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rinemb - Posted - 02/07/2007: 10:49:19
I am working up a prepared guidelines, etiquettes, and suggested tune list for an "old time" only, public jam we are forming. I would like to include in the handout a farily lengthy tune list of the most popular old time tunes, say about 50-100 tunes. Is there any site or resource out there I can just paste in and edit, rather than create it. Also, I have a topic going in the "non-banjo" related forum seeking suggestions for a public Saturday Jam in an area with little old time music. Please visit that topic and make a few suggestions. Thanks, Brad
May not the incidence of success, nor the pretense of retirement-Lessen the want of enlightenment.
trapdoor2 - Posted - 02/07/2007: 10:54:52
check out the Nashville Old Time String Band site. They have an extensive tune list as a link on the front page.
http://www.nashvilleoldtime.org/
"If banjos needed tone rings, S.S. Stewart would have built 'em that way."
===Marc
wormpicker - Posted - 02/07/2007: 11:11:54
Dan Levenson's three clawhammer books comprise a pretty comprehensive list of old-time standards. You can find tune lists for all of them at Dan's web site:
http://www.oldtimemusic.us/
Paul
Obsession is a great substitute for talent. -Steve Martin
dbrooks - Posted - 02/07/2007: 11:59:19
I thought about replying but you have gotten three excellent suggestions from Trapdoor2, J-Walk and Wormpicker. The Nashville Old-time association was the first thing that came to my mind. I am also a big fan of Hetzler's site and Dan's books.
David
Copo - Posted - 02/07/2007: 13:22:53
So in essence, dbrooks, you have indeed replied.
rinemb - Posted - 02/07/2007: 14:02:50
Our private jam group has a tune list of about 75 tunes, some we play with no thought, some we have to review chords and dabble with melody a bit to get going on tune, some are on the "we are going to learn" list, but there are quite a few oddball tunes in there (at least for these parts). I did copy all of the "Hetzlers" Fakebook lists in the various keys. It is a great list, the Nashville list is good as well. If I had time I would edit it down to maybe a top 100. One purpose of the list is to illustrate the stuff that will not be allowed. That education process will need a bit of diplomacy, I think. Thanks for the suggestions. Brad
May not the incidence of success, nor the pretense of retirement-Lessen the want of enlightenment.
Edited by - rinemb on 02/07/2007 14:04:46
oldwoodchuckb - Posted - 02/07/2007: 18:20:41
I would think the stuff some of your jammers already do would be the best source for tunes. Some of the "standards" might not even be played in your area.
example: Every list I ever see of good jam tunes always includes Billy In The Lowground --- I've never had occasion to play it at a jam. Not even the jams that did C tunes.
Likewise "Turkey In The Straw". I could probably make a list of a few dozen old time tunes that are standards but never get played.
The Whiskey Before Breakfast variations and a few tunes in "F" tuning are now available on the web at:
http://home.thegrid.net/~fjbrad/id20.html
Tikron - Posted - 02/07/2007: 22:51:09
"Some of the "standards" might not even be played in your area." - oldwoodchuckb
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THAT makes alot of sense to me. Different regions ... different "standards". And going further, I guess even in the same region - different circles of players, different "standards".
It also brings to mind a thought about which tunes are "prefered" by banjo claw-hammerers as opposed to which might be the choice of flatpickers or fiddlers. I suppose for fiddle the 'tune list' might look more like a banjos players list, but sometimes guitar players like tunes that are easier to play on the guitar [and not all of them migrate as well from fiddle to guitar as one might like].
Then we get to the point about - where experience and expertise come in. There are some among us who are unaffected by little things like the "level of dificulty" of a tune. Throw ANYTHING their way and they come right back at you with a great version of it no matter WHAT instrument they happen to be holding. You gotta' love it!
Ron
Bill Rogers - Posted - 02/07/2007: 23:39:42
One thing I would include as a paragraph with the tune list is a pointed suggestion that during the jam, players stay in one key for a significant number of tunes before shifting to another key; that way the banjo players' retuning will be minimized and the jammers will be able to spend more time playing, less tuning.
Bill
'Cripple Creek - Minor Key' 29 min
'Cripple Creek in Minor' 47 min
