Tim Twiss's Posts - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-29T00:02:54ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwisshttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3143270507?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=3mupqyvk0cd8l&xn_auth=noNotes for the Walk Roundtag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-11-29:2477478:BlogPost:1347462015-11-29T03:27:22.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>Here is the music for Winans' Walk Round. It was fun to pay tribute to him</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149390721?profile=original" target="_self">Winans%27%20Walk%20Round%20-%20Full%20Score.pdf</a></p>
<p>Here is the music for Winans' Walk Round. It was fun to pay tribute to him</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149390721?profile=original" target="_self">Winans%27%20Walk%20Round%20-%20Full%20Score.pdf</a></p>Early Banjo Downloadstag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-02-23:2477478:BlogPost:1238772015-02-23T14:13:14.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>I have been working hard on my download site, and here is where it is so far. 15 Cd's covering ALL the Early Banjo material for $5.00 ( and a Ning discount on top of that - Code is Ning25 ) as well as digiitzed documents. I have the Early Banjo Primer, which is your guide to getting started. As I always claim, that book is not my own original thought, but rather an alignment of the exisitng concepts that communicate the style of play.…</p>
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<p>I have been working hard on my download site, and here is where it is so far. 15 Cd's covering ALL the Early Banjo material for $5.00 ( and a Ning discount on top of that - Code is Ning25 ) as well as digiitzed documents. I have the Early Banjo Primer, which is your guide to getting started. As I always claim, that book is not my own original thought, but rather an alignment of the exisitng concepts that communicate the style of play.</p>
<p><a href="http://store.payloadz.com/results/Results.aspx?keywords=twiss%20banjo">http://store.payloadz.com/results/Results.aspx?keywords=twiss%20banjo</a></p>
<p>Go here to see them all at once. This Payloadz site has been a dream come true. I plan on pumping out masses of material, both audio and tab, so this seems a good way to do it. The price will remain reasonable to make it real affordable. I want it to be dynamic and always filled with new stuff. I don't mind offering freebies, but a spiff for the effort and organization seems reasonable. Feed back??? Is 5 bucks or less a pop worth it? I am trying to adjust my pricing accordingly.</p>Disount codetag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-02-15:2477478:BlogPost:1234952015-02-15T02:49:30.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>This is good for a month. Pass the word.</p>
<p>Ning25 gets you 25% off.</p>
<p>This is good for a month. Pass the word.</p>
<p>Ning25 gets you 25% off.</p>Download Discounttag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-02-15:2477478:BlogPost:1235722015-02-15T02:48:29.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>All my recordings of the Early Banjo Books are here at Payoadz</p>
<p><a href="http://store.payloadz.com/results/Results.aspx?keywords=twiss">http://store.payloadz.com/results/Results.aspx?keywords=twiss</a></p>
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<p>I have entered a discount for my friends at Ning for an additional discount of 25%.</p>
<p>Take advantage of this to get your Briggs, Buckley, Rice, Winners, and Converse.</p>
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<p>All my recordings of the Early Banjo Books are here at Payoadz</p>
<p><a href="http://store.payloadz.com/results/Results.aspx?keywords=twiss">http://store.payloadz.com/results/Results.aspx?keywords=twiss</a></p>
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<p>I have entered a discount for my friends at Ning for an additional discount of 25%.</p>
<p>Take advantage of this to get your Briggs, Buckley, Rice, Winners, and Converse.</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149390777?profile=original" target="_self">Winner%27s%201864%20Tunes.pdf</a></p>
<p>Here are the titles for the tunes in this book</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149390777?profile=original" target="_self">Winner%27s%201864%20Tunes.pdf</a></p>
<p>Here are the titles for the tunes in this book</p>Tunes, memory, and insanitytag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-08-30:2477478:BlogPost:1177522014-08-30T04:24:53.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>The darndest thing happened tonight. I was sleuthing out tunes in Kerr's and came across one I liked. It was the Zig Zag Hornpipe. After I recorded it and put it up in Youtube, I realized that I had done it already some months earlier. I had no memory or recollection of it. I listened to it, and the interpretation was basically the same, with a minor fingering change. Still pondering what this means.......</p>
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<p>Anyway, I posted the new version. Has a pretty relaxed feel. Hope you…</p>
<p>The darndest thing happened tonight. I was sleuthing out tunes in Kerr's and came across one I liked. It was the Zig Zag Hornpipe. After I recorded it and put it up in Youtube, I realized that I had done it already some months earlier. I had no memory or recollection of it. I listened to it, and the interpretation was basically the same, with a minor fingering change. Still pondering what this means.......</p>
