Can't help you on the music end of it  , but the title reminds me of the pic I took of my wife doing the "Farmers' Two-Step" in Oatman AZ several years back:

That’s the Munsters scale.

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Originally posted by Owen

Can't help you on the music end of it  , but the title reminds me of the pic I took of my wife doing the "Farmers' Two-Step" in Oatman AZ several years back:

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I can't tell - is that shinola or something else?

I didn't put it to any test, or ask the locals, but it "looked" pretty authentic....

Banjomobob has the idea; tv show background music for some dark and eerie show set in a rural area, probably in Europe.

In the "Classic banjo" world, this would be termed a "Minor Jig". Usually played in Cm (three flats) with a structure of: AA-BB-A-CC (often in a different key)-A-ending.

Minor jigs were a thing in the 19th C banjo world. Every composer worth his salt wrote one.

Very nice!

trapdoor2
That’s interesting Marc - so classic banjo jigs didn’t need to be in 6/8?

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Originally posted by Laurence Diehl

trapdoor2
That’s interesting Marc - so classic banjo jigs didn’t need to be in 6/8?

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Nope. There was no "formal" designation at the time. They're usually 2/4 and with dotted rhythm to give them the "jig" bounce.

Have you written it out? It would be fun to play at a Classic Banjo rally as "new music" (nylon strings, of course). If you have Tab, I can easily convert it to notation (or vice versa).

Here's probably the most published one from 1883 (Paul is a member here):

Horace Weston's Minor Jig

LOL, I just did a search on my hard drive. I found at least 16 "minor jig" compositions from the Classic Banjo period. All were in 2/4. I'm sure there are many more.

That video reminded me of the pace and care that Bill Keith used on Nola.

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Originally posted by The Old Timer

That video reminded me of the pace and care that Bill Keith used on Nola.

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Thanks Dick I'm encouraged that somebody liked it!

Nola was part of my early learning and I'll always be grateful to Bill for expanding my horizons as to what is possible on the banjo.