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From Gordy Ohliger on 1/14/2015 2:38:07 PM

A little video of my playing two songs on a 1926 four-string banjo.

These are examples of the socially acceptable music of 1918, and that new hot jazz.

I'm playing in a somewhat "lost style" that was popular for about a decade in the early 1900's. Note that the melody is achieved by voicing the full rhythm chord and melody note simultaneously, up and down the neck. I learned this old-style from an old-guy when I was a kid, and now, as another old-guy, I'm passing it on. Bypassing musical theory, it utilizes the "wiggly-fingers-technique" that I favor.

The local newspaper came up to my place and quickly shot this. They gave me one go at it and left. Boy, it was cold that day!

If you would like to stay in touch, I often post vaudeville and minstrelsy snippets on my Facebook page; banjoman.

http://youtu.be/Uj5Lvdxg6tI

4 Comments
	rfrizzle2 says: 1/17/2015 9:09:49 AM You did an awesome job, I don't think that is playing by ear. But it's Great. Rich Freeze
	Gordy Ohliger says: 3/19/2015 12:58:26 PM Hi ~I know the name of about 1/3 of the chords, other than that, I put my finger down to where it sounds good. So the F will turn into something else like F6 or something. (I don't know how to play an F6, though people tell me I am.)
	Recky411 says: 9/29/2015 3:26:26 AM I enjoyed that. Great.
	BrentSims says: 9/29/2015 8:26:59 AM Made my morning. Thanks.
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