29 Come Sunday

Posted by g3zdm, written by Joe Meeks

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Size: 1,789kb, uploaded 2/23/2013 2:58:42 PM
Genre: Rock / Playing Style: Other

Cover of 17 Come Sunday with words altered (as released by Gerry Temple,1961 pop single). Me on guitar with my daughter singing; she wanted this; I just simply agreed to do it with her in a studio which she paid for. No banjo this time.

Apalachee Waltz

Posted by g3zdm, written by Shelley Weiss

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Size: 2,190kb, uploaded 7/25/2010 10:05:15 AM
Genre: Other / Playing Style: Other

Nice waltz that I came across on Youtube recently and composed in the last few years - i.e. modern. Thanks to the composer, Shelley Weiss, for kindly sending me the sheet music . A litlle difficult to select Genre and style for this one (hence "other" selected). I guess I could call it "melodic" but that choice isn't available in the selection pulldown.

Ashokan Farewell - sung version

Posted by g3zdm, written by Jay Ungar - lyrics Grian MacGregor

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Size: 3,757kb, uploaded 9/16/2014 5:40:04 AM
Genre: Folk / Playing Style: Other

Sung version of Ashokan Farewell. Lyrics by Grian MacGregor with additional verse by Johnny Dankworth/Cleo Laine. PLayed on my Fender Gemini III acoustic guitar and recorded in 1 pass using Zoom H2N.

Bells of st Mary's

Posted by g3zdm, written by Emmett Adams

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Size: 1,017kb, uploaded 7/11/2012 8:55:13 AM
Genre: Other / Playing Style: Other

Quick 'n dirty Audacity recording of Bells of St Mary's (using laptop microphone).

Bonaparte's Retreat

Posted by g3zdm, written by Traditional

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Size: 709kb, uploaded 2/7/2013 1:04:43 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Other

Bonaparte's Retreat in D and from op[en D tuning in response to "Sound Off" thread http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/255605 Recorded 1st pass on Zoom H2N.

Girl I left behind me

Posted by g3zdm, written by Traditional

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Size: 979kb, uploaded 8/24/2012 1:11:19 PM
Genre: Folk / Playing Style: Other

The Girl I Left Behind (AKA Brighton Camp or even The Wayward Boy)

In The Summertime

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Size: 378kb, uploaded 1/30/2013 3:49:00 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

Midi clip from Tom Arri's "In the Summertime" tablature (for a BHO member's request)

Inisheer (Zoom H2N Test)

Posted by g3zdm, written by Tom Walsh

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Size: 780kb, uploaded 1/22/2013 3:43:15 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Other

Inisheer - nice Irish waltz used to test my newly acquired Zoom H2N recorder. Short and sweet with no editing just to see how it sounds.

Make My Heart Fly

Posted by g3zdm, written by Proclaimers

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Size: 3,416kb, uploaded 1/12/2015 4:48:40 AM
Genre: Popular / Playing Style: Other

Quick (1 pass) audacity recording for a fellow BHO member who needs to play this song accompanying his daughter at a party this weekend. Until his request in BHO UK5 group, I hadn't even heard the song (although I do play "I could walk 500 Miles" from the same group with a rock band). The song appears in a musical and movie that I had never come across before called "Sunshine on Leith". Now I'm going have to wtyach the movie !

Nellie the Elephant

Posted by g3zdm, written by Butler / Hart 1957

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Size: 609kb, uploaded 7/30/2011 8:02:47 AM
Genre: Other / Playing Style: Other

Nellie the Eelphant. Just decided to mess around with what I consider to be a fun tune whilst trying Audacity with just the laptop microphone (some way away in its docking bay) for audio pickup; it does pick up some noise but not bad for a minimal set up with virtually no bother in terms of having to connect up any hardware. I was also surprised not to find any existing versions of Nellie the Elephant amongst the existing MP3s and videos on BHO. Picking style is my self developed 3 finger technique, same as I use for some Celtic and English morris tunes. Can't really classify it either as BG or OT per se.

