Sweet Sunny South tab - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-29T10:56:46Zhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/sweet-sunny-south-tab?xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI do feel his connection to t…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-29:2477478:Comment:1313292015-07-29T16:31:28.385ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>I do feel his connection to that style in his music. That is why I am exploring it so much.</p>
<p>I do feel his connection to that style in his music. That is why I am exploring it so much.</p> Baur was, and ran with, minst…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-29:2477478:Comment:1314872015-07-29T16:13:00.231ZJoel Hookshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
Baur was, and ran with, minstrel era banjoists. He was a fan of the commercial music. I have no problem with classic era stage music as it was still being played as a part of minstrelsy. Additionally all the later era instruction as well as a good amount of sheet music includes pieces that refer to the minstrel era. It's pretty well documented. These guys liked to right things down.
Baur was, and ran with, minstrel era banjoists. He was a fan of the commercial music. I have no problem with classic era stage music as it was still being played as a part of minstrelsy. Additionally all the later era instruction as well as a good amount of sheet music includes pieces that refer to the minstrel era. It's pretty well documented. These guys liked to right things down. That Baur stuff I am doing...…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-29:2477478:Comment:1312222015-07-29T15:33:42.143ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>That Baur stuff I am doing...dated 1883. That stuff is certainly on the fringe. </p>
<p>That Baur stuff I am doing...dated 1883. That stuff is certainly on the fringe. </p> Some of us feel categories, s…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-29:2477478:Comment:1312212015-07-29T15:02:43.716ZStrumeliahttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Strumelia
<p>Some of us feel categories, styles, and history are not quite so tidy. :)</p>
<p>Some of us feel categories, styles, and history are not quite so tidy. :)</p> The crossover from one "genre…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-29:2477478:Comment:1313932015-07-29T14:59:31.534ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>The crossover from one "genre" or species of playing to another can be almost indiscernible. </p>
<p>The crossover from one "genre" or species of playing to another can be almost indiscernible. </p> Hi Joel,
Thanks for the remin…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-29:2477478:Comment:1313252015-07-29T14:50:49.757ZRichard Katzhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Richardkatz
Hi Joel,<br />
Thanks for the reminder. I appreciate this site and will keep my discussions related to Minstrel banjo in the future.<br />
Got a little off track.
Hi Joel,<br />
Thanks for the reminder. I appreciate this site and will keep my discussions related to Minstrel banjo in the future.<br />
Got a little off track. Hi Richard, One thing to kee…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-29:2477478:Comment:1313922015-07-29T11:04:05.075ZJoel Hookshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>Hi Richard, One thing to keep in mind is that the focus of this group was started to discuss "early banjo." Early banjo as we know it (or "Minstrel Banjo" because it was used in minstrelsy) was predominately (or exclusively?) a commercial music. As is, there is very little to do with folk styles like "old time" and all the various scordatura that is characteristic of that music.</p>
<p>While the banjo hangout has a very active "old time" banjo discussion group (and sometimes is welcoming…</p>
<p>Hi Richard, One thing to keep in mind is that the focus of this group was started to discuss "early banjo." Early banjo as we know it (or "Minstrel Banjo" because it was used in minstrelsy) was predominately (or exclusively?) a commercial music. As is, there is very little to do with folk styles like "old time" and all the various scordatura that is characteristic of that music.</p>
<p>While the banjo hangout has a very active "old time" banjo discussion group (and sometimes is welcoming to discussions of early banjo as an influence on "old time") this is the only group that focuses on this genre of banjo music.</p>
<p>It is difficult to find a way to remind participants of this without sounding "elitist" so please don't take it that way.</p>
<p>It has, and is, very attractive to "old time" banjoists looking for either and extension or justification of what they play. It is also appealing because of the "folky" nature of hand made gourd instruments (modern revisionist concepts with five strings). But it differs greatly in that the banjo started and remained a commercially popular instrument until it lost public favor. It is during that commercial success of roughly 1840s-1880s that we are (were when we started) focused here.</p>
<p>The Classic Banjo ning site picks up where this one leaves off focusing on roughly the late 1870s to today with a concentrated focus on the late 1890s-1930s.</p>
<p><br/> <cite>Richard Katz said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/sweet-sunny-south-tab?xg_source=activity#2477478Comment131481"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">Well, thanks for all the advice. I finally sounded it out in dGDF#A tuning. Just adding some picking to the melody line now.<br/> Right now as a beginner, I am trying to learn tunes that stay in the same tuning for convience sake and so as to not confuse me too much. I have 14 tunes under my belt so far, so I am happy with my progress. My favorites are; Old Dan Tucker, Prince's Jig, Boston Jig, Rattlesnake Jig, Corn Shuckin' Jig, and Old King Crow.<br/> I am learnign remotely "without a master" as there are no Minstrel banjoists nearby.<br/> Many thanks to Tim Twiss and Paul Draper for their expertise and assistance.</div>
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</blockquote> I'm pretty sure that he is pl…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-29:2477478:Comment:1314842015-07-29T10:44:31.544ZJoel Hookshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>I'm pretty sure that he is playing from the version I referenced.<br/> <br/> <cite>CA Prieto said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/sweet-sunny-south-tab?xg_source=activity#2477478Comment131320"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Clarke Buehling has a version called 'take me home' which is the same song but it's kinda happily strummed and isn't too strokey sounding on his cd 'out of his gourd' Might help, might not.</p>
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<p>I'm pretty sure that he is playing from the version I referenced.<br/> <br/> <cite>CA Prieto said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/sweet-sunny-south-tab?xg_source=activity#2477478Comment131320"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Clarke Buehling has a version called 'take me home' which is the same song but it's kinda happily strummed and isn't too strokey sounding on his cd 'out of his gourd' Might help, might not.</p>
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</blockquote> Well, thanks for all the advi…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-29:2477478:Comment:1314812015-07-29T02:22:38.050ZRichard Katzhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Richardkatz
Well, thanks for all the advice. I finally sounded it out in dGDF#A tuning. Just adding some picking to the melody line now.<br />
Right now as a beginner, I am trying to learn tunes that stay in the same tuning for convience sake and so as to not confuse me too much. I have 14 tunes under my belt so far, so I am happy with my progress. My favorites are; Old Dan Tucker, Prince's Jig, Boston Jig, Rattlesnake Jig, Corn Shuckin' Jig, and Old King Crow.<br />
I am learnign remotely "without a master" as there…
Well, thanks for all the advice. I finally sounded it out in dGDF#A tuning. Just adding some picking to the melody line now.<br />
Right now as a beginner, I am trying to learn tunes that stay in the same tuning for convience sake and so as to not confuse me too much. I have 14 tunes under my belt so far, so I am happy with my progress. My favorites are; Old Dan Tucker, Prince's Jig, Boston Jig, Rattlesnake Jig, Corn Shuckin' Jig, and Old King Crow.<br />
I am learnign remotely "without a master" as there are no Minstrel banjoists nearby.<br />
Many thanks to Tim Twiss and Paul Draper for their expertise and assistance. Clarke Buehling has a version…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-29:2477478:Comment:1313202015-07-29T02:10:38.369ZChris Prietohttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/caprieto
<p>Clarke Buehling has a version called 'take me home' which is the same song but it's kinda happily strummed and isn't too strokey sounding on his cd 'out of his gourd' Might help, might not.</p>
<p>Clarke Buehling has a version called 'take me home' which is the same song but it's kinda happily strummed and isn't too strokey sounding on his cd 'out of his gourd' Might help, might not.</p>