"Here's a simplified transcription that somewhat represents the versions I know."
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"Brilliant! Yes these can be done, as you say, with practice. "
"I can do by holding down the A and upper F with my 1st and 2nd fingers, the lower F with my 3rd finger and playing the C with my 4th finger, both at the 5th fret, or alternatively, holding the lower F with my 4th finger and rolling it over,…"
"All the same and all different! The versions I know have a different second part. The one you posted called Hot Stuff has elements of it. I''l try to notate a mix of the versions I know and post them here. A nod to the Bradbury…"
"Barring with the first finger and the second finger simultaneously"
"And there are more of these. It also shows up under different titles. I'd say, as far as tutor fodder goes, some variation on this tune "Hot Corn"/"Green Corn" or whatever is only rivaled by the old "Spanish…"
"Hi Jody
Having picked up my copy of the Bradbury book again after a long gap, I’m looking forward to the reports on your current project.
For my own part, I would like to have seen a bit more on counting such as the time exercises in The…"
"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. "
"I did read it but it didn't make complete sense to me."
"Thanks for the explanations. I am evaluating the two tutors, not tearing them apart. When I come to something I don't understand I submit a question to the site members here.
I know Green Corn as a song with verses and chorus. The…"
"Hi Jody, did you read the text where he explains how it is actually played-- different than noted and the example is to illustrate how the melody line is noted?"
"HI Jody, RE: Pop Corn, most of the pieces in the book have been ripped off from something else, reorganized, combined, transposed, or otherwise slightly altered and given new names. I've been able to track down the majority of the, ahem,…"
"It looks like this post has been bunched together with the one about the big stretch from F so I'm replying to my own message so that the original message will be seen."
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Banjo Benches at San Francisco Airport!
I was taking a flight out a new terminal at San Francisco the other day and was surprised and amused to see the shape of some comfortable new benches with a new shape. Off topic because they look like plectrum banjos? No indeed, these are Zither Banjo Benches! I'm afraid my mobile phone takes horrible quality pictures but at least the shape was captured. The wave of the future?
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ContinuePosted on November 17, 2011 at 4:06 — 5 Comments
Farland Metal banjo head on ebay
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 20:50 — 2 Comments
clear photos of the missing banjo
Note the copper bass string, the red binding around the pot and the inlay "The Cammeyer Vibrante Royal" These are distinctive.
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 22:16
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- At 4:06 on April 7, 2009,
Trapdoor2 said…
- Jody, regarding the banjo I'm playing in my videos: that's one of Bob Flesher's "Cotillion" (12") models; my main axe for about 6 yrs. Thanks for the kind remarks, I've gone from archtop Stelling "shrill" to "tubby" over the years (in more ways than one!). I have a fiberskyn head on it, Aquila Nylgut strings and one of those Cole 5-footed bridges. I have a small collection of banjos but the Flesher gets all the playing time these days.
- At 5:54pm on March 14, 2010, Joel Hooks gave Jody Stecher a gift…
- At 8:11 on August 19, 2010,
Liz McElwain said…
- Thanks, Jody. Hope to be able to meet you over the Didmarton weekend.
- At 17:08 on September 11, 2010,
Anthony Peabody said…
- I enjoyed meeting you at Backwell, and I am afraid that I assumed that you were a newcomer to Banjo, so please erase from your hard drive any superfluous and quite unnecessary advice. You don't need any encouragement either. I was the bass banjo at the end of the line, filling in the blanks, and wishing I could play better. So you see, you encorage me!
Anthony Peabody
- At 17:48 on December 22, 2010,
Eric STEFANELLI said…
Thanks Jody, to add me as a friend, i am deeply honored !
I would be to give you some piece of information about my banjos making, give me please your e-mail, mine is : eric.pat-luths@orange.fr .
About your music, many people in France like bluegrass & old timey music, and play it, there is many bands, many american banjo players come to France every years to teach, and have many pupils, there is summer country festivals...i was myself a pupil of Tony Trishka in 1978 and and Ben Eldrige in 1982/83, but we can speak about it by mail. Classic banjo is unknow or very few people know this kind of banjo music.
Eric
- At 14:09 on August 3, 2011,
Pam Tointon said…
Thank you Jody I enjoyed that. Nice to hear an original composition, but well beyond me yet as a beginner I'm afraid.
regards Pam
- At 12:51 on October 18, 2011,
Neil Angus Goodwin said…
- Thankyou for the info, that might explain why it is the only Cammeyer I have seen with the metal bands.
- At 23:51 on March 5, 2012,
allan ideson said…
thanks jody for your input.ime a guitarist .i have good instruments ...this banjo .has a lot of volume .also the neck and fingerboard are a work of art .after all these years the neck is straight .....no truss rod.when i master the beast ill put some tunes on ....thanks...allan
- At 21:34 on March 8, 2012,
skip sail said…
hi Jody,met you on your australian tour,we talked Fred Macdowell and Robert Petway and jammed a bit on some fingerpicked blues at Camperdown. Thanks for the welcome to the forum! Skip
- At 7:32am on May 14, 2012, thereallyniceman gave Jody Stecher a gift…
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