chuckv97 - Posted - 03/15/2020:  13:03:05

Working on smoothing out the Kruger Brothers “Forever and a Day”. I have the arrangement in regular G tuning- Jens does it in a type of B flat tuning. I’ll post it with tab in the next week or so.

Finally figured out how to add a rythmn guitar part to the banjo video using the iMovie app.

Edited by - chuckv97 on 03/15/2020 13:05:41

steve davis - Posted - 03/15/2020:  15:44:41

Louisiana Fairytale has my attention at the moment.

Edited by - steve davis on 03/15/2020 15:45:28

Broken Ballad - Posted - 03/15/2020:  16:39:07

I'm working on "oh dear brother" by the lost dog street band. I'm learning both by ear and a tab created by a fan. Tabs aren't correct most of the time so I'd rather trust my ear but it is helping considering all the ho/ po and the way he plays it. Standard clawhammer boomchica, capo on 2nd fret and 5th string spiked to A. I cant explain it well so I suggest giving it a listen. I remember it by playing the song in my head.

eansprinkle - Posted - 03/15/2020:  16:42:15

Im working my way through cherokee shuffle on TablEdit

steve davis - Posted - 03/16/2020:  13:36:06

Tabs written by the right person are perfect.I always make sure the tabs I use are right.
I've seen a very few bad ones.
Never a problem with BNL (they print corrections when wrong) and things like Alan Munde's tabs in the back of Frets magazines.Always fine.
Oak tab books are great along with the Masters of the 5 String tabs...all perfect.

adl1132 - Posted - 03/17/2020:  14:23:11

"Soppin' The Gravy," inspired by Stuart Duncan's version on Nash. Bluegrass Band's "Waitin' For The Hard Times To Go." Seems appropriate for the times.

youtube.com/watch?v=w1obfa5TrVM

Good Buddy - Posted - 05/12/2020:  13:48:17

I'm working on Maple Leaf Rag from a few different sources including Bill Knopf and Scott Joplin.

Legend600 - Posted - 05/17/2020:  03:28:43

Nashville Skyline Rag....and its not doing the carpel tunnel in my left arm any good! :)

Buck the Banjo Player - Posted - 05/21/2020:  15:00:46

My first song on a new instrument is usually take me home country roads, and it takes about an hour if I focus, and 2-3 days if smoking too much weed .

if you want to learn any song, find a ukulele play-a-long, it will have the chords and changes for sure

RB-1 - Posted - 05/27/2020:  14:56:58

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Originally posted by chuckv97

Working on smoothing out the Kruger Brothers “Forever and a Day”. I have the arrangement in regular G tuning- Jens does it in a type of B flat tuning. I’ll post it with tab in the next week or so.

Finally figured out how to add a rythmn guitar part to the banjo video using the iMovie app.

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Such coincidence.

I just started figuring out this arrangement: youtu.be/D1HmvgsQEc8?t=826

and it's getting near.

I found some tabs but, while being close, these are too far off to be useful to me.

It's in double C tuning, but then dropped an entire note to Bb.

I love that filler chime....

chuckv97 - Posted - 05/27/2020:  15:04:07

Hi Bruno. I posted mine on YouTube and on the Hangout video library a couple of months ago. youtu.be/xd3ZUzf26SU
I also posted the tab in the tab library.
Have fun,,it’s a lovely song.

RB-1 - Posted - 05/31/2020:  11:22:33

From this version: youtu.be/D1HmvgsQEc8?t=828

This is what I came up with (careful, the ink is still wet...):

RB-1 - Posted - 05/31/2020:  23:31:02

Richard Hauser - Posted - 06/05/2020:  07:05:10

Is Mooooo still gone ? Is he still reading these replies ?

RB-1 - Posted - 06/05/2020:  07:37:13

Well... At least, we are here...

Meanwhile, the link I gave seems to be crushed everytime I put it on, so the (more or less) exact time of  beginning would be at 13 minutes and 47 seconds from the start.

Try slowing it down and see if you can play along...

BEEFUS - Posted - 06/11/2020:  12:41:12

learning Paul Desmond & Dave Brubeck's "Take Five." If you move it up 3 frets and play in Gb minor instead of Eb minor, it fits real nice on the banjo neck, you can play it melodically.

BEEFUS still Rules The Underground And The Wodgy Parts Of The Solar System!!!!!

Good Buddy - Posted - 06/23/2020:  10:48:20

I have been working on both Nola and Maple Leaf Rag with an alternating bass backup, kind of like Travis style picking. I have them both memorized and can play them fast enough for my own satisfaction, but I can't keep up with Bill Keith or Bill Knopf. It amazes me how fast and clearly those guys pick(ed) these relatively difficult songs.

I used recordings by Knopf and Keith and also referenced the sheet music and piano recordings of both of these tunes.

Edited by - Good Buddy on 06/23/2020 10:51:46

jlsorbit - Posted - 06/23/2020:  18:13:07

I miss Mooooo.

RB-1 - Posted - 06/25/2020:  14:20:17

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Originally posted by BEEFUS

learning Paul Desmond & Dave Brubeck's "Take Five." If you move it up 3 frets and play in Gb minor instead of Eb minor, it fits real nice on the banjo neck, you can play it melodically.

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Interesting!

I'm playing it in Em (one semitone above the original) from open G and that fits nicely too.

Ira Gitlin - Posted - 06/26/2020:  07:35:15

Last night I dusted off "Bradford", a tune I wrote years ago that employs four Keith tuners (D-E, G-F#, B-A, D-C), but no fretting. It's a real workout for the left hand. I hadn't played it for quite a while, and to my surprise I played it better than I ever have before. Go figure.