Who here picks Big Sciota?

[mandolirius]

No worries, Alan! We all have our days when we need to rant a bit. Gonna have to check out that Nygaard album, also. Thanks for the tip mandolirius!

Welcome. It's part of a medley, so it's frustratingly short if you're trying to learn it.

[John Gardinsky]

Always has a silent "C" whether you rhyme it with iota or coyote. So, "sigh-oh-tuh" or "sigh-oh-tee". The "sigh-oh-tee" is the hillbilly variant...Now I just need to learn the rascal.

[Earl Gamage]

To answer the op, I play it. I learned it from Joe Carr's book "Bluegrass Classics" which I think is great. Joe's on a mission to get stuff out there that us less than world class players have a chance to sound decent on.

I believe it's not played at jams because you have to know the chord progression. You're really not going to play it by ear, I'm not saying it's hard, it's just not your typical easy three chord cabin song.

Thanks for the reminder to practice it since I never get to play it at a jam.

[Dale Ludewig]

Is it less played at jams than say "Blackberry Blossom", which has not just the pesky Em of BS (!?) but the Bm added also? Not to mention the quite rapid chord changes? Not to derail the OP's question, but I do think it's relevant. Sort of.

[AlanN]

Agreed, it's not as simple as some others, but once you got it, heck, you got it!

Dale, you pick BB with a Bm as the chord after the 3 measures of Em? Kewl, nice alt to the dom7.

[MikeEdgerton]

..... And when the E minor comes along.....

Gasp.... a minor?

Alan knows where I play

[AlanN]

Mike, tell them guys to NUT UP!! and do the Jersey Bounce!

[Rosemary Philips]

Always has a silent "C" whether you rhyme it with iota or coyote. So, "sigh-oh-tuh" or "sigh-oh-tee". The "sigh-oh-tee" is the hillbilly variant...Now I just need to learn the rascal.

John, John, John--a little more pickin' and a little less of that fancy book learning'...

[re simmers]

Alan,

I learned it from a guitar picker about 6 months ago. I love it. I like to motor along pretty good. It has sort of a "Big Country" drive to it.......to me anyhow.

I haven't heard a recording of it yet, but the guitar player learned it from a Russ Barenberg recording.

Jam sessions are for jamming & learning/teaching each other. Youtube is for sitting at home alone, and checking out about 5 different versions of the same tune in order to get some ideas.....IMHO.

Bob

[AlanN]

Cool, Bob. I pick that bad boy just about every morning. One time, jammed on that with Wayne B. on the bus, he on mine and me on his.

[DerTiefster]

Rob, you are correct, sir. ... I derailed the topic a bit to rant, my bad....

Alan, to tell the truth, when I read your "rant" I thought you were elaborating about what you had meant to ask in the first post. I thought it perfectly reasonable to explain what kinds of answers that you, as the O.P., were trying to prompt. I have enjoyed all of the responses. I just wanted you to know that you didn't come across to -me- as a curmudgeon. Of course, maybe that's because you looked mild compared with that guy I keep seeing in my mirror?...

[Mike Thomas]

Mike, I couldn't agree more. Big Sciota is a tune that can be played fast, but really sounds great at a slower tempo. It's a tune that is almost a song. Alan Jabour does this one really nice.

[John Gardinsky]

John, John, John--a little more pickin' and a little less of that fancy book learning'...

Yes, sir. I just felt obliged to iron out the linguistic differences seein' how I am from the state the Sciota resides in. I have crossed it more than a few times. Now if you post your take on this tune I may just learn enough to post one myself...

[DerTiefster]

ooooohhhh....a -challenge- in the makin'. I'm looking forward to hearing both sides of -this- argument. Dueling Sciotas?

[Rosemary Philips]

Yes, sir. I just felt obliged to iron out the linguistic differences seein' how I am from the state the Sciota resides in. I have crossed it more than a few times. Now if you post your take on this tune I may just learn enough to post one myself...

Hi John. It's me, Rosemary, from mando camp. I'm not a "sir," although I do appreciate the respect

I'm working on the tune and maybe, just maybe, I'll post my take on it...

[doc holiday]

I'm pretty sure Sam B, picks it w/ Russ B on Skip, Hop, Wobble.....& the also incomparable John R, picks it with Scott N....
How can you lose with either of those teams??

[John Gardinsky]

Ahh, Miss Rosemary. So you're the heckler... Please do post a video, I could use the motivation to learn this one.

[jim simpson]

Big Sciota was recorded in the 70's by the Hutchison Brothers based out of Barnesville, Ohio. John (J.D.) Hutchison had a number of his songs recorded by Hot Rize, Tim O'Brien occasionally played fiddle with them.
Our band (Cabin Fever String Band) performs their arraingment of the song.

[John Gardinsky]

Big Sciota on a rainy day...

[Rosemary Philips]

Wow--that's really beautiful, John! I like that arrangement a lot. Um, does this mean I have to learn it now?

Rosemary

[John Gardinsky]

Yep.

[Scotti Adams]

Nice John


I just passed over the Big Scioti twice on Wednesday

[Markus]

That's really nice playing, John, it goes down smooth.

Very sweet sounding mandolin, too.

[DerTiefster]

Very nicely done Big Sciota. The computer I generally use doesn't support the more recent Flash releases, and I don't really want to update the O.S. Would it be possible for you to post the source file from your youtube post? This machine can display various formats, but the flash executable requires dynamically linked libraries not resident here. Had to use Machines of Others to listen to your Red Diamond Big Sciota, but you're forcing me to learn that tune.

Did you do a little "Lone Arranger" work of your own or is that a standard? And, as a related but different question, is the version you played posted somewhere?

[John Gardinsky]

I took a tefiew tab by Mike Stangeland of Howdy Forester's version, stripped the melody down and added some open string drones.