...and here's the first strain of "Banjoland," once through. I've got the whole piece about 90% "under my fingers" as the saying goes, with the remaining challenges being to put all the parts together without stumbling, and play it maybe a little bit faster. #mastomusic #classicstylebanjo #classicbanjo #classicfingerstylebanjo #banjo #practicemakesbetter
I forgot to post another 'on this day' yesterday, this one's a wee original that I wrote and multi-tracked for #novembeat last year:
https://exode.me/videos/watch/91fc659c-8bca-419e-b6e1-535cc9d0af8e
#banjo #classicstylebanjo #arcanebanjo #mastomusic #mastomusician #tootradio #multitrack
This week's #earlybanjototw is "Pea Nut Girl" by W.H. Gassner, from James Buckley's 1868 banjo guide. I gave it more of an #earlyjazz treatment here with #plectrumbanjo and #parlorguitar:
#banjo #earlybanjo #arcanebanjo #classicstylebanjo #4stringbanjo #5stringbanjo
I stayed up way too late putting this together, so you all had better watch it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vTeOpzp1Y4
#banjo #classicstylebanjo #skeletondance #mastomusic #skull #skeleton #spoopy
Forgot to share an #onthisday #banjo clip yesterday: "Cataract Jig", a #classicstylebanjo duet by Herbert J Ellis, circa 1900, recorded by me last year:
I play (mostly) 19th and early 20th-century banjo music. I'd play 4-string early jazz banjo if I could find any musicians to play with. I reserve the right to post non-banjo content, although I aim to keep this account more or less focused on music.
I am not particularly interested in banjo as a good-old-timey-appalachian-country-folk-bluegrass totem.
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