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Laurence Diehl - Posted - 06/13/2024:  10:05:43


One more selection on muted banjo. I almost had it but ugh - that bridge!


Texasbanjo - Posted - 06/13/2024:  11:23:14


Very interesting sound. I like it! Also like the tune. Thanks for posting.

The Old Timer - Posted - 06/13/2024:  13:35:18


You're playing a very 4 string plectrum banjo style there. Nicely done. I didn't notice you playing the 5th string...

Emiel - Posted - 06/13/2024:  14:44:56


quote:

Originally posted by The Old Timer

You're playing a very 4 string plectrum banjo style there. Nicely done. I didn't notice you playing the 5th string...






Well, plectrum banjo style uses a plectrum (flatpick). As long as you're playing finger-style/finger-picking, you can use the 5-string banjo, no need to use a plectrum banjo. There are styles of 5-string banjo that don't make much use of the 5th string. E.g., Charley Poole… 

Laurence Diehl - Posted - 06/13/2024:  17:51:24


quote:

Originally posted by Texasbanjo

Very interesting sound. I like it! Also like the tune. Thanks for posting.






Thanks Sherry. 

Laurence Diehl - Posted - 06/13/2024:  17:52:52


quote:

Originally posted by The Old Timer

You're playing a very 4 string plectrum banjo style there. Nicely done. I didn't notice you playing the 5th string...






True I could have played it on plectrum except I'm not a fan of C tuning. 

Laurence Diehl - Posted - 06/13/2024:  17:56:35


quote:

Originally posted by Emiel

quote:

Originally posted by The Old Timer

You're playing a very 4 string plectrum banjo style there. Nicely done. I didn't notice you playing the 5th string...






Well, plectrum banjo style uses a plectrum (flatpick). As long as you're playing finger-style/finger-picking, you can use the 5-string banjo, no need to use a plectrum banjo. There are styles of 5-string banjo that don't make much use of the 5th string. E.g., Charley Poole… 






True. Charlie liked C tuning so plectrum would have been a natural for him. Probably not going over in North Carolina though. 

banjopaolo - Posted - 06/14/2024:  04:24:05


Beautiful Laurence! Not so close to Carlie Poole style but great playing ….

Maybe you should try to get a resophonic instrument with a five string banjo neck, that muted sound is not so far from reso sound

Laurence Diehl - Posted - 06/14/2024:  09:41:54


quote:

Originally posted by banjopaolo

Beautiful Laurence! Not so close to Carlie Poole style but great playing ….



Maybe you should try to get a resophonic instrument with a five string banjo neck, that muted sound is not so far from reso sound






Thank you Paolo! Yes - Charlie Poole didn't play this one smiley!



The mute can make things sound a bit weird (and a bit like a reso, as you say) but it's the only way to get a bit more sustain and control over the instrument. More guitar-like really.

L50EF15 - Posted - 06/19/2024:  16:52:33


Boy, that was nice! One of the most important compositions in jazz history: Charlie Parker famously practiced the tune incessantly in all 12 keys during his woodshed period, after being embarrassed at a jam session. So, in a way, we have this Ray Noble standard to thank for spurring the development of bebop and beyond.

It’s great hearing it done on banjo. It really works well on the instrument, certainly in your hands.

But now I have to go back and listen to the first version I heard, by Clifford Brown, and try to adapt it to the tenor…

Laurence Diehl - Posted - 06/19/2024:  17:59:52


quote:

Originally posted by L50EF15

Boy, that was nice! One of the most important compositions in jazz history: Charlie Parker famously practiced the tune incessantly in all 12 keys during his woodshed period, after being embarrassed at a jam session. So, in a way, we have this Ray Noble standard to thank for spurring the development of bebop and beyond.



It’s great hearing it done on banjo. It really works well on the instrument, certainly in your hands.



But now I have to go back and listen to the first version I heard, by Clifford Brown, and try to adapt it to the tenor…






Thanks Rudy! Yes, this tune has quite a pedigree. I think my favorite version is actually by Joe Pass, on a record with Herb Ellis. He did a kind of swing version where he slowed it down enough that mere mortals could hear how he played over the changes. Beautiful stuff. 

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