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maxmax - Posted - 03/26/2007:  17:06:17


Hey!

I while back someone put up a sound file of them playing a tune called skeleton dance. I remeber really liking the song, but the link wont work now. Does anyone know where I could hear this tune? Played on banjo or not.

And then do you have any tips for playing it? A recomended tuning for example?

Thanks,
Max

J-Walk - Posted - 03/26/2007:  17:40:18


Maxmax, there's a link to an MP3 file here:

http://www.banjohangout.org/forum/t...PIC_ID=69556

And there's some tab here (probably not the same as the MP3):

http://www.pineycreekweasels.net/an...skelton1.PDF

It's a cool melody.


trapdoor2 - Posted - 03/26/2007:  22:20:57


It is a very cool tune. Not too difficult, usually in "drop C" (gCGbd). There is a TablEdit file here: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/grou...tef%20files/ but it is essentially the same as the .pdf file linked above.

"If banjos needed tone rings, S.S. Stewart would have built 'em that way."

===Marc

maxmax - Posted - 03/27/2007:  02:18:46


Wow thanks alot! More than I could have hoped for!

Yopparai - Posted - 03/27/2007:  09:07:33


My thanks too. Picked my way through it last night and its on my list now.

ndlxs - Posted - 03/27/2007:  09:53:54


My tab, on the weasels web site, is from the original music. It should be the same as the Tabledit file. I do have a second banjo part somewhere too if anyone is interested.

There is a classic banjo mailing list in yahoo groups for anyone interested in pursuing classic banjo. There is a wealth of material, much of it still in the original (a notation) sheet music, never tabbed out. Great, great stuff!

Skeleton Dance was on yet another lost Kicking Mule LP; can't remember the name, but it was all classical banjo.

Andy Alexis
Sacramento, California
"The Pearl of the Central Valley"
Buy my CDs:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/pineycreek
and
http://www.offtocalifornia.com

trapdoor2 - Posted - 03/27/2007:  10:28:41


Most of the Tabledit files on the Yahoo groups "Classic Banjo" site are mine. I have piles of the original sheet music. If you run across a tune that ain't in TAB yet, let me know and I'll put it on my conversion list.

There are a few TAB oriented folks on that list. If you have a request, post it there (or here...in the TAB request section and if I don't have it, I'll ask there). Usually, someone somewhere has a copy.

Hal Allert has been posting a bunch of old stuff on his site http://www.classicbanjo.com but it is in notation. And, of course, there's Bill Talley's "Classic Banjo Jukebox" site which has some great stuff available in notation. http://members.tripod.com/~wtalley/

"If banjos needed tone rings, S.S. Stewart would have built 'em that way."

===Marc

Yopparai - Posted - 03/27/2007:  10:45:26


Andy, I was wondering about the second banjo part when I opened the pdf. I am interested.

For a good bit, I couldn't find a lot of classical banjo stuff online. Marc has been providing a lot of good information and correcting that lack in my links. Thanks!

SteveK - Posted - 03/27/2007:  11:46:01


quote:
Originally posted by ndlxs
Skeleton Dance was on yet another lost Kicking Mule LP; can't remember the name, but it was all classical banjo.




It's Banjo Gems with Clark Buehling, Hank Sapoznik and Steve (?) Moore. I have it on tape. I think I got it from Clark Buehling. It doesn't say who plays what.

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