Gumbo Chaff - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-28T10:33:34Zhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/gumbo-chaff?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A105803&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSimilar to how there was no "…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-02-18:2477478:Comment:1072362014-02-18T15:37:45.218ZStrumeliahttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Strumelia
<p>Similar to how there was no "mountain dulcimer music" before the 1950-60s 'revival'. People just played music they liked. On instruments.</p>
<p>Similar to how there was no "mountain dulcimer music" before the 1950-60s 'revival'. People just played music they liked. On instruments.</p> Ha ha...good one Al. Al Smit…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-02-18:2477478:Comment:1072352014-02-18T00:39:06.489ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>Ha ha...good one Al.<br/> <br/> <cite>Al Smitley said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/gumbo-chaff?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A107029&xg_source=activity#2477478Comment107029"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>If there's a cat in question, I can guarantee it's not Tims.</p>
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<p>Ha ha...good one Al.<br/> <br/> <cite>Al Smitley said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/gumbo-chaff?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A107029&xg_source=activity#2477478Comment107029"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>If there's a cat in question, I can guarantee it's not Tims.</p>
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</blockquote> If there's a cat in question,…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-02-18:2477478:Comment:1070292014-02-18T00:23:01.457ZAl Smitleyhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/AlSmitley
<p>If there's a cat in question, I can guarantee it's not Tims.</p>
<p>If there's a cat in question, I can guarantee it's not Tims.</p> What I am saying here is that…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-02-18:2477478:Comment:1070282014-02-18T00:15:39.954ZWes Merchanthttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/WesMerchant
<p>What I am saying here is that most of these tunes were songs published just a few years before Howe put this book as Tim says the hot songs of the day. (see Below) The later tutors incorporate things like Fishers Hornpipe, Money Musk, the Grapevine Twist, the Camptown Hornpipe etc, which are more strictly instrumental pieces.…</p>
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<p>What I am saying here is that most of these tunes were songs published just a few years before Howe put this book as Tim says the hot songs of the day. (see Below) The later tutors incorporate things like Fishers Hornpipe, Money Musk, the Grapevine Twist, the Camptown Hornpipe etc, which are more strictly instrumental pieces.</p>
<p><a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mussm:@FIELD(SUBJ+@band(+Ethiopian+Serenaders+))" target="_blank">http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mussm:@FIELD(SUBJ+@band(+Ethiopian+Serenaders+))</a></p>
<p><a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mussm:@FIELD(SUBJ+@band(+Christy's+Minstrels+))" target="_blank">http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mussm:@FIELD(SUBJ+@band(+Christy's+Minstrels+))</a></p> ah! ok...pretty funny!
tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-02-17:2477478:Comment:1070242014-02-17T22:43:18.474ZNicholas A Bechtelhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/NicholasABechtel
<p>ah! ok...pretty funny!</p>
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<p>ah! ok...pretty funny!</p>
<p></p> Just an internet Kool Kat. …tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-02-17:2477478:Comment:1070232014-02-17T22:39:51.077ZStrumeliahttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Strumelia
<p>Just an internet Kool Kat. ;D</p>
<p>Just an internet Kool Kat. ;D</p> OMG I can't stop laughing. W…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-02-17:2477478:Comment:1070202014-02-17T22:35:10.789ZNicholas A Bechtelhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/NicholasABechtel
<p>OMG I can't stop laughing. Who's cat is this? Is this your Tim or is this your cat Strumelia</p>
<p>OMG I can't stop laughing. Who's cat is this? Is this your Tim or is this your cat Strumelia</p> Wes--Many years ago I played…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-02-17:2477478:Comment:1073382014-02-17T21:38:41.769ZRob Morrisonhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/RobertRMorrison
<p>Wes--Many years ago I played with a string band at a care home where many residents were in their 80's and 90's. I was amazed to find that people were singing along to the tunes we were playing. It seems that many of the old fiddle tunes had words. An obvious example is "Arkansas Traveler."</p>
<p>Wes--Many years ago I played with a string band at a care home where many residents were in their 80's and 90's. I was amazed to find that people were singing along to the tunes we were playing. It seems that many of the old fiddle tunes had words. An obvious example is "Arkansas Traveler."</p> And so I look it up and Jim C…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-02-17:2477478:Comment:1072332014-02-17T21:10:10.402ZWes Merchanthttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/WesMerchant
<p>And so I look it up and Jim Crow Polka is a song too.</p>
<p>And so I look it up and Jim Crow Polka is a song too.</p> One thing that I was noticing…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-02-17:2477478:Comment:1072462014-02-17T21:06:39.866ZWes Merchanthttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/WesMerchant
<p>One thing that I was noticing, and Tim's reference to the Glee Book reminded me of this, is that these seem to be mainly songs. The only one that seems to be a strictly a dance tune is the Jim Crow Polka. Now that's not to say that they couldn't have been played as instrumentals, but I think it does differentiate it from the later tutors that include jigs, jigs reels and hornpipes that would be used for social dancing.</p>
<p>One thing that I was noticing, and Tim's reference to the Glee Book reminded me of this, is that these seem to be mainly songs. The only one that seems to be a strictly a dance tune is the Jim Crow Polka. Now that's not to say that they couldn't have been played as instrumentals, but I think it does differentiate it from the later tutors that include jigs, jigs reels and hornpipes that would be used for social dancing.</p>