"However I can say that doing tremolo or any other technique hard enough to be Loud Enough to be heard in a concert hall is likely to cause injury. Some who try it are lucky. Some are not. As for practice at home at a moderate volume I…"
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Farland and his injury
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I think Farland damaged his hand because he wasn't doing the one finger tremolo correctly or at least safely. The way he describes it in his book creates a lot of excess tension because he plants all…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jody Stecher May 19.
Best classic era manufacturer?
I'm curious who everyone thinks the best manufacturer of banjos was during the classic era. That is all.Continue
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The origins of Le banjo
Not sure if this is the place to post this, but I believe the origins of Louis Moreaux Gottschalk's Le Banjo Is actually the tune ride on King Jesus. An old spiritual. Upon first glance they don't…Continue
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The perfect method part 2
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Something stuck with me the last time I posted about the fact that I wanted to write my own method eventually. "What more could be said on the topic?" I don't think much more could be said on the…Continue
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"I’m not a doctor. All parties involved are dead, so I can’t ask them. My Ouija board is not working at the moment.
In seriousness, asking this is like “why did that guy get cancer but his friend did not” or…"
"Gotcha! Why did Farland get injured but Bacon didn't? Do you think Farland was just doing it too much?"
"Fred Bacon tremolo, anchor the middle finger."
"Yeah, but his speed and accuracy is pretty much unmatched"
The origins of Le banjo
Not sure if this is the place to post this, but I believe the origins of Louis Moreaux Gottschalk's Le Banjo Is actually the tune ride on King Jesus. An old spiritual. Upon first glance they don't look similar, but when it gets past the intro they start to look near the same. I'm not talking about John W Works arrangement from the book "American negro songs" I'm talking about oddly the orchestral arrangement done by a man by the last name of Johnson. (I don't know his first name) The intro to…See More
"But playing the A and C simultaneously is impossible"
"I'm not sure I understand. How can you play the C with your fourth finger?"
"Barring with the first finger and the second finger simultaneously"
"This is true as well. There's a really weird cord that he puts in there an inversion of a D minor where the F is in the bass while double barring so I think Emile just had large hands"
"You could probably pluck it with the thumb of the left hand if you had a long enough thumb. I would hold it down with the finger of the right hand but that's just because I'm weird and love experimenting."
"Either that or hold down the F with the right hand and pluck with the thumb."
"I don't think it's possible to hold the F. I would interpret it as it being an implication rather than an actual held note. Much like Beethoven notating his piano sonatas with fo fp. That effect is not possible on a piano, but he's…"
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