2024-04-19T13:42:30Z http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=1855&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-04-15:2477478:Video:143084 2016-04-15T22:03:07.877Z Andy Chase http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/anchase

<a href="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/darkey-money-musk-briggs-1855"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135360141?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>I'm continually surprised by the tunes that have slipped under my radar; I've been looking at the Briggs book for 6 years now and listening to Tim's CDs for almost that long, and somehow this one never grabbed my attention... until this morning. Still a little rough around the edges but what the heck - feels good to work up a new (to me) tune, it's been a…

<a href="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/darkey-money-musk-briggs-1855"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135360141?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />I'm continually surprised by the tunes that have slipped under my radar; I've been looking at the Briggs book for 6 years now and listening to Tim's CDs for almost that long, and somehow this one never grabbed my attention... until this morning. Still a little rough around the edges but what the heck - feels good to work up a new (to me) tune, it's been a while. tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-08-29:2477478:Video:132564 2015-08-29T23:11:17.212Z Andy Chase http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/anchase

<a href="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/ephriam-s-lament"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135360559?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Arrangement from Briggs' Banjo Instructor, 1855.

<a href="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/ephriam-s-lament"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135360559?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Arrangement from Briggs' Banjo Instructor, 1855. tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-13:2477478:Video:129633 2015-07-13T00:19:58.154Z Andy Chase http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/anchase

<a href="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/hard-times-1"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135358939?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=135" width="240" height="135" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />A friend caught a bit of me playing 'Hard Times' at a party yesterday (you can hear another friend trying to figure out a piano accompaniment on the fly.)

<a href="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/hard-times-1"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135358939?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=135" width="240" height="135" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />A friend caught a bit of me playing 'Hard Times' at a party yesterday (you can hear another friend trying to figure out a piano accompaniment on the fly.) tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-07-01:2477478:Video:115171 2014-07-01T02:01:18.698Z Andy Chase http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/anchase

<a href="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/briggs-reel"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135359689?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>From Briggs' Banjo Instructor of 1855, more or less. I fudge those two g notes into one at the very end of the last measure. I spent some time fooling around with it and found that you do get an interesting sound if you play the first one as written and thumb the second one an octave lower on the open 4th string. It's definitely easier to play that way too, at least for…

<a href="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/briggs-reel"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135359689?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />From Briggs' Banjo Instructor of 1855, more or less. I fudge those two g notes into one at the very end of the last measure. I spent some time fooling around with it and found that you do get an interesting sound if you play the first one as written and thumb the second one an octave lower on the open 4th string. It's definitely easier to play that way too, at least for me. tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-05-04:2477478:Video:112453 2014-05-04T00:21:32.361Z Andy Chase http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/anchase

<a href="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/get-up-in-the-morning-say-the-geese"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135356150?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />I was playing my banjo outside and the geese decided to contribute, so I figured I should put the birds in the spotlight for this one.

<a href="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/get-up-in-the-morning-say-the-geese"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135356150?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />I was playing my banjo outside and the geese decided to contribute, so I figured I should put the birds in the spotlight for this one.