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Any banjo players out there?

Adventures with 'other' instruments...

David I saw a vid of your 1973 box banjo over @ Cig Box Nation...nice box & sounds great! No wonder you build such beautiful instruments!...that's a long time...there's not too much good to be said about getting old...but getting good at your job is one of 'em!So I got my new/old banjo goin'....ended up putting a piece of brass over the fingerboard to brighten up the sound of the 1st string. I recorded a couple of vids today & I would share them with you if you please?I learned Watermelon on the Vine from a Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers record....great Georgia band from the 1920's! When I got my banjo to where it was playable the 1st song it wanted to play was this tune...I couldn't think of the title....after I recorded it my son asked me "what tune is that?" & it came to me....it's Nashville Blues, a Earl Scruggs tune. I don't play it in the right style or the right key/mode but it's Nashville Blues allright! Thx for whatching!

Any banjo players out there?

Adventures with 'other' instruments...

He didn't build Robin..he bought from somewhere.I'm still working on it...can't get volume out of the 1st string....just kinda goes thump....little frustrating. Robin Thompson said:

Did Rodney build the banjo, Randy?
The work you've done looks real nice.

Any banjo players out there?

Adventures with 'other' instruments...

Here's what I been doin the last couple days.[IMG] http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i227/randyadams/Picture8.jpg [/IMG]My brother Rodney gave me this banjo a while back & at first I played it and liked it but...it had frets....and a long scale. So yesterday I removed the frets, sanded her down, glued a veneer on the fingerboard, cut 3.5" out of the neck made a 22.5" scale....I like to tune in A & D.....it cracks now!....& I think I got it to where I won't get slivers when I'm playin it!... : )....I'm hoping this banjo will call to me...ya know....think of a song & know right away this is the perfect banjo to play it on.....get in the rotation so to speak.This might be fun!

Any banjo players out there?

Adventures with 'other' instruments...

Glad to hear you got the banjo going Foggers. I'm sure that Countryman will make a fine banjo for you.The banjo & dulcimer are the same for me...I play the exact same notes on both & approach them the same way on most tunes.... a few tunes are instrument specific.

Any banjo players out there?

Adventures with 'other' instruments...

So hows it goin Foggers? Learnin how to make banjo noise?... : )... Havin fun?

Any banjo players out there?

Adventures with 'other' instruments...

Here Foggers check out this lady....she plays slow & clear & credits DD instructions. I like her rythym....& check out her other u-tubes..... http://www.youtube.com/groundhogpeggy

Dulcimer or Guitar?

General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

I mostly play old time music....couple of Irish tunes played w/old time beat....few classical tunes. Even tho I play the OT tunes I can't limit myself to 1 playing style. I love to play the noter drone way...& have been stuck on it for a year or so....but to me not all the tunes I wanna play sound good thataway.....how ya gonna play Staten Island Hornpipe n/d for instance....& not all the tunes I wanna play fit in a diatonic fret configuration.I like to flatpick fiddle tunes...pretty much note for note....& also like to play fiddle tunes...& other melodies....in a melody approxamation/chordal style.I am tickled when I get a melody in mind & it fits into a way I play the dulcimer. And even tho I take about 3 approaches to playing some tunes just don't fit for me on the dulcimer. I don't play slow tunes very well...or waltzes.I could learn some new techniques but am not motivated at this time.The diversity of the dulcimer is a wonderful thing & I enjoy listening to others play in so many different ways.