ma , that's nasty.
I tune one banjo gCGBD and the other to eAEG#B the lower tuning seems to suit my voice better, I'm Alto.
I'm a bit lazy and do read TAB if it's there but if it isn't I can read notation in C tuning.
The TABs that you downloaded may not have been in the same tuning, for instance if your 4th string was tuned to D and the tab required C then it would sound wrong , there should have been some indication on the tab though as to tuning. A tip that I read recently,( and am trying myself ) , about melody notes..... try and find a piece of music ( TAB ) that you know, pick out and learn the melody, before you put in the additional notes.
I downloaded Morley too, but then found " Ellis's Thorough School for 5 string Banjo" and liked it better, it hasn't got Tab but the pieces are easy and quite pleasant with second parts to them. I thought I had downloaded it from this site but then couldn't find it . If you would like to try it I will find out from where I down loaded it and let you know.
Keep practicing :)
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number of places still available, so please contact them SOON if you would like to attend!
The Classic Banjo Tutor this year is my old banjo teacher, and probably the World’s finest Classic Style player, Chris Sands, so I can personally recommend that if you want to learn classic banjo you will find no better instructor.
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us videos, but perhaps that is my speaker set up.
Jody, I fully agree about the legato of playing across the strings rather than single string where possible.
In the score of Swanee Echoes, for example, the printed notation indicates a “twi-de-ly-dee” with two Gs repeated with the 4th finger on the fifth fret on the 1st string, but I find that playing across the strings gives a much better flow, speed and legato to the triplet.
Use the 4th finger on the second string at the 8th fret and the first finger at the 5th fret on the first string.
The triplet of Gs rolls easily across the strings as:
+ on the 5th string,
. on the 2nd string,
.. on the 1st string, and
+ (strong beat) on the 5th string
Then while the octave G is still ringing jump down to the:
F with the 3rd finger ..
E with the 2nd finger .
D open ..
This leaves all the fingers over the next chord and the thumb at the correct side of the fingerboard for the strong first beat of the next bar.
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Firefly (Firefly Polka): b. 1921 http://www.pedigreequery.com/firefly7
Pimpernel (Pimpernel Mazurka): b. 1926 http://www.pedigreequery.com/pimpernel5
Popcorn (Popcorn): b. 1912 http://www.pedigreequery.com/popcorn10
Rose Leaves (Rose Leaves Gavotte): b. 1916 http://www.pedigreequery.com/rose+leaves (unsure, marked as an American horse but his mother was British)
Peach Blossom (Peach Blossom): b. 1917 http://www.pedigreequery.com/peach+blossom4
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