Almanzo's So Manly

Written/Posted by AlpacaLips

- Play count: 211

Size: 1,875kb, uploaded 11/16/2012 3:06:52 PM
Genre: Country / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

An original tune inspired by sibling rivalry. When she was a kid, a friend of mine, after learning that her big sister had a crush on the Little House on the Prairie character Almanzo Wilder, taunted her with "Almanzo's So Maaaaanly!"

Bonnie Isle of Whalsay (Syncopated Version)

Posted by AlpacaLips

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- Play count: 68

Size: 1,973kb, uploaded 7/6/2016 10:29:26 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Played on an Ome Flora in Sawmill tuning (capo 4). Recorded on a Zoom H5.

Bonnie Isle of Whalsay (Traditional Version)

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- Play count: 59

Size: 1,387kb, uploaded 7/6/2016 10:26:33 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

From tab posted on BHO by user Harpist. Played on an Ome Flora in Sawmill tuning (capo 4). Recorded on a Zoom H5.

Bourrée II from Suite No. IV

Posted by AlpacaLips, written by J. S. Bach

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- Play count: 81

Size: 1,269kb, uploaded 7/12/2016 10:01:00 PM
Genre: Classical / Playing Style: Classical

Played on a Gold Tone WL-250+ in standard G tuning. From a transcription by John Bullard. Recorded on a Zoom H5.

Bourrée II from Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3

Posted by AlpacaLips, written by J. S. Bach

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- Play count: 63

Size: 1,254kb, uploaded 7/4/2016 8:28:45 PM
Genre: Classical / Playing Style: Classical

Arrangement by Shoji Kushiro, as tabbed (more or less) in the July 1974 Banjo Newsletter. Played on a Gold Tone WL-250+ with a resonator and a Doc's Cathedral Bridge. Gm tuning. Recorded on a Zoom H5.

Cripple Creek

Posted by AlpacaLips

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- Play count: 313

Size: 977kb, uploaded 8/3/2011 5:32:18 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

My first recording on my new WL-250 banjo. My creek is a bit crippled, but I'm happy with it considering I've been playing for 5 days, and frailing for 3.

Cripple Creek (Hard Version)

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- Play count: 270

Size: 1,666kb, uploaded 8/25/2011 4:58:37 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Cripple Creek played 4 times: an easy version, two variations, and the easy version again. Basically Mike Iverson's arrangement, except for a bit of my own flair at the end.

Down to the Valley to Pray

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- Play count: 79

Size: 1,610kb, uploaded 7/4/2016 8:37:00 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Based heavily on an arrangement by Mike Iverson. Played on an Ome Flora in Open C tuning (capo 2). Recorded on a Zoom H5.

Finally Forgiveness

Written/Posted by AlpacaLips

- Play count: 137

Size: 2,144kb, uploaded 11/4/2012 7:41:57 PM
Genre: Other / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Inspired by a recent overdue reconciliation with an old friend. Played on a Gold Tone WL-250, tuned Double-C.

Hard Times in 63 (TOTW 2017-03-24)

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- Play count: 139

Size: 1,014kb, uploaded 3/28/2017 9:40:09 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

From Winners' New Primer for the Banjo (1864), played on Ome Flora. Tuned bEBEF# (Double-C, capo @ 4). I don't do minstrel / 2-finger style, so I've clawed it up.

Mickey Mouse Club March

Posted by AlpacaLips, written by James Wesley Dodd

- Play count: 146

Size: 1,406kb, uploaded 5/5/2012 3:51:25 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Dedicated to composer and Mickey Mouse Club host Jimmie Dodd, who unlike 99% of today's television, used the boob tube to make the world a better place. This is my brief arrangement of the Mickey Mouse Club March for clawhammer banjo, which is a little bit old time and a little bit Dixieland (Disneyland?), with just a dash of Randy Newman a la Toy Story sprinkled in at the end.

Nancy

Posted by AlpacaLips, written by Tom Clough

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- Play count: 281

Size: 1,034kb, uploaded 2/21/2012 11:15:30 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Perlman arrangement. Double C tuning. Played on Gold Tone WL-250.

Needle Case

Posted by AlpacaLips

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- Play count: 166

Size: 2,055kb, uploaded 8/25/2011 5:00:09 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Needle Case in Double-C tuning. Arrangement by Tom Joad, mostly.

Over the Waterfall

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- Play count: 251

Size: 861kb, uploaded 9/10/2011 4:44:22 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Based on Mike Iverson's basic arrangement (sans capo). Double-C.

Prelude in A major, Op. 28 No. 7

Posted by AlpacaLips, written by Frederic Chopin

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- Play count: 99

Size: 1,082kb, uploaded 7/12/2016 10:02:45 PM
Genre: Classical / Playing Style: Classical

Played on a Gold Tone WL-250+ in standard G tuning. From a banjotabs.com transcription. Recorded on a Zoom H5.

Sally In The Garden

Posted by AlpacaLips

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- Play count: 285

Size: 1,263kb, uploaded 8/25/2011 5:01:34 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

A contemplative Celtic tune in Double-C tuning. Arrangement by Mike Iverson.

St. Anne's Reel

Posted by AlpacaLips

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- Play count: 333

Size: 974kb, uploaded 9/24/2011 10:31:46 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Double-C. Arranged by Mike Iverson.

Staten Island Hornpipe

Posted by AlpacaLips

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- Play count: 243

Size: 910kb, uploaded 8/25/2011 5:03:47 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Arrangement by Mike Iverson. Drop-thumbing with a pinky on string 4 fret 5 is a nutbuster.

The Admiral

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- Play count: 56

Size: 2,175kb, uploaded 7/16/2016 4:01:19 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

Played on an Ome Flora in gCGCE. Thanks to L.W. Konigsberg (BHO: vrteach) for transcribing tab from Harding's All-Round Collection of Jig's, Reels, and Country Dances (1905). Recorded on a Zoom H5.

The Minstrel Boy (aka The Moreen, aka The Son of God Goes Forth to War)

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- Play count: 206

Size: 1,320kb, uploaded 10/19/2012 8:44:40 PM
Genre: Fiddle/Celtic/Irish / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time

I first heard this song sung by actor Colm Meany portraying Miles O'Brien in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded." Always liked it. This is a one-verse version played legato.