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<p>Anyway, I posted the new version. Has a pretty relaxed feel. Hope you like the tune.</p>Game Changertag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-07-16:2477478:BlogPost:1161702014-07-16T02:10:37.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>One thing that really turned my playing around was adjusting my nails. One day, I took a file and went down to the nub......never regretted it. You would think that you would lose sound, but instead I gained. I always file down short before I play.</p>
<p>It was a blasphemous change from my Classical guitar past.</p>
<p>One thing that really turned my playing around was adjusting my nails. One day, I took a file and went down to the nub......never regretted it. You would think that you would lose sound, but instead I gained. I always file down short before I play.</p>
<p>It was a blasphemous change from my Classical guitar past.</p>Kerr's in Breakout Grouptag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-06-16:2477478:BlogPost:1141992014-06-16T13:04:01.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>I posted a video of some tunes I will present in a small breakout group at AEBG. I'll have TAB there. These present interesting banjo opportunities, as does much of the book. They lay well, are pretty simple, and include many things that make the banjo fun....playing up high, pulls and slurs, double notes, Hammers and Strikes.</p>
<p>I posted a video of some tunes I will present in a small breakout group at AEBG. I'll have TAB there. These present interesting banjo opportunities, as does much of the book. They lay well, are pretty simple, and include many things that make the banjo fun....playing up high, pulls and slurs, double notes, Hammers and Strikes.</p>Track sheets for CDstag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-06-16:2477478:BlogPost:1142722014-06-16T00:56:49.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149390282?profile=original" target="_self">Buckley1868%20and%20Converse%201872.pdf</a></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149390399?profile=original" target="_self">Tutor%20Track%20Sheet.pdf</a></p>
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<p>Here are the tunes on the CDs</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149390282?profile=original" target="_self">Buckley1868%20and%20Converse%201872.pdf</a></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149390399?profile=original" target="_self">Tutor%20Track%20Sheet.pdf</a></p>
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<p>Here are the tunes on the CDs</p>Independencetag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-04-28:2477478:BlogPost:1121072014-04-28T00:00:00.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>Wes....thanks for sending the tune I tried it. What surrounds it.......?</p>
<p>Wes....thanks for sending the tune I tried it. What surrounds it.......?</p>Dobson'stag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-04-25:2477478:BlogPost:1117192014-04-25T01:02:10.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>Anyone going to AEBG that wants to try something a little different? Perhaps a duet with nice arranged parts? The Dobson "New System for the Banjo " has a few.</p>
<p>Anyone going to AEBG that wants to try something a little different? Perhaps a duet with nice arranged parts? The Dobson "New System for the Banjo " has a few.</p>Hangout Waltzestag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-04-16:2477478:BlogPost:1113182014-04-16T03:00:00.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>Voting is still open over on the Hangout. Go over there and help one of our guys win a Bell.</p>
<p>Voting is still open over on the Hangout. Go over there and help one of our guys win a Bell.</p>Soldier's Joytag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-03-19:2477478:BlogPost:1085562014-03-19T12:36:35.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>I wonder why this tune gets skipped over. I do not see many people do it.</p>
<p>I wonder why this tune gets skipped over. I do not see many people do it.</p>Bluegrass and Old Timetag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-02-11:2477478:BlogPost:1066132014-02-11T13:03:54.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p><a href="http://bluegrassnation.org/link_type/the-difference-between-bluegrass-old-time-and-celtic-bands-now-finally-explained/" target="_blank">http://bluegrassnation.org/link_type/the-difference-between-bluegrass-old-time-and-celtic-bands-now-finally-explained/…</a></p>
<p><a href="http://bluegrassnation.org/link_type/the-difference-between-bluegrass-old-time-and-celtic-bands-now-finally-explained/" target="_blank">http://bluegrassnation.org/link_type/the-difference-between-bluegrass-old-time-and-celtic-bands-now-finally-explained/</a><a href="http://bluegrassnation.org/link_type/the-difference-between-bluegrass-old-time-and-celtic-bands-now-finally-explained/">http://bluegrassnation.org/link_type/the-difference-between-bluegrass-old-time-and-celtic-bands-now-finally-explained/</a></p>
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<p>I thought this was pretty funny. Found it over on FB.</p>
<p></p>Topics...tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-02-10:2477478:BlogPost:1065912014-02-10T15:13:01.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>The whole thing about thumb strings developed from a discussion about repertoire and styles of Early Banjo. I hope someone wants to jump back in and discuss music. </p>
