"What is "Old School Song"? If it's a title I can't find it anywhere. I suppose if it was played jauntily The Tantalizer could be kinda rah-rah. But when I first heard it played it wasn't played that way.…"
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Recently, I bought this zyther/banjo from an estate sale. It is alleged to be from 1900. I do not know the maker and is in a desperate need of repair that I am willing to do. It previous owner did a bad job on it. I would love to share pictures of it before I took it apart and afterwards.
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"Yah, I hear "Old School Song" in "The Tantalizer". Kinda Alma Mater...ish. Nice tune.
For melancholy, etc., I would look to soft and slow stuff like "At Sunset", "Twilight Reverie", etc. Some of the Joplin…"
"Oh, nostalgia... now that is a whole different thing IMO. And that covers a large amount of classic banjo material. "
"Ah! My (still missing) copy was in the key of C. I didn't realize it was originally composed in A tuning. Maybe it's older than I thought it was.
I am not alone in perceiving and responding to a melancholy/wistful feeling…"
"But circling back to the OP, I can think of a few that fit. In the Frank Converse Analytical Method there is "Funeral March", "Minor March" and several others. One could also play any of the hundreds of "minor…"
"Alright, here is the Tantalizer, fresh from the ABF Library.
I read through it last night and while a good piece, I don't find anything about it "melancholy"."
"The SS Stewart version we are discussing is for C tuning. The transposition from the original A tuning sheet music has already been done. "
"Isn't this written for A tuning though? I can't tell if it's meant to be transposed."
"In the last 4 measures I would go TIMT TIMT etc. No problem using two thumb strokes in a row if played at Titanic String Band speed. If played at high speed I would try something else."
"Had a look now at the first version Joel attached here. In the last four rows, when it moves to the key of Fm, that's the thing I was curious about. For me, I think doing an alternate thumb in-between middle and index is probably the most…"
"Joel, I missed your reply earlier (I swear there was nothing between Jody's and mine before). But thank you very much! I will have a look at that soon."
"Additionally, I did a full issue on the Minor Jig in March of 2020.
The file is too big to add here directly so I just uploaded it to the internet archive. The preview will generate shortly...
https://archive.org/details/abf-5-stringer-218"
"Jody, I feel like this got more complicated than I originally intended, lol. I do appreciate everyone's help though!
Basically, I can play the sequence okay in few different ways, but feel like I'm not sure which way is the best as none…"
"I think I have nearly a dozen different versions of Weston's Minor Jig, but I think the version in question is S. S. Stewart's arrangement.
It was published in the 5 Stringer #104"
"OK, so the problem is getting back to the 4th string after playing a 4 note/ 4 string passage which begins with the 4th. Have I got that right? The easiest way (for me) to discuss this is to reference the sheet music and identify measures.…"
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