What are you working on after Antietam? (2014) - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-29T00:59:48Zhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/what-are-you-working-on-after-antietam-2014?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A115600&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi, All: Is anyone near Delaw…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-07-28:2477478:Comment:1163712014-07-28T12:11:25.480ZRoberta Perkinshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/RobertaPerkins
<p>Hi, All: Is anyone near Delaware? I see several members have gotten together to practice music from Antietam gathering. I have invited Wes to bring his banjo, when he visits Ft Delaware. I hope to play Briggs Corn Shuckin Jig with him. The next piece I will tackle is Jim Along Josey or Boston Jig... It is good to see what everyone is working on.</p>
<p>Hi, All: Is anyone near Delaware? I see several members have gotten together to practice music from Antietam gathering. I have invited Wes to bring his banjo, when he visits Ft Delaware. I hope to play Briggs Corn Shuckin Jig with him. The next piece I will tackle is Jim Along Josey or Boston Jig... It is good to see what everyone is working on.</p> .Trying to get together with…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-07-28:2477478:Comment:1164582014-07-28T04:02:12.751ZBarbara Mullinhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/BarbaraMullin
.Trying to get together with a friend learning fiddle to play Old Dan Tucker and maybe Boston Jig..?..<br />
I'm enjoying running through the tabbed tunes in Tim's spiral book, with varying degrees of success....depending on the alignment of the stars?? :-) ...practicing the 'thumb' tunes and the tricky first string pull off in the tune I can't remember the name of. Had a lesson with Paul Draper last week and learned Circus jig and Hornpipe..... something or other..... fun tunes...! I'm always up for…
.Trying to get together with a friend learning fiddle to play Old Dan Tucker and maybe Boston Jig..?..<br />
I'm enjoying running through the tabbed tunes in Tim's spiral book, with varying degrees of success....depending on the alignment of the stars?? :-) ...practicing the 'thumb' tunes and the tricky first string pull off in the tune I can't remember the name of. Had a lesson with Paul Draper last week and learned Circus jig and Hornpipe..... something or other..... fun tunes...! I'm always up for a slow jam ... Brian and I are working on Bo…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-07-27:2477478:Comment:1164502014-07-27T14:33:20.508ZStrumeliahttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Strumelia
<p>Brian and I are working on Boston Jig and Grapevine Twist now, got those two at least added into our practice list regularly. Just gotta smooth them out so I don't flub up so often, and Brian is starting to figure out some nice fiddlish things to go with them.</p>
<p>Brian and I are working on Boston Jig and Grapevine Twist now, got those two at least added into our practice list regularly. Just gotta smooth them out so I don't flub up so often, and Brian is starting to figure out some nice fiddlish things to go with them.</p> Andy, I would think working w…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-07-15:2477478:Comment:1160782014-07-15T14:33:21.214ZStrumeliahttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Strumelia
<p>Andy, I would think working with that Barbershop harmony group would develop skills that would spill over into all your music pursuits. Go for it! </p>
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<p>I went to an oldtime music camping/gathering this weekend in MA, and ran into Barbara Mullin again (hi Barbara!)- we've become banjo buddies through BlackCreek, Antietam, and now Harry Smith gathering. Unfortunately I wasn't there long enough to do much playing at all, but Barbara and I did actually manage to play just…</p>
<p>Andy, I would think working with that Barbershop harmony group would develop skills that would spill over into all your music pursuits. Go for it! </p>
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<p>I went to an oldtime music camping/gathering this weekend in MA, and ran into Barbara Mullin again (hi Barbara!)- we've become banjo buddies through BlackCreek, Antietam, and now Harry Smith gathering. Unfortunately I wasn't there long enough to do much playing at all, but Barbara and I did actually manage to play just <span style="text-decoration: underline;">two</span> minstrel tunes together before I ran off to a contra dance- and one of those tunes was <strong>Boston Jig</strong>, which she plays better than I can yet. That was a tune Barbara shared with me that was being handed out at Antietam (by whom?). I had assumed from its title that it would be a total Irish-y tune and therefore I had just put it in my pile. But Barabara turned me onto it at antietam and I really like playing it. Trying to get Brian to fiddle on it with me. I'm still stumbling on it but it's fun to practice, so that's half the battle. :)</p> Mark that's stupendous!tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-07-13:2477478:Comment:1160582014-07-13T22:36:21.872ZStrumeliahttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Strumelia
