Comment by Trapdoor2 on July 5, 2013 at 11:38

Most excellent, Greg! Well done!!

I met Curly and Carol Ann this year at Nashville's "Breaking Up Winter". Nice folks indeed.

Comment by thereallyniceman on July 6, 2013 at 8:56

Another cracking video from Greg Adams. I like the tempo too! Bill Ball's Zarana recording always seems like a race to me and a slightly slower pace brings out the subtleties of the piece to me.

5*****

Comment by marc dalmasso on July 6, 2013 at 12:37

Well played , Greg ; very good

On the live WJB  recording ( the one with  the wrong violin ' note at 2 mn ) , i  really wonder what is hapening ? if  the orchestra play  at the old  ' bout 434 Hz pitch or the modern 440 ' one  ;  this Zarana ' version seems to be in Db m high pitch.....

Comment by Warren Kearney on July 6, 2013 at 12:39

Really excellent! Well played and a great tune!Thanks

Comment by German David Patarroyo on July 6, 2013 at 20:30

Reallly nice played Greg!. Glad to watch you in a new video.

Comment by Warren Kearney on July 10, 2013 at 22:34

Hi Greg! Really liked you version of Zarana. I do have a question about the two "e" in the first measure. It sounds like you tie the two together. That is, coming off of the triplet it sounds like one "e" . Not sure, is this a convention in classic banjo. In classical guitar unless tied I'd play them as separate tones. Thanks for any help you can give me.

Comment by Warren Kearney on July 10, 2013 at 22:43

sorry those should have been "d"s . I was thinking of something else.

Comment by thereallyniceman on July 11, 2013 at 8:03

I think it is just the speed of Greg’s triplet notes that is confusing the ears.

To make it easier, I would count the bars as 4 beats (even though it is written as 2/4)

 

Thus Bar 1 would count:   1   “twid-de-ley”   3    4

 

Here is Greg slowed down a bit:

1 TWID-DE-LEY 3 4

… and  I can definitely hear his:  1 twid-de-ley and his 3  4s  !

Comment by Warren Kearney on July 14, 2013 at 13:42

Sorry for the delay in responding. Thank you so much for you insights and well constructed reply. I hope I didn't come off as judgmental, just wondered why I wasn't hearing the two distinct notes. I'm just not playing up to speed and it appears more pronounced when I play. Thanks again.  

Comment by Greg Adams on July 14, 2013 at 13:59

Thank you everyone for the favorable feedback on this tune. Warren, you do not come off as being judgmental. Listening to the opening notes, your comments make sense as it does sound a bit compressed together. 

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