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    I'm reacquainting myself to, "Twinkle Little Star."

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    Quote Originally Posted by fatt-dad View Post
    I'm reacquainting myself to, "Twinkle Little Star."

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    Great tune! I will do the same. Any particular version you are learning from?
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    Quote Originally Posted by John Ritchhart View Post
    Too many irons in the fire but....

    Flowers of Edinburgh
    Chinquapin Hunting
    Those are both on my to-do list. I learned Chinquapin Hunting last year on guitar and really like it but haven't found anyone to play it with. Just learned Flowers of Edinburgh on mandolin last weekend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Garber View Post
    Great tune! I will do the same. Any particular version you are learning from?
    mandolin fakebook version. I do have a recording of Wayne Henderson playing it. I just like to run that tune for my fingers. Plus it has a few interesting quirks that are fun to the ear!

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    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.
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    Puddle Jumper, by Ray Legere. It's like Leather Britches, buf different.

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    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

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    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.

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    Old Bob.
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    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..


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    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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    Oak Ridge Stomp. My version is mostly from Rhys Jones' fiddle.

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    Foxy, Sonny Rollins.
    Not all the clams are at the beach

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    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


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    Quote Originally Posted by fatt-dad View Post
    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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    Cool. I love this vocal version of this Finnish folk song.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill McCall View Post
    Foxy, Sonny Rollins.
    Nice! I'm working on Miles Davis' All Glues.

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    Big Sciota
    Big Sandy river
    Whiskey Before Breakfast

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    Lost Girl.

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    Lost Girl - Stripling Brothers definitely on my list.
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    Swallow Tail reel, on the double octave octave, on the front porch, on a Sunday morning

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    "Twin Sisters"
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    Jonah in the Windstorm.
    Half Past Four
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    Jonah in the Windstorm.
    Half Past Four
    Two of my favorites!
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    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.
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    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?
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