steve V. johnson
Sep-07-2008, 4:49pm
A while back I posted here about a '30's tenor banjo that I got for a friend and needed some advice on some work on it. #The responses were kind and most informative. # I had the banjo here for some weeks and, of course, couldn't keep from playing with it. #Working out the triplets and rolls common in Irish music is tremendously challenging to me, so I had the banjo in hand quite a bit, tho I didn't make what I'd call real progress on those figures.
There's a fellow who comes to our session with a nice old 17-fret open-back
tenor, an old friend. #We all hit one of those lulls between tunes and several folks went to the counter for refreshments and I asked my pal if I could play his banjo a bit.
I was trying to do some of those rolls and remember a particular tune. #One by one folks came back into the room and three of them, about five of six minutes apart, came in, looked at me with big eyes and each one said, "Hey, you don't play that!" and "You don't play banjo!", essentially -identical- words.
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It was pretty amazing. #They -couldn't- have heard one another.
And, no, I don't really do that, but ... I'm busted, it's true. #The attraction to a tenor for Irish music is potent.
I guess I need to sell some stuff and get one of those little Gold Tones.
stv
There's a fellow who comes to our session with a nice old 17-fret open-back
tenor, an old friend. #We all hit one of those lulls between tunes and several folks went to the counter for refreshments and I asked my pal if I could play his banjo a bit.
I was trying to do some of those rolls and remember a particular tune. #One by one folks came back into the room and three of them, about five of six minutes apart, came in, looked at me with big eyes and each one said, "Hey, you don't play that!" and "You don't play banjo!", essentially -identical- words.
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif
It was pretty amazing. #They -couldn't- have heard one another.
And, no, I don't really do that, but ... I'm busted, it's true. #The attraction to a tenor for Irish music is potent.
I guess I need to sell some stuff and get one of those little Gold Tones.
stv