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Jody Stecher
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Historical question about banjo strings
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jody Stecher Sep 7.
St Louis Tickle: New Arrangement for 3 banjos
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Three voice arrangement for The Tantalizer
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"This has the phrase structure of Miss McLeod's Reel/ Hop High Ladies with all the notes changed. "
"And there is the "Canadian Barndance" —which is Scottish. "
"Yes, that's the pattern, historically, as far as I can tell: the dance determines the structure of the music. But where does that leave us? As far as I can tell breakdown dancing and jig dancing in early and mid 19th century…"
"This is 20th and 21st century stuff. I am asking if anyone knows what breakdowns and jigs meant to the compilers and composers of 19th century tune books. Because if jigs and breakdowns were the same thing I think there would not be two…"
"Exactly. They seem interchangeable. And yet here is a book offering a selection of "both". "
"What I mean is that based on the evidence on the page (having not been around in the 19th century to observe the dancers and musicians) it seems that jig steps and breakdown steps could be danced as easily to either type of tune. I'm finding no…"
"Sure but that's now. I'm asking about the mid 19th century when these terms start to appear in print. On the page there is no clear difference between the structures of what are called jigs and what are called breakdowns. Reels,…"
"Well yeah but which is which?"
"Does anyone know what, in 19th century tune books (for banjo and sometimes fiddle) determined whether a tune was a jig or a breakdown? It's not time signature or dotted rhythm. (I'm not talking about Irish 6/8 or 9/8 jigs).…"
"To my ear Gold Tone cello-banjos sound like furniture with strings.
Vintage guitar-banjos, mandolin-banjos, etc when set up Just So can sound fabulous. Almost any set of nylon guitar strings, a natural vellum and a suitable bridge will tame…"
"Also mysterious is the anonymous friend. Not that this is a problem at all. The anonymity makes for a better story."
"And what did they say when attending a piano recital? "
"Count me in as "getting something". Yes indeed."
"As described in Richard Ineson's biography of the banjo player and composer Joe Morley, which is here on this site, Joe Morley was a full-fledged virtuoso on the 7 string fretless banjo when he was "discovered" and convinced to come…"
"Her handwriting speaks volumes about the person and her era. Do you have any idea of the year this was done?"
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Banjo Benches at San Francisco Airport!
I was taking a flight out a new terminal at San Francisco the other day and was surprised and amused to see the shape of some comfortable new benches with a new shape. Off topic because they look like plectrum banjos? No indeed, these are Zither Banjo Benches! I'm afraid my mobile phone takes horrible quality pictures but at least the shape was captured. The wave of the future?
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ContinuePosted on November 17, 2011 at 4:06 — 5 Comments
Farland Metal banjo head on ebay
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 20:50 — 2 Comments
clear photos of the missing banjo
Note the copper bass string, the red binding around the pot and the inlay "The Cammeyer Vibrante Royal" These are distinctive.
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 22:16
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- At 4:06 on April 7, 2009,
Trapdoor2 said…
- Jody, regarding the banjo I'm playing in my videos: that's one of Bob Flesher's "Cotillion" (12") models; my main axe for about 6 yrs. Thanks for the kind remarks, I've gone from archtop Stelling "shrill" to "tubby" over the years (in more ways than one!). I have a fiberskyn head on it, Aquila Nylgut strings and one of those Cole 5-footed bridges. I have a small collection of banjos but the Flesher gets all the playing time these days.
- At 5:54pm on March 14, 2010, Joel Hooks gave Jody Stecher a gift…
- At 8:11 on August 19, 2010,
Liz McElwain said…
- Thanks, Jody. Hope to be able to meet you over the Didmarton weekend.
- At 17:08 on September 11, 2010,
Anthony Peabody said…
- I enjoyed meeting you at Backwell, and I am afraid that I assumed that you were a newcomer to Banjo, so please erase from your hard drive any superfluous and quite unnecessary advice. You don't need any encouragement either. I was the bass banjo at the end of the line, filling in the blanks, and wishing I could play better. So you see, you encorage me!
Anthony Peabody
- At 17:48 on December 22, 2010,
Eric STEFANELLI said…
Thanks Jody, to add me as a friend, i am deeply honored !
I would be to give you some piece of information about my banjos making, give me please your e-mail, mine is : eric.pat-luths@orange.fr .
About your music, many people in France like bluegrass & old timey music, and play it, there is many bands, many american banjo players come to France every years to teach, and have many pupils, there is summer country festivals...i was myself a pupil of Tony Trishka in 1978 and and Ben Eldrige in 1982/83, but we can speak about it by mail. Classic banjo is unknow or very few people know this kind of banjo music.
Eric
- At 14:09 on August 3, 2011,
Pam Tointon said…
Thank you Jody I enjoyed that. Nice to hear an original composition, but well beyond me yet as a beginner I'm afraid.
regards Pam
- At 12:51 on October 18, 2011,
Neil Angus Goodwin said…
- Thankyou for the info, that might explain why it is the only Cammeyer I have seen with the metal bands.
- At 23:51 on March 5, 2012,
allan ideson said…
thanks jody for your input.ime a guitarist .i have good instruments ...this banjo .has a lot of volume .also the neck and fingerboard are a work of art .after all these years the neck is straight .....no truss rod.when i master the beast ill put some tunes on ....thanks...allan
- At 21:34 on March 8, 2012,
skip sail said…
hi Jody,met you on your australian tour,we talked Fred Macdowell and Robert Petway and jammed a bit on some fingerpicked blues at Camperdown. Thanks for the welcome to the forum! Skip
- At 7:32am on May 14, 2012, thereallyniceman gave Jody Stecher a gift…
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