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Jody Stecher
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Whiskey Before Breakfast:score, tab, sound file
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jody Stecher Jul 5.
New strings/ New transcription
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Trapdoor2 Jun 22.
Repaired scores for Old Bog Hole
Started Jun 6
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"Yes the imagined increase is an example of what I meant by music in the realm of ideation as opposed to the the realm of the physical world. Classical composers did this too I am told."
"In the 4th measure you have retained Bickford's crescendo "hairpin" marking. How does one increase the volume of a single stroke? You strike the chord and on the banjo it automatically diminishes in volume soon after. One…"
"Wow. You're right, it can be played in your tuning! But it still sounds discordant to me. The chord in measure 1 sounds better to me, Better than either might be Bb C D."
"The screenwriter needed to his homework a little deeper. A broken string makes a sound but it is not loud and not like a gun. HOWEVER : There are two sounds a banjo can make that can easily be mistaken for a pistol shot. One is a vellum breaking.…"
"After you've had more time to study the piece I think you will discover that two more strings tuned as you have indicated will not enable you or anyone else to simulataneosly play Bb on the third fret of the third string and A natural one fret…"
"I like the piece as well. Maybe the movement from F to the G that starts the triplet is meant to indicate one stroke of the thumb, starting on F on the bass string and then "falling" to the open G string. His mandolin instruction is…"
"He also indicates the notes he actually means.... except for when he doesn't. The publisher/printer may have made an omission and neglected to print Bickford's tuning declaration. I dunno. I'm guessing. "
"What is it indicating about the phrasing? "
"The chord in the penultimate measure FACF is not playable by normal hands if the 4th string is tuned to C. But if the 4th string is tuned to D we have a garden variety F chord that every bluegrass banjo player knows and plays often. This got…"
"I have one of Bickford's mandolin books and I like it. I have the impression that he has a good understanding of what it is to be a beginner and know nothing. Although he sometimes wanders off on philosophical tangents his actual advice on…"
"Does anyone (else) remember a 1950s LP series called "Pardon My Blooper"? Misspoken gems from radio and TV were reproduced in the grooves. One of them was " And now... Eddie Playbody will pee for you". "
"Maybe not, after tasting the "pizza". "
"OK. Less weight in the pot than a Tu-ba-phone."
"All with resonators I presume. "
"Banjo-between-the-thighs is for people with long arms. If I place the banjo there and want to actually pluck the strings I have to bring my right shoulder very far forward into a contorted position. Also the brackets hurt the tender skin…"
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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
Comment Wall (24 comments)
- 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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