flora waltze

[Alan Sims]

can any body help .Not being a very good reader,i came across flora waltze on  Hal Allert great site , im alittle confused with the frirst bar  d tied to the open b it has  a cross above , does this mean striking the note to get a dead sound .cheers anyone.

[Mike Moss]

Hi Alan, I can't find Flora waltz, could you post the sheet music?

[Jody Stecher]

Normally a cross indicates a thumb stroke. A d tied to an open b probably indicates a "snap" (i.e. a "pull-off"). So in the absence of a visible score my best guess is that this is one stroke on the B string made  with the right thumb with one of the left hand fingers (probably ring finger) on fret 3,  followed by the finger pulling off to the open B.  I cannot find a "Flora Waltze" on Hal's website. Was it in one of the tutor reproductions?  If so please tell us which one. 

[Alan Sims]

cheers , Jody and Mike ,its in turners banjo dance album number 8, by Herbert j Ellis. I think i know where your coming from regards .Alan

[Trapdoor2]

So glad to see someone actually using these old books. I sent them to Hal some years ago.

The note you're referring to is called a "grace note", it is sort of a really quick "intro" to the actual note. Technically, it takes just a smidgen of time from the note it is attached to, in this case the B.

 

http://www.classicbanjo.com/tutors/TDA/TDA-8.pdf

[Alan Sims]

thanks Trapdoor ,got it . kick in just before the beat .

[Jody Stecher]

Oh, the LOWER D !   that's not a cross or + .  That's a slash through the stem indicating a grace note that has no time value. Look again, you'll see.

[thereallyniceman]

Hi Alan,

Did you ever research video cameras?? Or are you already sitting there with one staring at you with its menacing red eye :-)

I believe the correct musical term for "Grace note" is appoggiatura, and is as others describe. Simplistically, it makes the main note sound:  BrrrING  as the appoggiatura note  sounds fractionally before the main note.

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