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Melancholy tunes...
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Transatlantique by Tarrent Bailey Junior
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A couple of Christmas tunes...
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"Old school song is not a title, its a genre. Schools used to have fight songs and nostalgia songs. "Alma Mater" is the example I used for a nostalgic old school song."
"What is "Old School Song"? If it's a title I can't find it anywhere. I suppose if it was played jauntily The Tantalizer could be kinda rah-rah. But when I first heard it played it wasn't played that way.…"
"Yah, I hear "Old School Song" in "The Tantalizer". Kinda Alma Mater...ish. Nice tune.
For melancholy, etc., I would look to soft and slow stuff like "At Sunset", "Twilight Reverie", etc. Some of the Joplin…"
"Oh, nostalgia... now that is a whole different thing IMO. And that covers a large amount of classic banjo material. "
"Ah! My (still missing) copy was in the key of C. I didn't realize it was originally composed in A tuning. Maybe it's older than I thought it was.
I am not alone in perceiving and responding to a melancholy/wistful feeling…"
"But circling back to the OP, I can think of a few that fit. In the Frank Converse Analytical Method there is "Funeral March", "Minor March" and several others. One could also play any of the hundreds of "minor…"
"Alright, here is the Tantalizer, fresh from the ABF Library.
I read through it last night and while a good piece, I don't find anything about it "melancholy"."
"Jody's tune is by Ted Goggin. Not the same tune as the rag of the same name."
"I have just now looked for it and it's not where it should be; I have my printed banjo music arranged alphabetically. Both "the" and "tantalizer" start with T but it's not with the other T pieces. The…"
"Hey Jody. Do you have the original setting for Tantalizer? All that is in the library is a modern setting with the dangling 8."
"The intro to Sweet Jasmine. Down Devon Way. The Tantalizer. All are in a major key but are beyond wistful. "
Melancholy tunes...
What are some examples of melancholic or just outright sad tunes from the classic repertoire? All Alone springs to mind.What others? See More
"I have a late 1880's flush fret L&H called "The London" which I read somewhere was most likely produced for export. Which I guess is how it came to be in the UK!Rather like Trapdoor's its fine but nothing to write home about."
"I reckon "Mr Jollyboy" covers a lot of the same territory as Banshee and is easier to play. Well it is for me, anyway.Oakley's arrangement of "Schaffers Jig" is fun and comes together quickly.Morley's "A Darkie…"
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A Joe Morley Pilgrimage
I took advantage of a trip to a client in South London today to pay a visit to Joe Morley's grave.
I've written it up in a post on my blog at Walthamstow Folk Club - http://www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk/blog/?p=206
The accompanying text is probably of limited interest to you specialist expert types here but thought I'd share it anyway!…
I've written it up in a post on my blog at Walthamstow Folk Club - http://www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk/blog/?p=206
The accompanying text is probably of limited interest to you specialist expert types here but thought I'd share it anyway!…
Posted on September 29, 2009 at 18:07 — 1 Comment
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- At 19:58 on September 7, 2014,
Hal Allert said…
Thanks for considering me your friend, Russ.
- At 13:39 on February 26, 2023,
Jake Glanville said…
I wonder if there is any truth in the family legend that my distant relative Alfred Peck Stevens aka Alfred Glanville Vance aka The Great Vance, played a William Temlett Snr. zither-banjo shortly before his death on stage at The Sun Music Hall in 1888?
Black Jake of Norwich.
- At 7:48 on February 28, 2023,
Richard William Ineson said…
Wikipedia : Vance suffered from heart disease, and died on 26 December 1888, at the age of about 49, while performing on the stage of the Sun Music Hall, Knightsbridge.[1][3] He is buried in Nunhead Cemetery, although his headstone no longer exists.
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