Comment by thereallyniceman on February 22, 2015 at 18:22

It is great to hear real "live" playing. Your love for the music shines through.

The banjeaurine sounds great.

Comment by Dave Houle on February 23, 2015 at 2:22

Excellent!!! Listened to it multiple times!

Comment by Trapdoor2 on February 23, 2015 at 4:02

Well done!

Perhaps you'd share the sheet music with us? That's the Cyril Bernand piece from one of the J.A. Turners collections, right?

I have one niggle for you. ;-)

In the trio, you are rushing just a bit. The note just prior to the four repetative chords should have a nice, strong accent with the three chords acting as 'backup'. Ba-dum-ta-DUM-ba-dum-ba-dum. Ba-dum-ta-DUM-ba-dum-ba-dum...etc, etc. You're jumping just a smidge too quickly into the chords and not accentuating that lead-in note.

I envision a marching band for this stuff. The guy on bass drum would really whack that note hard. Another trick is to go all 'cartoon' on the accents. Hyper-accentuate them and have some fun with it...which is what a good marching band would do anyway.

That banjeaurine sounds great!

Comment by carrie horgan on February 23, 2015 at 18:25

Thanks all.  I appreciate the feedback and the helpful comments.  I'm trying to get to grips with reading music scores and sometimes struggle with timing and emphasis - I am more of an 'ear' player I think... 

Comment by carrie horgan on February 23, 2015 at 18:29

p.s I forgot to say the score is available in The Herbert Ellis 'Thorough School for 5-String Banjo' which is downloadable on this site in the Tutor Books section.  It's on the list of Grade 1 pieces in the VCM classic banjo syllabus so is a good one for beginners.  

Comment by Trapdoor2 on February 23, 2015 at 19:07

Aha! I do have that one (the Ellis tutor). I'll go look it up this evening. Thanks!

Comment by marc dalmasso on February 27, 2015 at 20:43

keep on keepin on picking

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