Another rendition of Twisted Rope Jig mp3

[Jody Stecher]

I've posted an audio file of Baur's Twisted Rope. I played it from memory and got lost in the music and accidently repeated some lines and also dropped some mini-beats etc, but this has the feel I'm going for more than a more perfect rendition I also played.

[Tim Twiss]

I liked this version a lot. I can enjoy playing and hearing this tune in a number of ways. Sometimes you can really feel like you've hit on what the tune was originally supposed to be, and I guess I still don't quite feel settled about this yet . Is there something to compare this to stylistcally that can be heard on another site, or perhaps there is something similar someone could suggest listening to? I guess it wasn't that "weird", just a style I never encountered. Dance...or listening material??

[Jody Stecher]

Tim Twiss asked: Is there something to compare this to stylistcally that can be heard on another site, or perhaps there is something similar someone could suggest listening to?

There are all sorts of things but they're not banjo music. The biggest influence on my rendition was the guitar playing of Bahamian guitarist Joseph Spence. Something about the phrasing reminded me of him so I took it further in that direction.

and continued: I guess it wasn't that "weird", just a style I never encountered. Dance...or listening material??

Since every title has the name of a dance (hornpipe, reel, jig,etc) in its title, it's a safe bet to assume this is metered dance music. Unmetred interpretive dance hadn't made its mark yet on mainstream america. Because of what is known of 19th century history it's an equally safe bet that these tunes were intended for solo display dancing, not for social dancing.