"OOH, thanks a million for this. This is pure gold. This is the cleanest version I've heard. Now I can actually hear what Ossman is playing as the banjo is not buried under noise. "
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Question on Whistling Rufus
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Ian or other members,I just heard tonight, for the first time, Ians part 1 of Whistling Rufus! Wow! I love it! Where can I find your notation that you reference in the video? I found Kerry Mills…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jody Stecher 13 hours ago.
Newbie question on breaking banjo hooks
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Where can you get the longer type of installation banjo hooks and nuts? My head is not pulling down enough and I have already broken 2 original hooks and dont want to break any more. What should I…Continue
Tags: needed, hooks, longer, break, Hooks
Started this discussion. Last reply by David Gillespie Feb 10.
Help of Calf Skin Head install
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This is my first time installing a calf skin head on a “modern” banjo! I…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by David Gillespie Feb 10.
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Greetings from the US. I am new to this forum! I am wondering how to find the tablature for the Georgia Melody on the YouTube channel? I am so excited I can hardly stand it! I play claw hammer only…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by David Gillespie Feb 3.
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"Ossman playing this: (also the 4th part).
https://archive.org/details/VessLOssman/VessLOssman-WhistlingRufus.mp3"
"Wow. I can see why nobody played it. I just tried. The first hurdle is in the second bar. As the melody moves up the frets of the bass string we are told to play A natural with third finger in between PB and 10 PB. It doesn't seem humanly…"
"Here's another version of the Trio, arranged by Joe Morley, in the style of Vess Ossman. Essex discontinued publishing this extra section because he never heard anybody play it. Essex mentioned that when Ossman played Whistling Rufus at one of…"
"Wow this is pure gold, thank you kindly!
David G"
"Thank you very much Mr Hooks!
David G"
"Here's the Tab, all 4 parts. I'm in SC too...down in Myrtle Beach.
I'm not a fan of the 4th part. It is per the original but to me it sounds 'tacked on' to fill space. That might be because I played the CE version a lot…"
"The CE published version does not contain all of the parts, it is missing the 4th part.
There is a decent, but not perfect, arrangement that was done by Eli Kaufman that contains all 4 parts. It may be found on the American Banjo Fraternity…"
"Hi David,
Yes a great tune indeed. I recorded this agaes ago at about the time I ended up in hospital, so the other parts of the score never got done. (I must have forgotten all about them!)
Here is the score from the video:
attached is a TAB…"
"Wow such great melody! Thank you!"
"I expect ian will reply by and by. Meanwhile check out this Olly Oakley recording of WW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Joy3yPFjw"
"I saw that but it wasn't clear if that was Ians or not, and I wonder is there a printable version? Thanks Jody"
"Assuming you are talking about Ian's video on YouTube, this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNFPIanV1pM
the notation is right there in the video. "
Question on Whistling Rufus
Ian or other members,I just heard tonight, for the first time, Ians part 1 of Whistling Rufus! Wow! I love it! Where can I find your notation that you reference in the video? I found Kerry Mills Notation on the Music Library. Do you also have any tablature of the piece by chance? What a song! I hope I can learn it on my 1896 SS Stewart!Thanks for all you do. From South Carolina, USA,David GillespieSee More
"I have removed it and will start it out much lower with a new head, and hope that will fix the issue. Thanks Jody!"
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