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Size: 945kb, uploaded 3/17/2014 6:10:18 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
For Tune of the Week, 3/14/14, from the fiddling of Lotus Dickey, played on a Gold Tone cello banjo tuned dADF#A. The tune was apparently first played on a fife and later by fiddlers. The history of an Oyster River Massacre in present-day Durham, New Hampshire goes back to the 1690's.
7 commentsPosted by JanetB
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Size: 1,339kb, uploaded 6/12/2014 5:54:47 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Learned from Yigal Zan's video with David Margolin's fiddling, Yigal attributes this version to Fiddlin' Arthur Smith. I've wanted to learn this ever since hearing Bill Monroe's instrumental. The title makes me think of Irish immigrants working on the railroad, but I don't know if that's the case.
3 commentsPosted by JanetB
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Size: 820kb, uploaded 7/4/2011 1:00:00 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen
"Well, God Bless America!"--JS That's what Joe Sweiggert said when Rough and Ready, California re-joined the Union to celebrate the 4th of July in 1853.
3 commentsPosted by JanetB
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Size: 2,593kb, uploaded 4/27/2026 4:24:23 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
In topics:
Pay Me Up Eleven Pence, TOTW 4/24/2026
From the fiddling of WV Israel Welch. I used the Gold Tone cello banjo tuned down five steps from a regular banjo open G tuning.
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Size: 914kb, uploaded 10/11/2014 8:07:09 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Learned from the fiddling of West Virginian Melvin Wine, thanks to Dave Douglass who uploaded this hard-to-find resource. Check out the Tune of the Week for 10/10/14. Pearl Blake was one of 14 siblings who died young in the mines, but played tfiddle and this was his favorite tune. http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/292592
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Size: 1,087kb, uploaded 3/30/2019 9:38:34 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
An old and sweet waltz is the TOTW, 3-29-19. My arrangement is from Missouri fiddler Art Galbraith.
4 commentsPosted by JanetB
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Size: 944kb, uploaded 11/1/2014 12:31:38 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
For the old-time Tune of the Week, 10/31/14. The history behind this name is fascinating. Check out the TOTW: http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/293687 George Washington called Peter Francisco his "one-man army." I discovered I have the 1976 US stamp created in his honor, carrying a half-ton cannon on his shoulder! The tune appeared in Knauf's "Virginia Reels" book in 1839. I'm playing on a Gold Tone cello banjo, so it's in the key of D, played in what's equivalent to open G tuning.
6 commentsPosted by JanetB
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Size: 1,027kb, uploaded 5/22/2021 1:39:31 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
From the transcription in Francis O'Neill's Music of Ireland collection of 1903. He wrote that it was well towards the top of the list at the time, found in most American piano publications which included reels and hornpipes. Peter Street is a good dance tune, so they say.
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Size: 2,202kb, uploaded 3/7/2015 1:07:16 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
For the Tune of the Week, 3-6-15, this one comes from Missouri and originally probably from Scotland. It has the feeling of a light country dance. I listened to my favorite fiddle player, James Bryan, who got it from a recording of the original source -- Art Galbraith. See the TOTW for more info and my tab. http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/300431
2 commentsPosted by JanetB
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Size: 776kb, uploaded 8/7/2012 10:39:46 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
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TOTW—6/5/26 —. Pike County Breakdown
The clawhammer version suddenly appeared. This is for Banjoy's post-a-thon.
8 commentsPosted by JanetB, written by Craig Johnson
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Size: 881kb, uploaded 3/28/2021 10:07:27 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Bruce Molsky sings Piney Mountains, accompanying himself on fiddle with Joe Newberry singing harmony. This arrangement takes its melody from his vocals. People have asked for tab, which will be uploaded in the tab archive.
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Size: 1,628kb, uploaded 7/24/2015 11:53:45 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
From the playing of Dwight Diller with Jimmy Tripplett. Dwight describes this tune in the notes on page 48 of his extensive notes for Yew Pine Mountain, a CD not available. He learned it from Burl and Sherman Hammons. Here's the link to the notes including his tab in the tuning of gBDGD: http://dwightdiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/C.-DLLR-TabBook-2006_07_31-page-numbers-correct.pdf I do an up-the-neck B part. My tab in common open G tuning is on a current Sound Off post.
2 commentsPosted by JanetB
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Size: 1,013kb, uploaded 1/22/2014 7:10:18 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
As played by Grayson County, Virginia fiddler Emmett Lundy, who was recorded by the Lomax's in the 1940's, and arranged for clawhammer banjo by Adam Hurt. Marking my first anniversary of taking lessons from Adam, this is played on my Mac Traynham Whyte Laydie banjo with Adam's fiddling. He sent me the fiddle recording as part of a Skype lesson where he taught me this version of Piney Woods Gal. After a year I feel I've only just begun to learn from the depth of Adam's resources and through his talent.
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Size: 1,185kb, uploaded 4/3/2015 8:53:38 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
This tune is included in a collection by M. Higgins in the library of William Sydney Mount, the famous painter of The Banjo Player. I learned it listening to Gilbert Ross fiddling it on one of three remaining Cradle of Harmony violins patented by Mount, now in the Smithsonian. I'm 3-finger picking this.
Add CommentPosted by JanetB, written by Turlough O'Carolan
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Size: 1,343kb, uploaded 6/18/2011 2:11:11 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
O'Carolan wrote this in honor of one of a hostess where he stayed awhile. He was a blind Irish harpist, born in 1670.
5 commentsPosted by JanetB, written by Tommy Magness
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Size: 1,922kb, uploaded 6/10/2022 3:32:51 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Here's Benton Flippen and The Smokey Valley Boys version of Polecat Blues. The fiddler seemed to be leading the bandmates on quite a chase and I could scarcely keep up.
Add CommentPosted by JanetB, written by Clyde Davenport
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Size: 923kb, uploaded 9/29/2017 5:36:02 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
This tune was once a TOTW back in 2012, but I'm just getting around to it. I once had a polecat (i.e. a ferret) visit the classroom one day and I'll try to dig out photos. I recall the owner said he didn't have a permit for it, so mum's the word... When Clyde Davenport sings "ain't goin' there no more" I'm not sure what he's referring to as a polecat's den. Don't enlighten me unless it's gentle! The tune is catchy, beginning on a IV chord, in this case a G chordal sound when the tune is in C. Mr. Davenport (who I think is in his 90's now) played it greatly on banjo, though he's known more for his fiddling. If you play it still in jams, like RG did when it was TOTW, let me know, please.
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Size: 3,176kb, uploaded 10/12/2024 4:17:52 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Polly Put the Kettle On isn't usually in a modal key, but this week's Tune of the Week appears to be in Gm. If I knew more, I could confirm the scale is G aeolian. To play it the most easily I used cello banjo and brought the notes down four steps, so that's even more complex. I suppose this is all a good cognitive exercise to keep my brain a bit spry, which it needs.
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Size: 1,922kb, uploaded 10/16/2024 3:58:59 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
For the current Tune of the Week, I thought I'd give yet another tuning a try, and this one seems to be able to hit the notes without jumping around octaves and doing finger gymnastics (it's at least doable, anyway, not necessarily easy).
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Size: 1,948kb, uploaded 1/18/2015 3:41:14 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
The old-time Tune of the Week for 1/16/15 allowed me to look at many sources. I ended up learning from Kentucky fiddler Emmett Lundy, Virginia banjo player Wade Ward, and traditional children's nursery songs. Check out more information on the tune: http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/297815
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