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Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Other
Here is a straightforward setting using Double D tuning (Double C-Capo II) for 'New Five Cents', the Old Time reel that goes under interchangeable titles. The titles create confusion since there are two main branches in Old Time and further regional, local and bluegrass variants. The A Part is pretty close in most versions with one noticeable variation – either dipping down (as I do here) to an A-note or rising up to F# in the second and sixth measures. This variation is found in both Old Time and Bluegrass versions and a G chord is sometimes played in these spots. It’s in the B Part (fifth and sixth measures) where the melodic contour branches in one of two directions – either dipping down from the fifth (A) to the tonic (D)/D chord, or, as Paul Warren played it (New Five Cents), using a G-note double-stop with a B-note)/G chord, then up to an A-note/A chord (as I do here) and moving upwards happily in major second intervals. Many, but not all, Old Time versions (‘New Five Cents’, ‘Ruffled Drawers’ or ‘Buffalo Nickel’) tend to keep dipping down to the low D-note/D chord and use fewer chords than Bluegrass versions which are based on Paul Warren’s version.
1 comment on “New Five Cents (Ruffled Drawers) - Double D Tuning”
Tom Hanway Says:
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 @2:10:45 AM
Okay, notice the almost ragtime syncopation in the B-Part. I don't always do this, but I enjoy playing it this way because it adds interest to the melody. Honestly, I have several more versions of this to record so that I can show different types of variations. I'm playing to a piano backing track so the chords can be clearly heard when they change. I put this take down on the Zoom H4 whilst in the midst of barbecuing, just to get it done so I can move onto other examples. It serves to demonstrate the naturally occurring accents as written in the tab. I will be recording the other versions demonstrating different melodic contours and chords. These are listening exercises to outline how the tune variously goes, and it can of course be looped. The idea is for others to pick up the banjo and begin to work through the different variations through the tablature. I have at least two more versions to record, from five different tabs including a slower, bouncier hornpipe, which I'm calling 'Buffalo Nickel' just to distinguish it from the reels.
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