Winner's New Primer

[Tim Twiss]

I am posting a few tunes from the overlooked Winner's New Primer of 1864. It is an excellent source of material, but not as commonly used as all the others. Anybody who is game for this, play some or all, and post them this weekend. In addition, post your fingerings. That is the quircky thing about this book...the lack of fingerings. I'm certain we will have some different approaches...and some may be quite similar. These are simple, but subtle. They are a great addition to anybody's Stroke Style development.
See ya all this weekend. How about a "Saturday Evening Post"?.

[Tim Twiss]

One more tune (2 songs on this page)

[Tim Twiss]

I'm finding much of this to very "Rice" like in finding good fingerings....lots of thumb

[Tim Twiss]

I posted video and music with fingerings this afternoon. Although this came quite a bit after the Rice Book, I found myself using a lot of thumb in the same spirit of execution. Plenty of room for Converse planting combinations and hammer strokes. Just my take on it.

[Greg Adams]

Here's my contribution with fingerings!

Tim Twiss said:

I posted video and music with fingerings this afternoon. Although this came quite a bit after the Rice Book, I found myself using a lot of thumb in the same spirit of execution. Plenty of room for Converse planting combinations and hammer strokes. Just my take on it.

[Tim Twiss]

Hey, just thought I'd kick in a few comments before I leave for the evening. I enjoyed doing this. I think that with some small exceptions, the approach was quite similar. We both played in a more "demonstrative" mode than "performance"mode. The fingerings were pretty much the same, but I put a few more thumb strokes in spots where it could easily go either way. I favor the Converse "combination movements" and "hammer strokes" where applicable, but that is my own preference. I am noticing Greg, how your hand bends at the knuckle joint to strike the string. Very classial guitar like, but with the opposite motion. The plane of the top of your hand stays very steady. One of the coolest things about this style is that everybody sounds a little different ...due to individuality of each instrument, and variations on how we "hit it". This is so unlike a lot of other musical styles. I think this is partly what really attracts me to playing this music....loose but precise.

PS Greg....next weeks pick is yours!