captbanjo - Posted - 03/31/2017:  11:44:17

Finishing my second month in our vacation spot in Florida so raiding the vault from a couple of years ago. Here are two reels. Note that TTF is also a popular D tune instead of E Dorian. Lady Anne Montgomery is rumored to have been closely related to Lady Mondegreen.

Wayne

My iPad does not want to let me peruse my videos for attachment so I'm using YouTube:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=oM9YKSpj8FI

Here is a fiddle lesson for Lady Anne:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=iGy9NpWOcUk

Here is a whistle version of TTF:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=qbz8X74RvQE

benhockenberry - Posted - 04/01/2017:  06:07:11

Great recording, Wayne!

James Rankine - Posted - 04/04/2017:  14:55:03

Lovely playing Wayne.
I already know Toss the Feathers - so here it is.

VIDEO:
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captbanjo - Posted - 04/04/2017:  16:32:30

Nice James!  What kind of banjo are you playing? 

Wayne

ruraltradpunk - Posted - 04/04/2017:  17:19:22

Great stuff there James!

James Rankine - Posted - 04/05/2017:  11:28:01

Thanks folks.
It's a Capek brdy, Wayne, made by Rosta Capek in the Czech Republic. It has a Whyte Ladie tone ring. I've recently changed to a clear head. Having been through a master tone clear head bright phase, I went through a more mellow phase for a while and I'm now gravitating back to a bright sound. It's a great session banjo. None other than John Carty said "nice banjo" the other week during a local pub session, so I took that as a royal seal of approval! His Ome of course sounded good, as did Maggie Carty's JP banjo - really lovely looking and sounding banjo. I hadn't realised she is such a good player.

benhockenberry - Posted - 04/08/2017:  13:37:51

Nice one James!

Here goes with a couple of hack jobs...I was messing around with a minor version of Lady Anne today that I might post later. :)

Lady Anne Montgomery (a normal-ish version)

Toss the Feathers

Edited by - benhockenberry on 04/08/2017 13:43:59

benhockenberry - Posted - 04/08/2017:  14:00:50

Here's that silly D minor version of Lady Anne.

captbanjo - Posted - 04/08/2017:  14:59:38

Good stuff Ben! Is the Dm LAM your own or is it played in your area that way?

Wayne

James Rankine - Posted - 04/09/2017:  14:25:42

Great stuff Ben. I like the D minor version. Experimenting with minor versions of major tunes sounds like an interesting wet weekend project

benhockenberry - Posted - 04/10/2017:  07:26:37

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Originally posted by captbanjo

Good stuff Ben! Is the Dm LAM your own or is it played in your area that way?

Wayne

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Mine. Mainly a "woodshed" thing, but I've played it once or twice at a session with some like-minded wackos. Chiefly just changing the F#s to F nats. Makes the tune a whole different beast!