"Oh! In the movie business "studio" and "company" are near synonyms. It hadn't occurred to me you were using the term that way. In the recording world it was different. It can be confusing with other terminology as well.…"
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"Are you sure it was the studio and not the record company that required the written arrangement? Did any record company own their own recording studio in 1898? My impression is that most companies rented available rooms and used portable…"
"Well done! And thanks."
"Yes, lower tension on oud. The Alliance strings I'm using are of considerably less diameter than the nylons but *feel* as if they are exerting a bit more tension. Also oud scale length, as with banjo, varies quite a bit. So a string at…"
"I replied a few hours ago and then my reply vanished. I'll try again.
I've used Saverez Alliance strings for the treble strings on several different Arabic and Turkish ouds. So far so good. They feel different but sound…"
"I asked no questions in the post to which you are replying, so "No" is a curious response. "
"You cannot "write" it but you can compose with full understanding of how the orchestral instruments work. All you need is an assistant or even a computer program to write down what you sing or play. You may not like it but that is…"
"Take it from someone who has met Bela Fleck several times: he knows the history of the banjo. He knows about A tuning. Anyway I introduced the idiot idea in relation to Gershwin. Bela's non-idiot status was gratis. "
"Where did this unfortunate conversation take place? You may be dealing with a haughty "stuck up" individual who has no business accusing others of being insulting. However there is a context to the perception common to non-readers that…"
"1) If it is true that Bela does not read music than he would not have had the occasion to be confused by A vs C in notation he did not read.
2) This would be difficult to play with a plectrum. It seems more natural with fingers.
3) Not…"
"I found it on YouTube where the sound was better and I was able to slow it down to verify the tuning. Yes, lots of open bass at C and 5th string at G. Here is the URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1EGP61eO1k"
"I found it on Spotify..The title is "Unidentified Piece for Banjo". The key is Eb. The tuning is standard C. The sound of the open 5th, 4th and 3rd string suggest that that the other two are b and d. The strings are nylon…"
"That looks like a vertical line with two horizontals intersecting it. I don't see a note head on the lower line. Maybe it is meant to be there (?). "
"And it's not Danish. It's Dannish. So that's a safe title.
Maybe it was changed or arranged by an accordion player named Dan. :-)"
"Here the tune speeds and slows at places the dancers seem to expect. Unusual but still not a waltz. I will agree to call "Lotte gik" a waltz if those who call it that agree to call a banjo " a fried egg sandwich". "
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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…
- Jody, Bill and Scott get out the glasses and have a celebratory drink on me! Ian, thereallyniceman
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