<p>The whole thing about thumb strings developed from a discussion about repertoire and styles of Early Banjo. I hope someone wants to jump back in and discuss music. </p>Early Banjo Booktag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-01-30:2477478:BlogPost:1058502014-01-30T14:30:00.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149390794?profile=original" target="_self"></a><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149390794?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149390794?profile=original" width="500"></img></a> Special on this Early Banjo book CD pack. It contains the essential material in tab from the <span>19th</span> Century instructional books on how to play Stroke Style banjo. Enhance your current skills...or try something brand new. It covers the moves, and does not…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149390794?profile=original" target="_self"></a><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149390794?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="500" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3149390794?profile=original"/></a>Special on this Early Banjo book CD pack. It contains the essential material in tab from the <span>19th</span> Century instructional books on how to play Stroke Style banjo. Enhance your current skills...or try something brand new. It covers the moves, and does not change the original text. It then moves into repertoire, with recorded versions to aid the ear. 20 songs.</p>
<p>For a short time, I am including my 2008 release "Grape Vine Twist". It contains 19 songs on a skin and gut banjo with added percussion. A real delight.</p>
<p>The price for both is $13.95......shipping included.</p>
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<p>Go to <a href="http://www.timtwiss.com">www.timtwiss.com</a></p>TONIGHTtag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-01-26:2477478:BlogPost:1055392014-01-26T00:17:28.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>What a great night. It is like..."The Saturday Evening Post"...ha ha</p>
<p>Almost like getting a live concert from around the country.</p>
<p>I love all the new music.....different twists everyone has.</p>
<p>What a great night. It is like..."The Saturday Evening Post"...ha ha</p>
<p>Almost like getting a live concert from around the country.</p>
<p>I love all the new music.....different twists everyone has.</p>BAMtag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-01-26:2477478:BlogPost:1053362014-01-26T00:01:38.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>And out of nowhere comes NOAH CLINE with a strong triple.</p>
<p>Go man! Sounds fabulous.</p>
<p>And out of nowhere comes NOAH CLINE with a strong triple.</p>
<p>Go man! Sounds fabulous.</p>Repertoire and Tutorstag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-01-24:2477478:BlogPost:1053552014-01-24T17:50:40.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>The more I study and play this material, the more I realize....that repertoire expands so far beyond the first books. While they give us insight as to what the source material was, and how things were arranged....we should never be limited to those books. If that genre had lasted longer...there could have been dozens upon dozens of books. It is open to any vocal piece or linear music you can fit onto the instrument.</p>
<p>The more I study and play this material, the more I realize....that repertoire expands so far beyond the first books. While they give us insight as to what the source material was, and how things were arranged....we should never be limited to those books. If that genre had lasted longer...there could have been dozens upon dozens of books. It is open to any vocal piece or linear music you can fit onto the instrument.</p>Kerr'stag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-01-23:2477478:BlogPost:1051242014-01-23T13:16:40.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>This resource continues to blow me away, with it's adaptability to the banjo. It's not just playing the notes from these pages, but creating some nice things within. You can make some cool things by thinking out the pulls and open string phrases. It becomes unique then. I'll post an example of a new find. I just sit down for pleasure every day and find another. With about 400 in each book, and 4 volumes.....I will not run dry for a LONG time. Not all keepers, but some are.</p>
<p>This resource continues to blow me away, with it's adaptability to the banjo. It's not just playing the notes from these pages, but creating some nice things within. You can make some cool things by thinking out the pulls and open string phrases. It becomes unique then. I'll post an example of a new find. I just sit down for pleasure every day and find another. With about 400 in each book, and 4 volumes.....I will not run dry for a LONG time. Not all keepers, but some are.</p>Key of F...tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-01-22:2477478:BlogPost:1051072014-01-22T14:21:04.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>What would YOU do??</p>
<p>If you get a piece of fiddle music in F? Which note do you reference as the thumb string?</p>
<p>What would YOU do??</p>
<p>If you get a piece of fiddle music in F? Which note do you reference as the thumb string?</p>Where Did You Come Fromtag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-01-16:2477478:BlogPost:1048982014-01-16T13:19:39.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>I revisited this one from the Rice book of 1858. It is so deceptive...try it and see where the beat falls. It seems to turn back around on you, depending upon where you place the beat. One of the coolest and overlooked songs.</p>
