Comment by thereallyniceman on March 2, 2012 at 13:15

I have always thought that Cammeyer's pieces were too syrupy and dripping with sentimentality for my liking, but you have amazed me...  AGAIN!

Firstly with your ability to get these pieces to performance standard in, what seems, such a short time, and secondly how you have bring the pieces to life. This was a composition for the banjo and goodness doesn't it sound like it!

I think that this is why I love Classic Style banjo... it just sounds good!

That is a beautifully played and delicate piece. The crisp attack to your banjo playing makes it sound, to me, just how it should sound.

Keep them coming Mike.

I am also glad that now Spring has sprung the lighting is obviously better where you are.  ;-)

Comment by Jody Stecher on March 2, 2012 at 15:58

Thus is one of my favorite pieces of music of any genre from anywhere in the world. I think it's typical of Cammeyer, full of unexpected harmonic shifts and challenging  finger stretches all of which result in better music rather than in the listener thinking how clever the composer is.

Comment by marc dalmasso on March 3, 2012 at 13:45

Yes ; very well played

I think  there is a  Cammeyer " signature " in all his tunes because we can recognize his style at 1st hear .

Comment by Mike Moss on March 3, 2012 at 15:01

Thank you all for the kind comments, I'm glad you enjoyed it. My aim, as of late, has been to explore the more delicate repertoire without forsaking what I feel is a basic "banjo essence" -- namely, the instrument still being itself, with its idiosyncrasy -- not trying to be another instrument or something it never was. I was influenced both by Lillywhite's recording of the piece and by William Ball's recording of "Humoresque", by Cammeyer, on a CE Pro which shows that the Z-B repertoire can also be very effective on the ordinary banjo.

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