Comments - Thoughts on Tremolo. - Classic-Banjo2024-03-29T14:28:33Zhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2667446%3ABlogPost%3A3656&xn_auth=noAt last I've had time to fini…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2009-04-20:2667446:Comment:40542009-04-20T11:57:59.000ZDavid Wadehttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/DavidWade
At last I've had time to finish the book off - this is the full version.<br />
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<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/51749681?profile=original">Sostenuto B Sheldon Green.pdf</a>
At last I've had time to finish the book off - this is the full version.<br />
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<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/51749681?profile=original">Sostenuto B Sheldon Green.pdf</a> Yeah, don't you love the lang…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2009-04-15:2667446:Comment:38972009-04-15T20:12:07.000ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
Yeah, don't you love the language of the period? Perhaps it is because Mr. Green (Author of technical studies in banjo plectring, etc.) was from Oz...
Yeah, don't you love the language of the period? Perhaps it is because Mr. Green (Author of technical studies in banjo plectring, etc.) was from Oz... "Wiggling" is fine but mind y…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2009-04-15:2667446:Comment:38882009-04-15T14:54:03.000ZJody Stecherhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/JodyStecher
"Wiggling" is fine but mind you don't "twiddle" or Sheldon will be upset. Note that he finds third finger contact with the vellum "absurd" but considers fourth finger contact to be normal, as if all human hands had finger lengths in the same proportion as his and as if banjoists who play without finger contact with the vellum are aberrant. The exercises themselves however seem to be the product of sound thinking. I think I'll try them. Thanks for posting this, Dave.
"Wiggling" is fine but mind you don't "twiddle" or Sheldon will be upset. Note that he finds third finger contact with the vellum "absurd" but considers fourth finger contact to be normal, as if all human hands had finger lengths in the same proportion as his and as if banjoists who play without finger contact with the vellum are aberrant. The exercises themselves however seem to be the product of sound thinking. I think I'll try them. Thanks for posting this, Dave. Dammit, Dave, now I'll be wig…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2009-04-15:2667446:Comment:38862009-04-15T13:22:12.000ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
Dammit, Dave, now I'll be wiggling my finger on my week's holiday...when I should be working on a new tune. So much to learn...
Dammit, Dave, now I'll be wiggling my finger on my week's holiday...when I should be working on a new tune. So much to learn... sos.pdfHi, here is the first…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2009-04-15:2667446:Comment:38822009-04-15T11:59:01.000ZDavid Wadehttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/DavidWade
<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/51749679?profile=original">sos.pdf</a>Hi, here is the first bit of the Sheldon Green book, my scanner was on "go slow" this morning so I only managed to do the first 7 pages. I will complete the job tonight but here is something to be going on with.
<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/51749679?profile=original">sos.pdf</a>Hi, here is the first bit of the Sheldon Green book, my scanner was on "go slow" this morning so I only managed to do the first 7 pages. I will complete the job tonight but here is something to be going on with. oh, duh. Do you start toward…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2009-04-14:2667446:Comment:37552009-04-14T03:06:43.000ZJody Stecherhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/JodyStecher
oh, duh. Do you start toward the sky or toward the earth? (up or down first)?
oh, duh. Do you start toward the sky or toward the earth? (up or down first)? Back and forth.tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2009-04-14:2667446:Comment:37502009-04-14T03:03:13.000ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
Back and forth.
Back and forth. "Duo style" as a term may der…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2009-04-14:2667446:Comment:37482009-04-14T02:57:28.000ZJody Stecherhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/JodyStecher
"Duo style" as a term may derive from the world(s) of plectrum instruments. I don't know if it shows up in any banjo tutors. Musically it amounts to the same thing. The usual amount of strokes per count (depending on how *count* is defined) is *as many as possible* according to the unmetered tremolo school, 12 per beat (2 sixes or 4 threes) according another, and the way Fred Bacon did it which was in very precise fours, re-accented on each new *1*. In the intro to Massa ITCCG for instance, the…
"Duo style" as a term may derive from the world(s) of plectrum instruments. I don't know if it shows up in any banjo tutors. Musically it amounts to the same thing. The usual amount of strokes per count (depending on how *count* is defined) is *as many as possible* according to the unmetered tremolo school, 12 per beat (2 sixes or 4 threes) according another, and the way Fred Bacon did it which was in very precise fours, re-accented on each new *1*. In the intro to Massa ITCCG for instance, the shortest note gets 8 strokes. The longest gets 20. That means 16 per count. It's really fast but very steady. How do I know? I just listened at 20% speed with Amazing Slowdowner.<br />
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I'm trying to work out how you get four tremolo notes with two finger strokes. I get one per stroke. This is the first I have hear…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2009-04-14:2667446:Comment:37422009-04-14T02:27:01.000ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
This is the first I have heard the term duo style. My knowledge is limited to the tutors and Stewart's journal's I have available. It seems that it was all lumped into one classification. I have a arrangement of "Home, Sweet Home" that has variations with single string tremolo and the duo style, but it is just called tremolo.<br />
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When I practice, I try to get four tremolo notes ( that is two finger strokes) to every count, but it may not work out that way at speed. I think I will give the two…
This is the first I have heard the term duo style. My knowledge is limited to the tutors and Stewart's journal's I have available. It seems that it was all lumped into one classification. I have a arrangement of "Home, Sweet Home" that has variations with single string tremolo and the duo style, but it is just called tremolo.<br />
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When I practice, I try to get four tremolo notes ( that is two finger strokes) to every count, but it may not work out that way at speed. I think I will give the two fingers a try and see how it goes. I posted a comment a half hou…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2009-04-13:2667446:Comment:37072009-04-13T15:46:44.000ZJody Stecherhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/JodyStecher
I posted a comment a half hour ago but it hasn't shown up. Here goes again: it appears that there may be two related but distinct topics at hand here: the technique of tremolo playing and the technique of the "duo style" where the thumb plays a bass line and the treble strings take the melody with tremolo.
I posted a comment a half hour ago but it hasn't shown up. Here goes again: it appears that there may be two related but distinct topics at hand here: the technique of tremolo playing and the technique of the "duo style" where the thumb plays a bass line and the treble strings take the melody with tremolo.