I'm reacquainting myself to, "Twinkle Little Star."
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I'm reacquainting myself to, "Twinkle Little Star."
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ˇpapá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
Jim
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19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
ˇpapá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
Cuffy
Black cat in the briar patch
Whistlebee
Whistlebee took 10 minutes to learn fluently because the melody is so strong. First recorded in 1924 in Alabama by a mr dix.
Cuffy is great fun, with long lines and a simple fingering.
Black cat is one of those tunes with a tag on the end that take some extra time to translate from fiddle technique to mandolin technique. After a few days of playing along with the amazing slow downer I can play it at about 2/3 speed on my own, but when a banjo joins in my fingers suddenly stop hitting the right notes. I’ll get it right with one more day of practice. Very tricky A part in the key of C jumping between octaves. The B part in the key of G is also tricky and very funky. Enjoy it.
Last edited by Jim Nollman; Apr-17-2020 at 10:00pm.
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Sierra F5 #30 (2005)
Altman 2-point (2007)
Portuguese fado cittern (1965)
Puddle Jumper, by Ray Legere. It's like Leather Britches, buf different.
I have learned a number of tunes since I have been staying at home for the last 4 weeks. Ihad started to learn a couple of the prior, but have recently put the finishing touches on them, too. I started playing mando about 8-9 months ago, but have played clawhammer banjo for a number of years.
Liberty
Colored Aristocracy
Johnny Don't get Drunk
Tennessee Girls
Booth Shot Lincoln (WIP)
Cherokee Shuffle
Whisky Before Breakfast
McLeods Reel
Richard
Eastman 305
Gibson A1 (1919)
Martin D16 guitar
Great Divide Guitar (Two-Old-Hippies)
OME 11" banjo (1973)
Pisgah 12" banjo
I got Big Scotia under my fingers pretty good today, not quite up to tempo. Half-way have The Gravel Walk, need more work to get the C and D parts. Polishing Chinquapin Hunting and Squirrel Hunters. And going back to refresh tunes I haven’t played in years that everyone used to play and we don’t hear much anymore like Blackberry Blossom, Red Headed Boy, Salt Creek...
One I just heard David Harvey play on an older Mandolin Monday sounds really good. Cruising Timber. I thought I would find some notation to get a head start on it, and then listen to his embellishments to try to make it sound half as good as he plays it. Nope, no luck on the notation. Will have to do it the hard (best) way.
Old Bob.
Explore some of my published music here.
—Jim
Sierra F5 #30 (2005)
Altman 2-point (2007)
Portuguese fado cittern (1965)
Working on Ashland Breakdown from the Kenny Baker album. With Monroe, as always, the devil is in the details. It's not hard to play an approximation, but..
Ievan Polka. Daughter wants to go out. Mom won't let her. The laddies are in town. She sneaks out.
Classical quarantine - old school!
Catchy melody too. So catchy, it's widely used in Anime. To me it reminds me of, "The Muffin Man."
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ˇpapá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
Oak Ridge Stomp. My version is mostly from Rhys Jones' fiddle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmKMf5X5WFE
Cary Fagan
Foxy, Sonny Rollins.
Not all the clams are at the beach
Arrow Manouche
Arrow Jazzbo
Arrow G
Clark 2 point
Gibson F5L
Gibson A-4
Ratliff CountryBoy A
Well not so new but revisited I guess, I strung my Weber Gallatin octave up in "Octave tuning" , I was looking for a double jig to play on it when the book opened up to this tune, which is as good as any to my liking. I obviously model this version after Norman Blake's with Mick Maloney on tenor banjo from the "Nashville Blues" Album
Stormy Morning Orchestra
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"Mean Old Timer, He's got grey hair, Mean Old Timer he just don't care
Got no compassion, thinks its a sin
All he does is sit around an play the Mandolin"
Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Big Sciota
Big Sandy river
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Lost Girl.
Cary Fagan
Lost Girl - Stripling Brothers definitely on my list.
Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Swallow Tail reel, on the double octave octave, on the front porch, on a Sunday morning
Stormy Morning Orchestra
My YouTube Channel
"Mean Old Timer, He's got grey hair, Mean Old Timer he just don't care
Got no compassion, thinks its a sin
All he does is sit around an play the Mandolin"
"Twin Sisters"
Cary Fagan
Jonah in the Windstorm.
Half Past Four
Explore some of my published music here.
—Jim
Sierra F5 #30 (2005)
Altman 2-point (2007)
Portuguese fado cittern (1965)
Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Yes, Jim Garber, both are standout tunes for me as well. I seem to be focusing a lot of attention lately on the deep wealth of C tunes composed in the basic style of traditional jazz and often heard by jugbands both old and new. Jonah in the windstorm is of the same scalar tradition as Old Cow Crossing the Road, Old Joe, pikes peak, banks of the Kaney, Lynchburg Town to name just a few.
Half past four I first heard Played by a band mate in the pre-covid days when I was an active member of the Pacific Northwest contra dance scene. I took it up recently, soon after picking up Cherokee Shuffle, both of which I’d put in the bag of melodic tunes usually played bluegrass style but with an old time origin. Like a bluegrass soloist, I tend to deconstruct these melodies via improvising, but with more of a jazz-inspired pallet than the usual bluegrass styling.
Explore some of my published music here.
—Jim
Sierra F5 #30 (2005)
Altman 2-point (2007)
Portuguese fado cittern (1965)
Jim N: I assume that you are talking about the style of the Jonah tune. Do you play it in C or in the usual D key?
Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
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