Solo and Accompaniment - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-28T09:32:49Zhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/solo-and-accompaniment?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A80482&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWillie Hall... OMG! loltag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-01-12:2477478:Comment:804822013-01-12T22:07:31.455ZStrumeliahttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Strumelia
<p>Willie Hall... OMG! lol</p>
<p>Willie Hall... OMG! lol</p> That was fun! I agree with Ti…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-01-11:2477478:Comment:802832013-01-11T05:10:05.992ZVince Abadiehttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/VinceAbadie
<p>That was fun! I agree with Tim...we're all too serious. </p>
<p>That was fun! I agree with Tim...we're all too serious. </p> That was great. I'd love to s…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-01-11:2477478:Comment:803842013-01-11T02:52:51.102ZTim Twisshttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>That was great. I'd love to see one of us step up and try this stuff.....we're all too serious.</p>
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<p>I still think the Briggs' arrangements were a result of years of singing those tunes.</p>
<p>That was great. I'd love to see one of us step up and try this stuff.....we're all too serious.</p>
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<p>I still think the Briggs' arrangements were a result of years of singing those tunes.</p> Further to Carl's comments -…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-01-11:2477478:Comment:804772013-01-11T02:28:27.116ZIan Bellhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/IanBell
<p>Further to Carl's comments - Check out Willie Hall and his fiddle -<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuJrre_sITc&feature=player_embedded#" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuJrre_sITc&feature=player_embedded#</a>!</p>
<p>Further to Carl's comments - Check out Willie Hall and his fiddle -<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuJrre_sITc&feature=player_embedded#" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuJrre_sITc&feature=player_embedded#</a>!</p> Don't forget the performance…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-01-11:2477478:Comment:801712013-01-11T01:46:12.036ZCarl Andertonhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/CarlAnderton
<p>Don't forget the performance venue that Briggs, Rice, Buckley made their living, the minstrel show, and specifically the banjo solo part...singing, laughing, joking, "stroking," astounding with trick playing,... the banjo was an integral part of that. They didn't just stand up there and pick. We're so far away from that. I love just standing there and picking ;^}</p>
<p>Don't forget the performance venue that Briggs, Rice, Buckley made their living, the minstrel show, and specifically the banjo solo part...singing, laughing, joking, "stroking," astounding with trick playing,... the banjo was an integral part of that. They didn't just stand up there and pick. We're so far away from that. I love just standing there and picking ;^}</p> Judging by the books that con…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2013-01-10:2477478:Comment:803812013-01-10T23:31:56.276ZIan Bellhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/IanBell
<p>Judging by the books that contain both solos and song arrangements My guess is that the banjo solos of song melodies in Briggs and other tutors were intended to be played as instrumentals. The actual song accompaniments I've played through seem to be generally pretty guitar-like with "boom-chick-chick" chords and arpeggios. That said, I'd be surprised if solos weren't adapted to service as accompaniments in the past just the way we instinctively do with them now.</p>
<p>Judging by the books that contain both solos and song arrangements My guess is that the banjo solos of song melodies in Briggs and other tutors were intended to be played as instrumentals. The actual song accompaniments I've played through seem to be generally pretty guitar-like with "boom-chick-chick" chords and arpeggios. That said, I'd be surprised if solos weren't adapted to service as accompaniments in the past just the way we instinctively do with them now.</p>