Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs
Summary: Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs banjo songs which Banjo Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Rainy Day! Fooling around with the song.
Key of G. Banjo tuned gDGBD
Old Sledge
From two Ozark fiddlers: Fred Stoneking of Missouri and Absie Morrison of Arkansas. Hope you enjoy the relaxing tempo of these waltzes!
My adaptation of Adam Hurt's version resulted from an assignment he gave to explore the Old Cumberland Gap tuning of f#BEAD (though raised one step). Adam's original Brushy Fork of John's Creek was based on Art Stamper and the old-time Tune of the Week has a video of Art's father, Hiram Stamper, playing the tune. Adam played it on the Earth Tones CD on a bottle-neck gourd banjo in SRB tuning (fDGCD). That CD was my inspiration to seek him out as a teacher. Check out this week's TOTW: http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/317352
For 1st April 2016 TOTW, but nearly two weeks late!
This old-time Tune of the Week is quite old -- from the 1700's -- and comes from Sweden (and has a Swedish name if you check it out here: http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/317105. I liked the fact that the lyrics describe the lonely but important work of the Swedish "cowgirl" who had to move and keep watch on the herds of cattle and goats at certain times of the year to allow the fields to be used for crop growing. I'm playing in open G in the key of Am.
Last Chance on the Cello Banjitar (a Yamaha nylon string guitar restrung and tuned gDGDE)
I learned this from Bookmiller Shannon's recording. Played in open G tuning.
CH take on John Doherty's Mazurka. Wildwood; Double D tuning.
George and I are on banjos, Buz on fiddle, Jim on guitar.
Cherry river line with the help from a shruti box.
Skinny woman as played by Jim Arkus.
Gobble gobble.
This is NOT the Mississippi Sawyer that you know in D. No, this is a totally different tune. I first played it about 10 years ago at Breakin' Up Winter at Cedars of Lebanon State Park. And then I forgot about it, that is until last night, when I found myself playing it on my front porch. I didn't know the name of it, but Gilbert Sewell, a fiddle player in Pikeville, Tenn., set me straight when I sent out a "mystery tune" email to friends last night. So here is Mississippi Sawyer, cross tuned in A for you fiddle players out there.
