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Bribak - Posted - 05/02/2018: 15:35:37
Great job Dan. Nice tone too. Sweet looking and sounding banjo.
James Rankine - Posted - 05/03/2018: 12:35:19
Great tune choice Dan and a really good rendition.
Here's mine, playing along with a backing track from the Online Academy of Irish music.
DSmoke - Posted - 05/03/2018: 16:24:54
Nicely done! I belong to OAIM now, I need to play along with that. I love your variation in the B, and the one note you hold in A, I'm gonna try to incorporate those in mine. I've been playing that tune like that ever since I learned many years ago.
robobanjo - Posted - 05/03/2018: 18:49:59
Well done guys!
Here's my version [click here], recorded not too long ago.
Edited by - robobanjo on 05/03/2018 18:50:23
Briarpicker - Posted - 05/04/2018: 11:48:07
Well done, everybody! I'm looking forward to learning this tune.
James, what are the advantages the Online Academy of Irish music?
James Rankine - Posted - 05/05/2018: 00:39:37
Lovely clean version Rob and a great sounding banjo.
Martin - I answered this question in a Facebook group so I've copied my reply below:
I've been a member for a few years now and have seen the site develop over the last few years. I think it is fair to say that the tutorials came together in a rather ad hoc way - there was no beginner banjo course - just intermediate then a beginner course by a different tutor teaching a different system for jigs and from comments posted on the forum this has caused problems for some beginners. My advice for beginners would be to take Paddy Cumming's beginners mandolin course then move onto his intermediate courses for mandolin and banjo. I do rate these courses from Paddy - he approaches things in a systematic way with tunes used to teach a specific technique, e.g. triplets, back to back triplets, second position playing, bridging, tone and the like. I was probably already an intermediate player when I joined (I actually joined for the bouzouki and piano) and when these courses were added I still got a lot out of them. Having said that i think the most comprehensive, progressive systematic course is Marla Fibish's on peghead nation. This of course is for mandolin but the fundamental technique is the same and tunes are tunes. I've stayed, however, with OAIM long after I exhausted the tutorials because there is so much on there - you get access to hundreds of backing tracks, virtual reality sessions grouped into sets and you can watch tutorials for all the instruments. It's my go to site for learning a new tune as i can usually find the tune being taught by one of the instructors- Learning by ear it doesn't matter that it's not being taught on your instrument. In fact I often sit down and watch tutorials on an instrument I have no intention of learning as you get a lot of insight into other instruments (I'm somewhat of an expert on the B/C accordion having never even touched one!). So yes I would recommend it for players at different stages - with the caveat of being aware of different instructors teaching different methods on the beginners courses.
Briarpicker - Posted - 05/05/2018: 03:42:17
James - thanks for the answer! I once had the opportunitiy to take part in a workshop with Brian Conolly of Craobh Rua when they played a gig near Munich. The workshop was great, I wish I could take lessons from him more often. He's a very nice person and a great teacher.
Dave Nauman - Posted - 05/05/2018: 04:47:22
Great tune.
robobanjo - Posted - 05/05/2018: 07:55:11
Welcome to the group here Dave! Nice version, beautifully played!
Thanks James for the info on OAIM and Peghead Nation. I hadn't heard about the latter, so will look into that one ...
mikeyes - Posted - 05/05/2018: 15:44:52
This is a good jig to practice the four finger/guitar left hand technique. In the first part, you can keep your ring finger on the F# fret the whole time. Both Enda and Gerry O have mentioned this as a good exercise. It keeps a harmonic going that would otherwise be lost if your finger was taken off the fret.
It won't work with mandolin fingering.
Mike Keyes
Briarpicker - Posted - 05/08/2018: 07:44:21
Here is my contribution for this month. I tried to incorporate Mike's piece of advice on left hand technique. There's a clawhammer part in the middle, so I had to choose a slower tempo, jigs are hard to play on clawhammer banjo. There is also a guitar backing track.
Today I've got good news: American luthier Mark Hickler has finished a tenor banjo with a grenadilla integral tonering he built for me. Hopefully I can play it at my next contribution to TOTM. I've tried to attach a picture Mark sent me.
