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Whelpley's Jig
From Buckley's Banjo Method, 1860. I'm dropping the triplet from the 8th measure because there's something about the seventh measure that's messing with my right hand position when I get to the eighth. Needs work.
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Comment by Paul Draper on July 5, 2014 at 6:53pm
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Nice Andy. Btw I'm working on tobacco jake jig - it moves along quite well until the last part of course... So far I'm at about a 50% success rate....
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Comment by Strumelia on July 5, 2014 at 6:59pm
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That's the kind of timing that is really hard for me to wrap myself around for a long while, but once I get it then it seems fun and snappy. Then i have to start all over on the next tune that's slightly different. Hmm..nobody warned me that these tunes required work. phooey! ;D
Good job tackling this Andy- it's more than I can do right now. Maybe if you think hard about the triplet starting right on that ONE beat it'll come to you?
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P,S. is that a little Menzies gourd on the wall?
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Comment by Andy Chase on July 5, 2014 at 7:29pm
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Thanks everyone! As I was recording takes I think I figured out that it's a matter of how my wrist is tilted coming out of that syncopated 7th measure. If I pay attention to that it seems to come out OK. Strumelia: That is my Menzies gourd, a nice little player with a black walnut neck and Boucher style peghead. I keep it in A ("Rice") tuning and don't play it nearly often enough. If I get that triplet down maybe I'll post another version on the gourd!
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