Comment by thereallyniceman on April 26, 2012 at 8:49

Sylvia, sorry for not replying sooner, but I have been away from my computer for most of the last month and missed your post. I find that mindless repetition (which is frowned upon by some) is the only way to drive a tune into my muscle memory. I use the score to work though initially and use it for reference now and again while learning the piece. I tend to not try to play from the score as when it is "under my fingers" I then try to put my interpretation into the music, with light and shade and changes in tempo.  Some pieces fall under my fingers fairly quickly, whereas others can take AGES.  A lot is down to the arrangement. I like pieces where the notes to flow easily for both Left and Right hands. Alternate fingers in the RH where possible and not too many jumps.

I usually take little notice of the suggested fingering annotated on the published score, preferring to work through looking for "nicer" ways to play. When Steve Harrison and I arranged Creole Bell and Georgia Grind recently it took an age to work though the pieces fingering in a way that I found easy to play these fairly tricky pieces. Steve, who is a great player, has a background in "melodic style" of banjo playing and plays the solos in a way that I simply cannot! His hand floats and his fingers seem to flow across the strings in a way that I find impossible to reproduce, so producing an arrangement that we both agreed on took quite some time. This is part of the fun! There is NO right way and experimentation is what it is all about.

Regarding Mauna Loa. Sorry that you have had trouble, but the download works fine from here.

Let me know if you still have problems and I will email you a copy.

Comment by Alan Sims on April 26, 2012 at 9:49

hi Mike ive just tabbed this out for none readers  beat as you go sabrosa ,rustic dance ,dolly grey ,kissing cup waltze , gypsy love . ive tried to scane them to to site they are neatly hand written .have you any ideas

Comment by Mike Moss on April 26, 2012 at 11:53

Hi Alan, that's great. If you send me your scans I'll enter them into a tab programme as soon as I can.

Comment by thereallyniceman on April 26, 2012 at 15:06

Thank you Alan,

It is great when people add things, like this, for the benefit of other site members. Mike, if you need help with the Tabs I may be able to help out with my notation software.. LMK.

Comment by Sylvia on April 26, 2012 at 19:46

Hi Ian, I also find the only way to remember a piece of music is to play it over and over again. My problem is that it dosn't stay " remembered " for any great length of time. Hope its not the "long term, short term " memory syndrome, I can do without that for a long time to come :-)

I have just printed out Mauna Loa, and this time my printer has behaved itself, I can't think what happened the last time I tried. Like I said in my post, I had printed out before and after without any problems. The printer must have been having an off day ...... I know the feeling.

Comment by Trapdoor2 on April 26, 2012 at 19:49

I've had BAYG on the kitchen table for tabbing since Mike posted his video. I've got it started...but just. The others that you mention, Alan, I have also tabbed out...except "Dolly Grey". I have "Sabrosa" but it is a modern BG tune by Alan Munde.

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