2024-04-23T16:43:34Z https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=month&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-05-01:2477478:Video:144708 2016-05-01T22:32:05.474Z Strumelia https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Strumelia

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/old-joe-minstrel-banjo-tune-from-briggs-1855"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135360121?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>I'd like to post this as the Beginner Tune of the Month for May 2016...<br></br> Old Joe, a banjo tune from Thomas Briggs' banjo tutor book of 1855. Here played in minstrel 'high bass tuning' in the key of D...tune your minstrel banjo to d-ADF#A. (You can also play this in regular Briggs 'low bass' tuning if you simply avoid hitting the bass string, since the tune…

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/old-joe-minstrel-banjo-tune-from-briggs-1855"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135360121?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />I'd like to post this as the Beginner Tune of the Month for May 2016...<br /> Old Joe, a banjo tune from Thomas Briggs' banjo tutor book of 1855. Here played in minstrel 'high bass tuning' in the key of D...tune your minstrel banjo to d-ADF#A. (You can also play this in regular Briggs 'low bass' tuning if you simply avoid hitting the bass string, since the tune as written does not utilize the bass string)<br /> This is one of the easiest tunes to learn in stroke style/minstrel style banjo, and most of the moves will be familiar to clawhammer players already. But it's a satisfying tune or song for any level of minstrel banjo player.