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adamrhowe - Posted - 08/05/2022: 08:11:01
Are there any recorded examples of improvised single-note soloing on the tenor banjo from the 20s/30s, or was it always chord soloing?
aintbrokejustbadlybent - Posted - 08/05/2022: 08:33:35
Elmer Snowden is the only one I know of. Cynthia Sayer just released a book with transcribed solos. Highly recommend.
G Edward Porgie - Posted - 08/05/2022: 08:49:40
Harry Reser often used single note soloing, although I don't know how much was improvised.
I wouls not be surprise4d to find a few instances of single note playing in small sections of a solo.
vintagetenor - Posted - 08/05/2022: 11:52:26
Single note banjo solos are not common on 1920s recordings but I do hear them occasionally.
It's really impossible to tell what was improvised and what what was rehearsed, unless you can listen to alternate takes.
I recently listened to a Paul Whiteman record on which Mike Pingitore played a single note solo. It was recording from 1922 or '23 but i don't remember the title. It was not a hot solo but was one in which Mike stated the melody demonstrating flawless single string tremolo technique.
KingStudent - Posted - 08/05/2022: 14:24:13
quote:
Originally posted by aintbrokejustbadlybentElmer Snowden is the only one I know of. Cynthia Sayer just released a book with transcribed solos. Highly recommend.
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