Nellie The Elephant (with less aggressive mic. settings)

Posted by g3zdm, written by Butler / Hart 1957

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Size: 639kb, uploaded 7/30/2011 11:00:31 AM
Genre: Other / Playing Style: Other

Nellie again - but with a little beam forming added and lowered mic. gain

Niel Gow's Lament for his 2nd wife - guitar

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Size: 1,581kb, uploaded 3/16/2012 5:41:43 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Other

NIel Gow's Lament for his 2nd wife - turned into a less "Lamentable" tune at the tempo I used.

Niel Gow's Lament for his 2nd wife - guitar and banjo

Posted by g3zdm, written by Niel Gow (1805)

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Size: 1,522kb, uploaded 2/12/2013 1:29:41 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Other

My very 1st try at getting 2 instruments mixed into an MP3. The crash a few seconds from the end is my wife inadvertently opening the door :-(

Red Haired Boy (in A out of open G tuning)

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Size: 1,119kb, uploaded 7/23/2012 10:44:38 AM
Genre: Traditional / Playing Style: Other

Red Haired Boy 1-pass recording in Audacity using headset microphone. Playing in key of A out of standard open G tuning. I developed this way of playing ti because it often comes up within a set of 3 tunes in Celtic sessions - with the other 2 tunes being in either D or (less often) G; you don't want to lose several bars of the tune whilst you fit a capo. (Prior to that I played a different version, capoed up 2 frets and playing out of G shapes or scales).

Shove that pig's foot a lil closer to the fire V3

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Size: 1,681kb, uploaded 2/20/2009 2:28:27 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Shove that pi's foot a little closer to the fire - now played at 3 neck positions. A couple of missed notes, for which apologies :-)

Shove the pig's foot a little closer to the fire

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Size: 694kb, uploaded 2/6/2009 1:57:36 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Fiddle tune that I discovered 2 dyas ago when an FHO member in the BHO chatroom asked if anyone knew it. (Working on an up the neck variant now) 1st recording attempt - just with Audacity and no tweaking

Sir Sydney Smith's March

Posted by g3zdm, written by Traditional Northumbrian

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Size: 936kb, uploaded 2/19/2011 9:33:05 AM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

Somewhat jazzed or bluegrassed up version of Sir Syds - and hence annoys traditional purists. (I also play a more melodic version to appease those conservative folks). Sydney Smith was an English admiral who defeated Napoleon at the siege of Acre and in doing so may have changed the course of the Napoleonic wars. Sir Sydney's fame was short lived as his exploits we're soon overshadowed by those of Nelson. Quick and dirty recording (warts, errors and all) using microphone part of cheap PC headset and Audacity. New latop and new OS so had to mess about to get it working at all acceptably :-( Not really Bluegrass **or** old time style, but there isn't a category called "bluehammer" or "individual" to describe my self developed picking style..

Speed the Plough- major and minor versions

Posted by g3zdm, written by Traditional

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Size: 2,165kb, uploaded 1/2/2013 5:52:52 AM
Genre: Traditional / Playing Style: Other

Speed the Plough in response to Jane's excellent post of a different tune of same name : http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/252788

Una Paloma Blanca

Posted by g3zdm, written by Jonathan King

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Size: 3,110kb, uploaded 1/15/2013 5:00:13 PM
Genre: Popular / Playing Style: Other

Did this one just for a laugh. 1-pass Audacity recording (including flubbs) using laptop mike. This is in response to thread http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/253756/1 I used open D tuning and my "bluehammer" style (someone already coined the term "clawgrass"). See Andy's thread about "I am a cider drinker" to get more background

Whisky you're the Devil

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Size: 1,050kb, uploaded 3/16/2009 10:22:36 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)

1 for St Patrick's Day , 2009