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City Point Jig (Classic-style banjo)
City Point Jig (John C. Wild 1887) Key of Eb Halloween vibes. Thanks to Clarke Buehling for kindly sharing the sheet music for this.Played on my trusty CE S...
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Comment by Jody Stecher yesterday
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Marc, your re-setting is so easy to read.
According to the manuscript Carrie shared, the final note of measure 8 of City Point Jig, the last measure of the A part, should be an octave higher. It should be the G of the open 5th string.
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Comment by carrie horgan yesterday
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I've found the video where Clarke is playing City Point Jig - he plays it in this video about the 24 min mark: https://oldtimeconversations.com/video/clarke-buehling/
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Comment by Trapdoor2 yesterday
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I fixed it Jody (see attached). Octave errors are very common with me and this software. You key in via typing the letter of the note ("G") and the software guesses which octave you intend. If I'm not paying strict attention, my ears just hear a "G" and are satisfied. Of course, self-editing is always a problem...
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I haven't tried playing these yet, but it looks like they may have been intended for the Banjo style (now Stroke Style) instead of Guitar style. Banjo style would eliminate any problems with RH fingering of the chords as they would all be brush strokes with the 5th note at the end of the brush.
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The first part of Fandango is easily played stroke style. Playing the triplets in the B part stroke style would involve some unlikely skipping of strings in ascent and some fancy thumb dropping in descent.
I think I'll play it guitar style and borrow the brushed chords from stroke style. Thanks for the idea!
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Marc, the A-s in Fandango are still marked as natural. That's a half step higher than the Weston notation indicates.
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Jody, you said:
"Marc, the A-s in Fandango are still marked as natural. That's a half step higher than the Weston notation indicates."
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I don't understand. There are no A-naturals in my score. The Key is C-minor, three-flats: Ab, Bb and Eb. There are, however, a bunch of B-naturals!
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Whoops. Apologies. I blame it on my 80 year old eyes. Or my 80 year old brain. Thanks for your patience.
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LOL. I read your post and thought, "how in the heck did I screw that up?"
No worries. I'm 11yrs behind you...and questioning my abilities every day.
I did try to play it Stroke Style. Oooof, I haven't had a thimble on in a very long time. Took me the better part of an hour to just get some of the simpler Briggs tunes back into my fingers again. It was so windy on my front porch today that I was chasing music more than I was playing. We're supposed to have a week of fine weather, so I'll be spending more time on the porch!
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Marc, I've got no front porch but I do have a back porch. If I practiced banjo out there I'd have to affix the sheet music to the music stand with clothes pins. The wind is almost constant. Fortunately that makes the porch an ideal place to dry wet laundry. The only time I've had a banjo out there is to take photos, as the light there is often perfect for that. We're on the third floor of an old Victorian house near the top of a hill in San Francisco. The back porch is its own mini-weather system.
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