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JSB88 - Posted - 03/05/2024: 11:08:15
Just put my banjo down after playing Darlin' Cora. Straight up unadorned 2ftl BF Shelton inspired style. This was one of the first proper songs I learned on the banjo and haven't played it for ages. It was sheer joy, ringing out beautifully over my mumbled sing/talking. No real question or observation, just had to share my extreme joy with those who understand :-)
janolov - Posted - 03/05/2024: 11:29:26
Funny! I also just recovered Darlin' Cora, Shelton style in triple C tuning. I first learned it fifty years ago, but i open D tuning f#DF#AD, but later I discovered that triple C or (triple D) was much easier.
Bill Rogers - Posted - 03/05/2024: 12:04:08
I play it both 2FTL and clawhammer, in open C. Mostly from Doc Watson.
Kellie - Posted - 03/05/2024: 16:17:06
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Originally posted by janolov
Funny! I also just recovered Darlin' Cora, Shelton style in triple C tuning. I first learned it fifty years ago, but i open D tuning f#DF#AD, but later I discovered that triple C or (triple D) was much easier.
I had no idea triple C existed. What is that tuning?
Lew H - Posted - 03/05/2024: 20:00:47
Triple C: gCGCC. The first string is tuned down to the C note of the 2nd string open. it can be real bluesy.
mike gregory - Posted - 03/05/2024: 20:09:29
My young friend claims to know EXACTLY how you feel!
JSB88 - Posted - 03/05/2024: 23:26:51
quote:
Originally posted by mike gregory
My young friend claims to know EXACTLY how you feel!
Thats it :-).
just out of interest, in triple C I tune the 5th to E. I think I got it from Alex Barth's 2f website
mike gregory - Posted - 03/06/2024: 04:58:54
The story of THAT picture, as it was told to ME, no way to fact-check it, is:
It's a child in a Displaced Person's camp, after World War Two.
To have that much joy, in a place that excremental, after being driven from one's home by the damage that a GLOBAL WAR can cause, makes the picture that much more Hope Inspiring.
And, the kid looks like my sister Lucy did, at that age, which makes it personal.
BobTheGambler - Posted - 03/06/2024: 13:08:49
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Originally posted by Lew H
Triple C: gCGCC. The first string is tuned down to the C note of the 2nd string open. it can be real bluesy.
BF Shelton had his 5th down to E, so eCGCC.
Lew H - Posted - 03/06/2024: 14:53:19
BobTheGambler OK. Not everyone does that. E is a note in the G chord, but if the 5th string is left at G, a strum across all string becomes a power chord. That is great for bluesy, edgy tunes.
