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Coonskin |
I've been picking away at the Classic banjo style! Working on Joe Morley's A DESERT TRAIL, of which I only have twelve or so measures. The classic technique has really improved everything else that I do fingerpicking-wise; the hand position is so concise. The numbered chords are a great way to simplify the music, and very different from the individual approach to traditional mountain country picking. I'm learning a composition, not picking out a tune that I know by ear...it takes me back to the Ud, and trying to pluck away at Makams.
I'm a great admirer of banjoist WM. J. Ball...what an incredible musician, and sadly largely unknown. Unfortunateley, other than Ianthereallyniceman, and the BHO's own Mike Moss, classic banjo lies hidden from most pickers.
Loving the path!
Clayton
http://www.claytonology.weebly.com
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Genre: Old Time
Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Genre: Old Time
Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Genre: Old Time
Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Genre: Old Time
Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
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Age: 57
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Ugly, uglier, & ugliest.
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I'll just list a few of the Banjo players, as the faves list would be too long: Dock Boggs, HOBART Smith!!!! Roscoe Holcomb, Allen Shelton, Raymond Fairchild, Clarence Ashley, Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, Don Reno, Don Stover, Earl Scruggs, Vess Ossman
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Created 8/1/2008
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I live in a town on the prairie with 125 people in it. Life is normal here...you can keep your cities. :) http://soundcloud.com/hillbilly-cannibal I also have a couple of websites. One is my personal site for me and all my hobbies: http://claytonology.weebly.com/
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