Comment by German David Patarroyo on March 24, 2013 at 0:12

I was traveling all day long so I didn´t expect all these interesting comments. Folks, I have a pretty clear idea of what is classic style. Actually, I eat, breath and think in classic banjo all the time! :)... right now I am practicing with material from 4 books (Grimshaw, Agnew, Stahl and Ellis tutorials). Sometimes, I try simple tunes in order to have an idea what can I do with the banjo...therefore, I heard My Ladie, and I thought it could be a nice experiment (actually, I tried to omitt using the word classic banjo because I knew this wasn´t the case)....Don´t worry, I will share soon more and more classic banjo tunes (Sunflower Dance and a faster version of Clematis Waltz and other tunes are in the way)

I promise you :)

Comment by marc dalmasso on March 24, 2013 at 7:56

I am pretty sure  Morley was a bad biznessman ( plus tu es cool , plus on t 'en.... coole ) only Mike can understand;;

German ;............. ian is perfectly right ; you should let down these arrangment by Rob , not banjo stuff and you should play  some tunes by our great heroes : Morley ,Ellis , Weidt , Grimshaw etc ; they all writed  FANTASTIC _ MELODIC-EASY pieces for the banjo with lot of open string & easy syncopations ; You need to play these to get progress in your playing ;  i think  : " sunflower dance ", " black bess " ,  Q of the burlesque " etc ;  MORE ; you will gain to have " banjo fingering clichés " which will help you later  when you will learn more banjo " advanced songs .  By learning the R mc Killop ' arrangments , you will learn nothing , not because they are not good but because you do not play at the same level than him .

Comment by marc dalmasso on March 24, 2013 at 10:37

""A triangular banjo? If there was a Russian equivalent of the banjo ( and I think there is not) it might be the domra. At least it's round ""

Jody , pretty soon , you gonna be wrong...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GtcuYCK4IYI

 

Comment by Jody Stecher on March 24, 2013 at 13:55

Marc, I am *already* wrong, and several times a day. I note that the square banjo is in Rugby, England. That makes me think of the game of the same name. So naturally the first thing that came to mind was a rugby ball with corners. A square ball!  Now *that* is really really wrong. Especially when one's own head comes into contact with  of these in swift motion.

Comment by marc dalmasso on March 24, 2013 at 15:43

lol..

even the best old CE banjos or PW Gibsons cannot swing better than such a banjo for the square dances

Comment by Jody Stecher on March 24, 2013 at 21:59

We now know about square dance banjos. I have just posted some photos I received today from Paul Hostetter that prove how wrong I can be and also demonstrate the kind of banjo suitable for a "Triangle Dance".

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