Comment by Steve Jeter on January 27, 2011 at 4:35pm

Amazing!  I bet 99% of people out there dont know a banjo can be played like this

 Steve

Comment by Tim Twiss on January 27, 2011 at 8:15pm

You might be close to right Steve. I spent most of my life not knowing this music was out there. I hated the banjo...but this stuff is a different cup of tea, now isn't it?  I remember really liking "Les Sylphides" on the Minstrel banjo CD. It's kind of like the instrument is really minding its manners or something. Elegant, without being to stuffy.

Comment by Sylvia on January 28, 2011 at 2:32am

Hi Tim, This one I especially like. I am wondering if the nice mellow sound is because of the lower tuning ? plus of course the gut strings with the skin head ? I am thinking of purchasing a gourd banjo in the not too distant future but at the moment am trying to get my fingers round the Grimshaw style over on Classic.

All the Best

Sylvia.

 

Comment by Tim Twiss on January 28, 2011 at 7:44am

Thanks Sylvia. I guess the mellow sound is just a combination of a lot of things, mostly the lower tuning. I actually use a Renaissance banjo head and Nylgut strings. 

 

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