For enthusiasts of early banjo
Calabash Dance
New format for the Yellow Book. Wouldn't it be nice to have them not chopped up? I know the Weidlich Book offers that, but for us grape lovers, it is a PITA.
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Comment by Ian Bell on December 27, 2012 at 10:52pm
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That looks great Tim. Good project!
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Comment by Tim Twiss on December 27, 2012 at 10:57pm
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Sort of hooked on it now...have to go all the way. I don't know if it is worth it to do the tab also, being that the book already exists, an most folks seem to have it. It is the note readers that struggle with this book.
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This book really does have some of the strongest stroke material....great tunes. "Grapes"....slang for notes.
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I've sometimes wondered about what thought process (if any) went into the layout of the Yellow Book.
You'd think that at some point in the production someone might have said, "That's crazy — you're going to drive people nuts!".
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Yea....well, I'm going in for it. I'll do it in 3 formats....notes, tab, and a combo. I will certainly use the notation. I have done an old fashioned literal "cut and paste". I'll put up the next one just notes. After that, just have to wait. Might bind and sell with a disc.
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Am I correct in thinking that most tab readers already have the Weidlich book? Flesher has a few of these, but by no means all of them.
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Comment by Bell Banjos on December 28, 2012 at 9:37am
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About half of the tab readers who call me (clawhammerers buying a minstrel banjo, or present minstrel players) have NOT even heard of the Weidlich books. Strange.
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Comment by Matthew Mickletz on December 28, 2012 at 9:40am
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Rob MacKollip's tabbed out Briggs and your videos,Tim, are what I've learned from (IE - FREE materials! haha). I'd like to be a "grape" guy someday, as I'm sure it won't be too hard for me to pick up, but am staying a "numbers" man for now. Thanks for accomodating all forms/preferences, Tim! I hope to try out your most recent posted tunes soon.
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Just keep thinking about that format...the 2 in 1. Is that a waste of time to do this...?? Does the notes near the tab have any value to the tab reader? Tell me brothers...ha ha
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Comment by Nicholas A Bechtel on December 28, 2012 at 11:40am
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The tab does get a person on their way, and seeing the two as a reference could help the person wanting to try and start reading notation. But as it was pointed out to me TAB is just a surface glimpse of the song, within the written notation you get the true inflection of the movement. Reading notation also opens all the doors...even though I can site read at a snails pace, I'm glad I know how to read it. But yes thank god for tab.
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