Octajo ~ Lady Hammond's Alman

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Genre: Traditional / Playing Style: 4-String (Tenor/Plectrum)

Octajo octave mandolin banjo tuned GDAE.

Octajo ~ O'Keiffe's Slide

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I'm thrilled to have been asked to do the rollout of an innovative instrument that opens a new world of mando-banjo potential. The Octajo is a double-course tenor banjo tuned an octave (or lower) below mandolin and violin. With a 12” banjo rim with bronze tone ring and an octave mandolin neck the Octajo can be strung with either metal or nylon strings. The one on this recording is set up with nylon. Hope you enjoy. Banjo Crazy Paul

Octajo and BC-350+ Lonesome John

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Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Gold Tone Octajo octave mandolin banjo with Gold Tone BC-350+. The BC is tuned to low A.

Octajo and Doumbek "Timbres of the Wind"

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Genre: Folk / Playing Style: 4-String (Tenor/Plectrum)

A tune I heard on a belly dance recording. I'm playing the prototype Octajo octave mandolin banjo by Gold Tone. Carla Roberts is playing the doumbek, a goblet shaped drum used mostly in the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe.

Pagosa Blues - banjo-lute

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banjo-lute more at the Sound Off topic

Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram

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8-string guitar (formerly 12-string) played similarly to a 5-string banjo. Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram is a Hindu devotional song (Bhajan), very popular in India, especially as it was Mahatma Gandhi's favorite. I first heard this song sung by The Weavers.

Ragupati - mandocello

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Genre: Traditional / Playing Style: Other

mandocello

Red Rocking Chair

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Genre: Traditional / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Béla Fleck Baritone

rough draft

Written/Posted by Paul Roberts

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please help me find a name (at Sound Off post)

Sitar improv: Golden Lotus

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This one I recorded several years ago. I have a couple more that I did more recently; they're quite a bit longer, but if anyone goes for this type of thing, I'd upload them. I hope you'll go to the topic discussion if you have a comment: http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/189094 Thanks, PauL http://www.banjocrazy.com/

Sitar improvisation in Raag Bhairavi

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Melodic improvisation on sitar. Raag Bhairavi C Db Eb F G Ab Bb C

Skye Boat Song

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Size: 1,687kb, uploaded 3/6/2012 7:19:46 PM
Genre: Traditional / Playing Style: Classical

One of the tunes I grew up on. 5-string cello banjo in gCGCD.

Song for an Ancient Muse

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Hindu bhajan and an adaptation of a Middle Eastern melody.

Song of the Stream

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Cello banjo tuned f Bb F Bb C.

Song of the Stream - 2nd take

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I think this one sits more comfortably, in the space I was trying to create, than my first take.

Song to the Sun

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4-string Cello Banjo, DGDA

Modal improvisation, followed by Et Dodim, believed to based on an ancient Babylonian melody.

Southwest Sunset

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Original guitar piece written before moving to the Southwest.

Swallow Song - original on 4-string Cello Banjo

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Gold Tone CEB-4 four-string Cello Banjo tuned GDAE, one octave below Irish tenor and octave mandolin. Original.

Tanbur Improvisation

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Tenor Banjo "Inspire" original

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Tenor banjo original.