Here are two reels that I recorded a couple years ago. The first one is a beautiful melody that surfaces a little more clearly to my ear when played at a moderate versus fast tempo, Julia Delaney. The second one is a well-known session tune just about anywhere I would think, The Silver Spear.
Nice job James, I have to learn Julia so will be studying a few videos to learn it. I am excited, sounds like a great tune and one I will really enjoy playing. I won't be able to start learning it until next week so if anyone has one please share it (FYI - I learn by ear).
I posted about the Hangout TOTM over on Facebook and James followed that with his video submission, so hopefully we can get some others uploading their versions.
Great versions everyone! I already have the Silver Spear, but need to work on Julia Delaney's as it's a new one to me - has a dark quality to it that I really like!
Nicely done! Nice tone as well. I like a banjo to rattle and growl a little and I hear that in your Deering.
I agree for sure. When I got my darker Ome, my wife asked if I'd get rid of the Deering and I told her no, I needed to keep the snap and growl of the Deering for those times when the Ome might not be as suited. It's like the two tenor banjos I have are bookends; each one holding it's own in different tonal territories.
Nicely done! Nice tone as well. I like a banjo to rattle and growl a little and I hear that in your Deering.
I agree for sure. When I got my darker Ome, my wife asked if I'd get rid of the Deering and I told her no, I needed to keep the snap and growl of the Deering for those times when the Ome might not be as suited. It's like the two tenor banjos I have are bookends; each one holding it's own in different tonal territories.
Wayne
I understand totally. I see/hear your and Jill's new Omes and think I'd like to eventually complement my resonated Clareen with a large head open-back. Angelina Carberry's open-back sounds wonderful as well. I have a wonderful 12 inch Ramsey Woody 5-string that I would love to hear with a tenor neck. Too many temptations in this wicked world.
As soon as Wayne posted the video, I knew I recognised Julia Delaney from somewhere, but couldn't think where. I finally tracked it down to the middle section of Dan Tyminksi's rendition of The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn with the Transatlantic Sessions. Well worth a listen for some inspiration.
Wayne, thanks for 2 tunes with killer B parts, really putting the pressure on me with this 23" scale. If you remember I posted not too long ago about playing the high B after switching to my Vegaphone. Well, practice, practice, practice and making the jump with the pinky finger is the only way I can figure to play these 2 tunes. The f to a in Julia Delaney isn't as bad as the f to d in | f e d e | f d A C |, so I changed that part slightly because the f to d stretch was too difficult for me right now. I play the B part of Silver Spear | f# a 3a | b a f# a |, which wasn't a problem on the short scale, I am still working on getting this down on the Vegaphone. So, hopefully before the end of the month I will have them up.
Great tunes though, JD is fast becoming a favorite!
Wayne, thanks for 2 tunes with killer B parts, really putting the pressure on me with this 23" scale. If you remember I posted not too long ago about playing the high B after switching to my Vegaphone. Well, practice, practice, practice and making the jump with the pinky finger is the only way I can figure to play these 2 tunes. The f to a in Julia Delaney isn't as bad as the f to d in | f e d e | f d A C |, so I changed that part slightly because the f to d stretch was too difficult for me right now. I play the B part of Silver Spear | f# a 3a | b a f# a |, which wasn't a problem on the short scale, I am still working on getting this down on the Vegaphone. So, hopefully before the end of the month I will have them up.
Great tunes though, JD is fast becoming a favorite!
Dan, no less a talent than Enda Scahill suggested that approach to me when I was discussing the difficult fingering I found in Musical Priest.
Way to go Benjamin! By the way, I really don't think there is a 'late' to this stuff. When and if someone gets to it, to me that's cool. Life doesn't always give us enough time to do it all, huh?
That was great Ben. I have been working hard at both of them and am getting there, no thanks to my shoulder as I can't play the banjo only the tenor guitar right now. But, I think I am going to slow down Bens version to see how he handles the B part of both of them, I think I might help me out!
Cheers lads - still getting it up to speed. Usually the stretch to the high B isn't too bad for me but in this particular tune I find it much more challenging to do cleanly!
Cheers lads - still getting it up to speed. Thanks for pointing out that I meant the A and not the high B Wayne - was thrown because of playing the F natural!
To play the sequence of notes with the high A in this tune is harder for me than most tunes with the high B. I think it is because the finger position is spanning five frets and requiring that each note be one full step apart from the last note played.
Agreed! The 1-5 stretch is trickier for me to get "spot-on" than the 2-7 stretch, probably due to having a lot more tunes to practice the 2-7 stretch on, I think. Great swing and backbeat in your playing, Jill, love it!