<p>Mark that's <em>stupendous!</em></p>
<p>Mark that's <em>stupendous!</em></p> The harmony part to Puff The…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-07-13:2477478:Comment:1158352014-07-13T18:18:56.142ZMark Weemshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/MarkKellyWeems
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3106294311?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3106294311?profile=original" width="337"></img></a> The harmony part to <strong>Puff The Magic Dragon</strong> to sing with the song's author Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary fame. I mean, c'mon, you can't play banjo all the time right? From Traditional Song Week at the Swannanoa Gathering in N.C. where lot's of fun was had this past…</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3106294311?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3106294311?profile=original" width="337"/></a>The harmony part to <strong>Puff The Magic Dragon</strong> to sing with the song's author Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary fame. I mean, c'mon, you can't play banjo all the time right? From Traditional Song Week at the Swannanoa Gathering in N.C. where lot's of fun was had this past week.</p> I'd love to see a video of th…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-07-09:2477478:Comment:1157242014-07-09T16:12:52.619ZStrumeliahttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Strumelia
<p>I'd love to see a video of that John. :)<br/> <br/> <cite>John Masciale said:</cite></p>
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<p>I'd love to see a video of that John. :)<br/> <br/> <cite>John Masciale said:</cite></p>
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</blockquote> The weekend is always over to…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-07-09:2477478:Comment:1157992014-07-09T15:57:33.468ZAndy Chasehttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/anchase
<p>The weekend is always over too quickly! There were too many people I didn't get to chat with, too few tunes played.<br></br><br></br>What am I working on? I'm hoping to up my game a little bit in the next year or so. (I say this to myself every year!) Maybe find somewhere to busk and crash some local open mics with something completely different; I'm generally OK with getting up and playing in front of people but haven't done enough of it to develop any kind of audience rapport, and I'd like to…</p>
<p>The weekend is always over too quickly! There were too many people I didn't get to chat with, too few tunes played.<br/><br/>What am I working on? I'm hoping to up my game a little bit in the next year or so. (I say this to myself every year!) Maybe find somewhere to busk and crash some local open mics with something completely different; I'm generally OK with getting up and playing in front of people but haven't done enough of it to develop any kind of audience rapport, and I'd like to work on that. The other thing I keep threatening to do is get comfortable singing, then work on singing and playing at the same time... I'm actually thinking about checking out the local chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society. This may also be the year that I buckle down and record/release at least an EP's worth of tracks.<br/><br/>And finally, I'm also venturing into classic style banjo territory. I'd been interested even before AEBG, but thanks to Clarke and Greg's performances I now have a bee in my bonnet.<br/><br/>In general, I hope to focus a little more regularly on music in the coming year; In a couple of months I'll be mostly free of a commitment that's tied up a whole lot of my time for the last 6 years, so hopefully I won't fall back into my "stop playing for a couple of months at a time then practice frantically as an event approaches" pattern.</p> Working on the clock chimes. …tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-07-09:2477478:Comment:1157962014-07-09T14:13:58.579ZJohn Mascialehttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/JohnMasciale
<p>Working on the clock chimes. We've got an 1863 agricultural fair coming up this weekend and it would be perfect for the fair. </p>
<p>Working on the clock chimes. We've got an 1863 agricultural fair coming up this weekend and it would be perfect for the fair. </p> It was a real pleasure being…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-07-09:2477478:Comment:1157232014-07-09T10:35:06.264ZBarbara Mullinhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/BarbaraMullin
<p>It was a real pleasure being part of the gathering of such a welcoming, friendly and talented! group. </p>
<p>Looking forward to meeting again.</p>
<p>It was a real pleasure being part of the gathering of such a welcoming, friendly and talented! group. </p>
<p>Looking forward to meeting again.</p>