Grumbling Old Man, Growling Old Woman

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 3,961kb, uploaded 11/15/2008 5:29:12 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Banjo in modal tuning (D tuning with the 4th string up two frets), fiddle GDAE. Banjo #022

Half Past Four

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 5,446kb, uploaded 4/29/2012 11:14:45 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

Hangman's Reel

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 5,138kb, uploaded 10/27/2008 6:26:04 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Hangman's Reel. Banjo in A, fiddle in AEAE. Fretless banjo #020.

Henry Reed breakdown in A

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 1,514kb, uploaded 9/30/2010 3:08:14 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Tune played by Henry Reed, recorded by Jabbour as "Breakdown in A". Benford and Hoffman recorded a nice version as part of a medley, called it "Over the Mountain". Fiddle in AEAE, Orpheum banjo. My fiddle plays the West Virginia tunes better now that I put a rattlesnake rattle in it.

I'm Going to Marry That Pretty Little Girl - banjo 066

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 2,643kb, uploaded 9/3/2012 2:32:55 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Banjo 066, paddle-head made by Buckbee, stamped "Tremont" . G tune from the Sweet Brothers.

Indian Corn

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 5,083kb, uploaded 1/31/2015 8:44:31 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Banjo #115, Gretsch (?)

Jim Jim Crow - Sunhearth banjo

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 694kb, uploaded 1/24/2020 11:55:20 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Jump Jim Crow

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 939kb, uploaded 12/11/2011 3:34:26 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Hutchins banjo (octave low, D'Addario Pro Arte classical guitar strings), Vega style N (fretless, Nylgut Minstrel strings), fiddle (GDAE)

Katy Did banjo-mando 075

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 2,814kb, uploaded 12/25/2012 2:08:48 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

C-tune from Lowe Stokes' fiddle version. Banjo-mando #075, see classifieds

Lay Your Good Money Down

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 3,877kb, uploaded 12/19/2008 5:12:41 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Very un-square, 6-part fiddle tune in A. Banjo is in D tuning but down 5 frets. From Art Galbraith's fiddling on Rounder Records "Art of Traditional Fiddle. Banjo # 027

Little Moses (AKA Moses Hoe the Corn)

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 925kb, uploaded 2/20/2011 9:10:44 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Banjo # 058, a plain-Jane Buckbee. Steel strings, Yellowstone head.

Little Moses, banjo 08

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 3,930kb, uploaded 9/25/2014 1:38:05 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Banjo 08, tenor to 5-string fretless conversion (Slingerland Maybelle), nylgut strings.

Marty Lebenson slap-tongue harmonica

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 5,153kb, uploaded 1/25/2012 3:09:08 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen

Marty Lebenson slap-tongue harmonica

Milwaukee Blues banjo 031

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 1,610kb, uploaded 8/19/2012 7:05:36 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

demo banjo 031 tenor-to 5-string, fretted, steel-strung

Mississippi Sawyer

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 591kb, uploaded 4/14/2012 5:10:46 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Played on a fretless that I keep tuned low.

Moses Hoe the Corn

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Size: 4,470kb, uploaded 11/2/2008 7:17:08 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Banjo in D, fiddle in ADAE. Short-scale, fretless banjo #010.

Needlecase

Posted by Mark Ralston

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Size: 5,093kb, uploaded 10/30/2008 4:15:54 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

An experiment using tenor banjo strings on a short-scale banjo. 3rd & 4th strings are wound............. 0.030" wound 4th, 0.023" wound 3rd, 0.016" plain 2nd, 0.012" plain for 1st & 5th........ banjo is a 1922 Fairbanks-Vega Whyte Laydie tenor converted to short-scale 5-string. Action is still a little low, I played the A part low on the banjo a couple of times to hear the wound 3rd & 4th.

Needlecase - banjo #071

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Size: 5,657kb, uploaded 10/20/2013 1:53:21 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Needlecase in D, banjo #071. A probable Buckbee, in the style of Morrison. Weymann banjo mandolin & parlor guitar.

Old Man, Old Woman - banjo 029

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Size: 7,771kb, uploaded 5/19/2012 6:45:16 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

This Canadian polka has been stuck in my head for the past couple of months. I learned the tune from Jody Stecher's recording, and there are lots of other versions out there. Banjo 029, a probable Supertone w/ steel strings. Banjo is on the left stereo track.

On the Road to Boston, banjo 033

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Size: 2,209kb, uploaded 8/21/2012 5:43:39 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

demo banjo 033 steel-strung, tenor-to-5-string, probable Concertone