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Size: 2,570kb, uploaded 5/22/2011 12:45:30 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
5-String, Soprano 4-String, and Fretless Bass Banjos, plus running commentary! ;-)
6 commentsPosted by Tom Berghan
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Size: 955kb, uploaded 9/20/2009 12:57:48 PM
Genre: Traditional / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Tom Berghan Clawhammer, recorded September 20, 2009. Chuck Lee Vintage Ovilla 2008, Kat Eyz Maple/Purpleheart bridge, Vellum Calfskin head. Pitch @ 415 - I got a gal at the head of the creek Goin up t' see her 'bout the middle of the week Kiss her on the mouth, just as sweet as any wine Wraps herself around me like a sweet potatoe vine
12 commentsPosted by Tom Berghan
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Size: 3,338kb, uploaded 8/24/2010 3:50:16 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Tom Berghan Cronin's Hornpipe, Four String Baritone Banjo GDAE (Gold Tone IT-250), Guitar, Recorded July 19, 2010
1 commentPosted by Tom Berghan
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Size: 1,504kb, uploaded 7/10/2010 2:58:47 PM
Genre: Traditional / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Tom Berghan Clawhammer, Chuck Lee, Vintage Ovilla
2 commentsPosted by Tom Berghan
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Size: 2,160kb, uploaded 4/10/2011 4:34:37 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Mark Johnson & Tom Berghan, This is a duet of Clawhammer Banjo and Tenor Banjo, plus support from Ukulele, Guitar, and Wire Brushes played on paper (sheet music actually). Mark is on 5 string banjo, Tom is on 4 string banjo. Mark plays Ukulele, Tom plays Guitar and Brushes.
2 commentsPosted by Tom Berghan
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Size: 4,664kb, uploaded 7/12/2010 11:28:42 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Tom Berghan Clawhammer, recorded July 12, 2010. Chuck Lee Vintage Ovilla 2008, Kat Eyz Maple/Purpleheart bridge, Vellum Calfskin head. gDGBD
10 commentsPosted by Tom Berghan, written by Dan Emmett
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Size: 2,872kb, uploaded 7/23/2016 10:27:03 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Minstrel (Stroke Style)
1843. a very popular song in the Antebellum Minstrel shows. Played here with a copy of a banjo made by Joel Walker Sweeney circa 1840. The banjo was reconstructed by Luthier James Hartel. Percussion is played on a Donkey's Jawbone. The sound you hear is the teeth rattling when the jawbone is struck with the palm of the hand.
2 commentsPosted by Tom Berghan, written by Benjamin Russell Hanby
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Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Minstrel (Stroke Style)
From 1856, the Antebellum Period. A popular Minstrel song in support of the Abolition of Slavery. Sung in recitative style and played on early banjo stroke style. Written by Benjamin Russell Hanby, 1833-1867, who also wrote "Up on the House Top", "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas", and the hymn "Who Is He In Yonder Stall?"
Add CommentPosted by Tom Berghan
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Size: 5,979kb, uploaded 11/23/2011 3:09:57 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen
This was recorded just a couple of days after I received the new banjo. The banjo has four sympathetic strings which become active when the other five are plucked. This gives the instrument a silvery shimmery sound. The concept was taken from the Viola d'Amore, an instrument similar in the viola family but with with sympathetic strings which are not bowed, but activate (vibrate) when the other strings are bowed.
4 commentsWritten/Posted by Tom Berghan
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Size: 9,478kb, uploaded 11/13/2010 12:20:22 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen
This is a fretless bass banjo, 32 inch scale (like a bass guitar), 14 inch rim, calf skin head by "Earthtone." Custom built for me by Gold Tone. Silk and Silver "Guitare Basse" strings by Savarez. A special thanks from me to Wayne Rogers, founder of Gold Tone, who was an absolute pleasure to work with on this special order.
Add CommentPosted by Tom Berghan, written by Jimmie Skinner
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Size: 4,209kb, uploaded 12/29/2013 8:38:01 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Tom Berghan, Banjo & Vocal
Add CommentPosted by Tom Berghan, written by Bob Dylan
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Size: 1,349kb, uploaded 8/1/2012 7:32:19 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
A guitar player friend stopped by to pick some and he played this old chestnut. I had not heard it in a while and it's such a pretty tune!
Add CommentPosted by Tom Berghan, written by Lester Flatt
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Size: 2,833kb, uploaded 11/24/2013 9:41:02 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Tom Berghan, Banjo and Vocal.
1 commentPosted by Tom Berghan
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Size: 4,705kb, uploaded 10/4/2014 5:27:59 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Melody after the way Kenny Baker played it
2 commentsPosted by Tom Berghan, written by Grandpa Jones
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Size: 3,731kb, uploaded 3/28/2013 8:06:05 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Tom Berghan Vocal & Banjo - Laurence Diehl Guitar
3 commentsPosted by Tom Berghan
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Size: 3,231kb, uploaded 5/1/2011 8:52:15 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Tom Berghan, Five String Clawhammer, Guitar, Four String Soprano, Baritone, and Bass Banjos
3 commentsPosted by Tom Berghan
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Size: 2,702kb, uploaded 7/16/2013 11:51:53 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Demonstration for a friend - how to take a melody, play that melody by ear, and then how to “grass it up” a little
2 commentsPosted by Tom Berghan
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Size: 2,070kb, uploaded 5/29/2011 8:01:43 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Mark Johnson Clawhammer, Tom Berghan Soprano and Bass Banjos
1 commentPosted by Tom Berghan
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Size: 3,231kb, uploaded 10/22/2011 11:06:12 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Laurence Diehl and Tom Berghan, duet between 5-string banjo and soprano banjo. The Cotillion is an older form of the Square Dance.
7 commentsPosted by Tom Berghan, written by Earl Scruggs
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Size: 3,602kb, uploaded 10/28/2012 8:12:03 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Well, Laurence and I were at again with more of what we call BoogieGrass! . . . And maybe a little BeBopGrass thrown in there too! This time we are taking a stroll down to the corner of 18th and Vine with Earl’s Foggy Mountain Special! Laurence Diehl is on Banjo (awesome!) and Tom Berghan is on Fretless Bass Banjo. If you like it, let us know and be sure to hit the like button. And, if you don’t like it, then I suggest you please consider enjoying some well aged distilled spirit and then try listening again! I can’t help it now . . . I gotta brag on my duo partner Laurence . . . you certainly just don’t hear banjo played like THIS every day!
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