Posted by JanetB, written by Bill Monroe and Lamar Grier
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Size: 928kb, uploaded 9/1/2011 5:34:03 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
There's a mysterious sound to this tune, as if crossing those mountains wasn't an easy or safe thing to do. I enjoyed figuring it out with the melodic style, and then chordally.
3 commentsPosted by JanetB
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Size: 930kb, uploaded 2/11/2012 3:16:57 PM
Genre: Traditional / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Played on a Gold Tone Cripple Creek mini-banjo, key of G.
9 commentsPosted by JanetB
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Size: 792kb, uploaded 11/8/2014 9:29:07 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
For the old-time Tune of the Week, 11/7/14, I'm learning that Cuffy is the name of several historic figures in the era of slavery. I'm impressed there's even a Guyana silver dollar coin with Cuffy's image. The timing of the tune feels unusual, but the only crooked part would be a half measure between the A and B parts. It's the melody itself that has an interesting path. Check out this week's TOTW: http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/294064
1 commentPosted by JanetB
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Size: 1,340kb, uploaded 10/5/2012 8:36:20 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
For the TOTW, the first time I've used Cumberland Gap tuning, and after listening to many, many, many versions offered here, this is a combination of what I heard.
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Size: 944kb, uploaded 10/18/2012 6:09:09 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
A slow-fast arrangement on gourd. I was trying to get more gourd sustain in the recording.
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Size: 678kb, uploaded 1/21/2023 11:46:20 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
A version adapted from the Highwoods String Band
1 commentPosted by JanetB, written by Clyde Davenport
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Size: 925kb, uploaded 5/31/2014 5:09:56 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
For the old-time Tune of the Week, 5/30/14, from Kentucky fiddler Clyde Davenport, recorded by Jeff Titon and in his book "Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes." The timing in the A part feels like it has African-American influence--something I'd like to know more about. For tabbing the tune I used two measures of 4/4 timing followed by a measure of 2/2 timing.
4 commentsPosted by JanetB, written by Merle Travis
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Size: 773kb, uploaded 7/26/2011 8:32:51 AM
Genre: Popular / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
This song reminds me of my dad who grew up in the coal mining town of Ashville, PA.
2 commentsPosted by JanetB, written by Albert S. Bowman
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Size: 1,016kb, uploaded 8/16/2014 5:33:51 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
For the old-time Tune of the Week, 8/15/14, learned from BHO member ajisai's fiddling. She learned it from an old violin instruction book of the early 1900's. Without a historic recording to go by, this reminds me of the manner in which Turlough O'Carolan's tunes were learned and carried on. Someone notated them and published them and we're all better off for knowing his beautiful music.
2 commentsPosted by JanetB
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Size: 1,213kb, uploaded 6/23/2014 11:06:13 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Liquor Seller came from James Bryan's fiddling, but I discovered that Roscoe Parish of Virginia recorded it on both banjo and fiddle and assume he's the source. I chose Darling Corey because of its similar theme and the fact that I was looking for a tune with the mixolydian mode to go with Liquor Seller.
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Size: 1,005kb, uploaded 11/13/2020 2:07:47 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Often accompanying by some silly lyrics about Davy and gravy, here is just the instrumental as learned from 1928 recording by the Weems String Band. They only made two, yet many outstanding banjo players have recorded Davy and credited the family band.
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Size: 1,400kb, uploaded 8/4/2017 1:41:33 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
For the old-time Tune of the Week, 8/4/17, West Virginia fiddler Delbert Hughes (1905 -1982) recorded this one. It sounds like Davy is responding in the B part with his grievances, which he finds reasonable enough. I think this story ends where he comes back home....
9 commentsPosted by JanetB
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Size: 2,505kb, uploaded 8/5/2023 6:05:21 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Clyde Davenport's Kentucky fiddling is the inspiration for this arrangement. Rather than use open G tuning, the first string is tuned up to an E note, called "guitar tuning." I preferred staying at the 7th fret and below for the B part.
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Size: 884kb, uploaded 1/21/2013 12:28:49 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
As played by Dwight Diller who learned it from Lee Hammons.
2 commentsPosted by JanetB, written by Lee Hammons
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Size: 851kb, uploaded 1/27/2013 1:46:26 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
As played by Dwight Diller who recorded Lee Hammons' banjo piece in the 70's. I'm trying to get a good tone on cello banjo recording.
1 commentPosted by JanetB, written by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
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Size: 1,119kb, uploaded 11/6/2011 2:19:42 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
This is one beautiful song when performed by Gillian and David. Kit and I were inspired when we saw them on the Chieftains Nashville Session and wanted to do this duet. Kit's mandolin on melody was so nice I chose to stay with harmony and hope it supports him.
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Size: 1,739kb, uploaded 11/25/2023 12:30:38 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
A song we used to play with the Rough & Ready Fruit Jar Pickers. Here's the 3-finger solo I worked out at the time.
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Size: 2,616kb, uploaded 12/16/2016 6:33:15 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
This tune comes from the repertoire of Bluegrass boy Kenny Baker. He learned it from his father, Thaddeus, and said he only heard it played by his family. I used Garage Band to combine my Mac Traynham Whyte Laydie openback with my Gold Tone cello banjo.
3 commentsPosted by JanetB
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Size: 1,304kb, uploaded 5/25/2013 2:00:32 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
For the Tune of the Week, 5/24/13, from the fiddling of Pappy Taylor of Illinois.
3 commentsPosted by JanetB
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Size: 820kb, uploaded 5/4/2014 4:05:15 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Samuel Bayard collected this tune from fiddler and fifer Isaac Newton Morris. It's tune #45 in his book Dance to the Fiddle and March to the Fife. I learned it from the excellent recording by Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers in their CD Up in the Batten House. It's one of these tunes where the melody is embedded within some wandering passages. I'm playing in SRB tuning with tab in the BHO archive.
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