Posted by JanetB, written by Andy Statman
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Size: 1,340kb, uploaded 12/15/2015 9:19:23 AM
Genre: Other / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
KC stands for Klezmer Clawhammer. This is my first attempt at it, in response to Banjo Judy's query for some tab and after a look at a newly formed portion of her website devoted to Klezmer music (http://www.banjojudy.com/klezmer-music/). The tune is in Gm according to notation found there, so I used a Gm tuning of gDGBbD -- one I'd just been working on with another tune. If the tune was played in Am I'd be trying it out of open G tuning using chordal positions.
3 comments on “Flatbush Waltz (KC)”
rickhayes Says:
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 @9:48:13 AM
Good playing Janet. I'm not familiar with the tune but the places in the tune where there is a G# (or Ab) note and then goes to a Bb sound really odd, almost sour, to me. Almost sounds like it should be an A note and not Ab. That is a very unusual melody. Maybe just a Klezmer convention?
JanetB Says:
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 @9:52:28 AM
Thanks for listening so carefully, Rick. I think you're right about that Ab note. I'm not used to it. There's a video on youtube that plays this tune against a series of movies capturing the worst parts of the Holocaust. That's when those notes do their job. I include that video link in banjo Judy's Klezmer Clawhammer post (see link directly above). You can also find the notation on her site I used for my arrangement along with an audio file.
VancePants Says:
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 @2:20:49 PM
Like most anything in minor keys, JB... this waltz has a dark, poignant quality... nice!
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