<p>I revisited this one from the Rice book of 1858. It is so deceptive...try it and see where the beat falls. It seems to turn back around on you, depending upon where you place the beat. One of the coolest and overlooked songs.</p>Got a "Little Yellow" booktag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-11-22:2477478:BlogPost:1028692013-11-22T12:25:17.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>The price was finally right...down from those crazy hundreds on ebay. Got the "Little Yellow" book for $75.00. I know we access them free, but I guess the chance to have and hold one of my own was irresistible. This is one I plan to reissue in standard notation anyway to avoid all the dialogue and page turning.</p>
<p>The price was finally right...down from those crazy hundreds on ebay. Got the "Little Yellow" book for $75.00. I know we access them free, but I guess the chance to have and hold one of my own was irresistible. This is one I plan to reissue in standard notation anyway to avoid all the dialogue and page turning.</p>I wonder...tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-11-18:2477478:BlogPost:1026572013-11-18T02:24:15.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>...you think early banjo players re-enacted? Ditched their way cool tensioned banjos, got a funky old gourds, and sat around in Revolutionary era clothing??</p>
<p>...you think early banjo players re-enacted? Ditched their way cool tensioned banjos, got a funky old gourds, and sat around in Revolutionary era clothing??</p>The "sound"tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-11-14:2477478:BlogPost:1022272013-11-14T15:05:01.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>Fascinating, just the pure sound of these unique banjos we have. No two are alike.....exactly. So many small variables make the instruments distinct, and couple that with the many touches and styles we have all developed...totally unique fingerprint for each person. This is part of what I enjoy about this.</p>
<p>Fascinating, just the pure sound of these unique banjos we have. No two are alike.....exactly. So many small variables make the instruments distinct, and couple that with the many touches and styles we have all developed...totally unique fingerprint for each person. This is part of what I enjoy about this.</p>Man on the Flying Trapezetag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-10-04:2477478:BlogPost:1004032013-10-04T00:11:59.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>No doubt, this song is a keeper. Played it today at it worked well.</p>
<p>No doubt, this song is a keeper. Played it today at it worked well.</p>Wake Up In The Morningtag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-09-19:2477478:BlogPost:998792013-09-19T13:36:52.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>Dan Gibson...this is an official "thank you" for the inspiration on "Wake Up In The Morning". I have officially stolen your idea. I love AEBG....!!!</p>
<p>Dan Gibson...this is an official "thank you" for the inspiration on "Wake Up In The Morning". I have officially stolen your idea. I love AEBG....!!!</p>Tunetag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-09-19:2477478:BlogPost:999592013-09-19T02:29:45.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>Anybody else sing "The Man On The Flying Trapeeze"?</p>
<p>I found it in the Dobson Book....going to add it in this weekend. Got that Al...ha ha.</p>
<p>Concert key of "G".</p>
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<p>The tune is from 1867.</p>
<p>Anybody else sing "The Man On The Flying Trapeeze"?</p>
<p>I found it in the Dobson Book....going to add it in this weekend. Got that Al...ha ha.</p>
<p>Concert key of "G".</p>
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<p>The tune is from 1867.</p>One of those weekends..tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-09-17:2477478:BlogPost:996342013-09-17T03:36:45.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>...I will be sitting on the porch of a historical building playing all day on Saturday. You know...low profile blah blah. It will be a great opportunity to really test the repertoire, and see how long I can play before repeating myself. Using...all the verses to tunes like Johnny Boker, Gwine Ober de Mountain. Limit Jim Crow to about 6. I have no idea what it will be like, but I have my lyrics.</p>
<p>...I will be sitting on the porch of a historical building playing all day on Saturday. You know...low profile blah blah. It will be a great opportunity to really test the repertoire, and see how long I can play before repeating myself. Using...all the verses to tunes like Johnny Boker, Gwine Ober de Mountain. Limit Jim Crow to about 6. I have no idea what it will be like, but I have my lyrics.</p>Buckley 1868tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-06-30:2477478:BlogPost:951992013-06-30T23:14:34.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>Okay, here we go. It becomes a strange possession once I start. good sign....first tune went down well on one take and the setting sounds good. man, I've been waiting for this book! See ya at the end.</p>
<p>Okay, here we go. It becomes a strange possession once I start. good sign....first tune went down well on one take and the setting sounds good. man, I've been waiting for this book! See ya at the end.</p>