism welcome.
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Play count: 263
Size: 2,033kb, uploaded 4/19/2010 8:28:33 PM
Genre: Old Time
i'm not sure what category to put this waltz i wrote in. i'm playing 3 finger style but it sounds old time to me
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Play count: 166
Size: 1,082kb, uploaded 7/3/2011 7:52:53 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish
i'm playing a 5 string but it's a very single string approach and don't play the 5th string once. i'm in g tuning, capoed 2nd fret
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Size: 2,370kb, uploaded 2/17/2010 1:57:50 PM
Genre: Bluegrass
-a tune i wrote a while ago. tuning is Cminor- gCGCEb and capoed up to Dminor.
i'm playing it on my Deering Deluxe.
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Size: 2,507kb, uploaded 8/23/2012 4:20:07 AM
Genre: Bluegrass
A song written by gary forrester, lead singer in the Rank Strangers, a band I was in quite a few years ago now. Song named after my daughter. always loved this song. i'm banjoing and singing both harmonies, recorded about 1990 i think
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Play count: 197
Size: 2,596kb, uploaded 11/25/2009 7:13:59 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen
Cobley was a timber cutter and stockman who, as the story goes, used this tune to keep the mob quiet at night.
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Play count: 119
Size: 598kb, uploaded 9/1/2012 5:55:18 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish
i've tried to stay close to the melody that a fiddle or 4 string banjo player would play, i guess i could call the picking approach 'celtic fingerstyle' . i've got 62 of these tunes available in book with cd and tabs if anyone's interested
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Play count: 162
Size: 1,497kb, uploaded 6/8/2011 6:49:22 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish
this is a very common tune for traditional dances in Australia.
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Play count: 145
Size: 1,291kb, uploaded 6/10/2011 2:36:19 AM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish
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Play count: 106
Size: 3,925kb, uploaded 8/23/2012 4:24:14 AM
Genre: Bluegrass
recorded a couple of nights ago in the kitchen. that's me attempting lead vocal, my partner Fran on harmony. recorded on my zoom H2
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Play count: 184
Size: 1,228kb, uploaded 5/28/2011 8:25:34 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish
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Play count: 137
Size: 1,178kb, uploaded 5/4/2011 9:40:16 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish
Here's the Mp3 for the tab on my site
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Play count: 177
Size: 486kb, uploaded 11/13/2012 6:37:40 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish
In topics:
Easy Irish and Celtic Session Tunes for 5-String Banjo
this is just once thru this common Irish jig to go with the tab i have on my site and available for purchase in my book of 62 Celtic and australian tunes at www.petersomervillebanjo.blogspot.com.au This arrangement is a good starter for learning jigs on the 5 string
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Play count: 223
Size: 2,354kb, uploaded 11/21/2009 1:12:24 AM
Genre: Old Time
This is a tune i wrote before i learnt to play clawhammer style. it seems to suit clawhammer better than 3 finger. my good friend Ian Tritt played guitar.
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Play count: 189
Size: 1,088kb, uploaded 2/23/2011 5:15:45 PM
Genre: Old Time
a tune i wrote recently, in open D tuning, named after my 3rd (and last!) born.
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