A step back in time

[thereallyniceman]

Frank Coyne kindly sent a list of scores that he has available to share with us and one title reminded me of a great video that was produced a few years ago by Joel and Carl.

To me, their amazing performance was haunting and spellbinding, so thought that it was worth another watch!

Now we have the score available in the MUSIC LIBRARY too.

[Trapdoor2]

Yes, Funeral March of an Old Jaw Bone is on my "to do" list...but it is a long list!

TablEdit was created for guitarists, so it does guitar TAB quite well. I've never tried to translate from one to another...but it shouldn't be a big problem. I'll try it and see what happens. BTW, it isn't so much as a 'generator' as simply a translator. I have to key in every note by hand and then sort out the fingering. That will be part of the problem with translating to guitar, I'm not a guitarist and might not get the fingering right.

It is very "Garbage In - Garbage out". If there are no back-up chords provided, I'm not musically knowledgeable enough to add them. So, if your guitarist friends are looking for backup chords, they're on their own.

I'll try and get the Guitar Tab out for you this evening...and maybe move the Funeral March up the list a bit.

[Frank Coyne]

Brilliant, Many thanks, much appreciated. Frank

[Joel Hooks]

Hi Frank,  since you are asking for TAB one would conclude that you are familiar with rhythm, i.e. what the little flags on notes mean and how much time they get when sounding.  

If you know how long the notes are to played you are 90% done with reading music.

Now to find where the notes are on the banjo.  This little bit below will show you where the notes are found.  It covers all the notes for the first banjo part.  Look at each note and play them where it tells you to.  Repeat six or so times when you start to practice the banjo.  In less than a month you will be able to find the notes on most of the easier pieces and will no longer be a slave to tab.

Keep at it and it will open the doors to thousands of public domain sheet music!

Your guitarist friends could use the 2nd banjo part to play along as it is true to pitch and is basically root-chord-root-chord-root-chord-chord-chord.

FMoaOJB is a fairly basic piece and not difficult to play.

In the video Carl transposed to fit the banjeaurine and that is not in the sheet music.

Frank Coyne said:

Hi Trapdoor, How about a tab of that ‘Funeral March of an Old Jaw Bone’ to help newbies play along with that classic UTube Video mentioned by Ian recently. Also, a friend asked me about a Guitar tab for the three breakdowns you tabbed recently, Preliminary, Free State and Down South. Does your tab generator extend to Guitar Tabs? Regards? Frank

[Richard L Freeze]

Thank you so much Frank, Anything you can do is great, Thank you

Rich Freeze
 
Trapdoor2 said:

Yes, Funeral March of an Old Jaw Bone is on my "to do" list...but it is a long list!

TablEdit was created for guitarists, so it does guitar TAB quite well. I've never tried to translate from one to another...but it shouldn't be a big problem. I'll try it and see what happens. BTW, it isn't so much as a 'generator' as simply a translator. I have to key in every note by hand and then sort out the fingering. That will be part of the problem with translating to guitar, I'm not a guitarist and might not get the fingering right.

It is very "Garbage In - Garbage out". If there are no back-up chords provided, I'm not musically knowledgeable enough to add them. So, if your guitarist friends are looking for backup chords, they're on their own.

I'll try and get the Guitar Tab out for you this evening...and maybe move the Funeral March up the list a bit.

[Frank Coyne]

Joel Hooks said:

Hi Frank,  since you are asking for TAB one would conclude that you are familiar with rhythm, i.e. what the little flags on notes mean and how much time they get when sounding.  

If you know how long the notes are to played you are 90% done with reading music.

Now to find where the notes are on the banjo.  This little bit below will show you where the notes are found.  It covers all the notes for the first banjo part.  Look at each note and play them where it tells you to.  Repeat six or so times when you start to practice the banjo.  In less than a month you will be able to find the notes on most of the easier pieces and will no longer be a slave to tab.

Keep at it and it will open the doors to thousands of public domain sheet music!

Your guitarist friends could use the 2nd banjo part to play along as it is true to pitch and is basically root-chord-root-chord-root-chord-chord-chord.

FMoaOJB is a fairly basic piece and not difficult to play.

In the video Carl transposed to fit the banjeaurine and that is not in the sheet music.

Frank Coyne said:

Hi Trapdoor, How about a tab of that ‘Funeral March of an Old Jaw Bone’ to help newbies play along with that classic UTube Video mentioned by Ian recently. Also, a friend asked me about a Guitar tab for the three breakdowns you tabbed recently, Preliminary, Free State and Down South. Does your tab generator extend to Guitar Tabs? Regards? Frank

[Frank Coyne]

Hi Joel,

Many thanks for that, much appreciated and really enjoyed your ‘Bolsover’ video, which I have since mentioned to several musical friends who also thought it, was great. I think tabs together with the score can be a useful aid for beginners in figuring things out and sometimes offer a helpful perspective or interpretation of (suggested) finger positioning. Attached is another Bolsover Gibbs score taken from Ellis: On The Road Polka for everyone to enjoy. Its taken from what appears to be a Ballantine tutor but with a copy of the Ellis Banjo Album No.6 (40 pages) bound into the middle of the book which is in very poor condition. The seller’s logo on the header is interesting! The original came to me from the music collection of Eddie Tobin.  I posted a note about Eddie elsewhere on the site. Regards. Frank

[Frank Coyne]

Here is what I take to be the first page of the Ballantine Tutor I mentioned in my last post. Professor Ballantine was obviously an eminent teacher and most certainly a ‘Ladies Man’ by reference to those delightful testimonials! Does anyone out there in Banjoland recognise this work? Frank

[Richard L Freeze]

Jody, I practiced my rolls this morning and tried to rest the banjo more on my right leg, seems to help a little, still waiting for Tabledit form easier songs for beginners from this gang of knowledge people.

Thank You

Rich Freeze

[Frank Coyne]

Mosaic of rescued pieces for beginners. Maybe Trapdoor would tab these when he gets a chance. Frank

[Trapdoor2]

I will indeed put it them on "the list"...which is getting longer and longer! I've been out of pocket for a week but am back working on TAB again.

[Richard L Freeze]

Trapdoor2 said:

I will indeed put it them on "the list"...which is getting longer and longer! I've been out of pocket for a week but am back working on TAB again.

Thank you Trapdoor any songs in Tadledit form is great, beginner songs also. Just e-mail them to me at [e-mail]  Thank you

Rich Freeze

[Trapdoor2]

Here's "On The Road Polka"