Τα καλύτερα Old Songs podcast (2024)

From the fiddling of Alabama fiddler James Bryan in 1983, he learned from Mack Blalock, a Georgia fiddler, and the tune is older yet. I tuned to an open C tuning, something only done occasionally, so it changed the fingering from the better-known ways.Από τον JanetB

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Tamsin's Waltz

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26d ago

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A tune I wrote and decided should be named after my wife, as a reward for putting up with my banjo playing!Από τον gentrixuk

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The Merry Blacksmith (TOTW)

29d ago

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Arranged from the O'Neill's Music of Ireland source. My son is a farrier and does blacksmithing ALL the time. Sometimes he's merry!Από τον JanetB

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Lucy Farr's Barn Dance (TOTW)

1M ago

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Lucy Farr (1911-2003) was Irish, but lived in England. She played the tune in the key of D, but here in jam sessions it's being played in the key of G. Lucy recorded an album at the age of 80!Από τον JanetB

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Big Rock Candy Mountains

1M ago

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Από τον stanley_

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Phoebe in Her Petticoat

1M ago

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Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.Από τον dbrooks

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Grey-Haired Dancin' Gal

1M ago

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Thanks to Brendan Doyle for uploading the source recording for this week's Tune of the Week, Grey-Haired Dancin' Gal. I gave the tune another try. This version has a more Cajun swing flavor than the one I learned from, and Brendan shared with us the composer's background, so I thought it was worth another try. It's played slowly here and wants to b…

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Grey Haired Dancing Girl (TOTW)

2M ago

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Learned from the fiddling of Mark Tamsula, a fiddler I respect a lot. Grey Haired Dancing Girl, however, is not one Mark learned from the collections of Pennsylvania's Samuel Bayard. The original source of the tune is still a mystery, but a 1990's jam in Maryland was Mark's source.Από τον JanetB

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Bibb County Hoedown (TOTW)

2M ago

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The source recording is from a 1930 recording of Seven Foot Dilly and His Dill Pickles. I learned from a modern recording of the Old Yeller Dog Band because I liked how the fiddle filled in the held notes.Από τον JanetB

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Red Fox

2M ago

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Here's a Henry Reed version of Red Fox, recorded in the enormous collection of this West Virginia fiddler by the great Alan Jabbour. I went to gCGCE tuning for ease of playing down the neck.Από τον JanetB

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Red Fox played by DougL

2M ago

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My friend Doug's versiongDGbdΑπό τον passed via Henry Reed

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What's Gonna Become of Me

2M ago

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Από τον mmuussiiccaall

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Portsmouth Airs (TOTW)

2M ago

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This version of Portsmouth Airs is based on Buddy Thomas' fiddling. He'd visit Jimmy Wheeler, leaving Kentucky to go to the neighboring town of Portsmouth in Ohio.Από τον Jimmy Wheeler

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Whistling Rufus (TOTW)

3M ago

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A Tune of the Week written in the late 1800's, considered a ragtime or tin pan alley tune. It's a tough one to play, especially having just learned it today, but it was also an unusual tune to figure out.Από τον Kerry Mills

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Scully's Reel/Sail Away

3M ago

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What I worked out in gEADE tuning for playing clawhammer with piano at a contra dance. (it's for a dancing, so it's fairly long)From a couple of years ago, first dance from long break of Covid. Was a bit rough.Από τον banjoak

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Horses in the Canebreak

3M ago

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Playing around with gDGDE tuning.Also experimenting using BandLab app and some of built in fx and processing for mastering... to demo what it does (it is a bit much)Από τον banjoak

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Winderslide

3M ago

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This was an experiment using iPhone and BandLab app for quick multitrack in kitchen.Από τον banjoak

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Last of Sizemore (Hiram Stamper)(TOTW)

3M ago

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Old Kentucky crooked fiddle tunes are intriguing and Hiram Stamper is an authentic learning resource in my book. Bruce Greene recorded this one and it was tricky to arrange. I got some help listening to George Jackson, the New Zealander old-time player that's a pleasure to hear.Από τον JanetB

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Sally in the Garden

3M ago

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Από τον jef

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Old Abbott (TOTW)

3M ago

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From the playing of an Alabama fiddler, Paisley Hagood. Mostly he plays ABAB, which is kind of a treat after always playing AABBAABB. The high note in the A part gives it an ancient tone feeling for me.Από τον JanetB

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Swallow Tail Jig

3M ago

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It's rare to work on a jig with clawhammer. This is a sweet tune with a real Irish (to my ears) melody. Its minor tones make it a bit bittersweet.Από τον JanetB

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Cannonball Blues

4M ago

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Based on the playing of the Leslie Riddle and the Carter Family, the melody resembles White House Blues, an earlier song, and is included in a Tune of the Week featuring the latter. This recording was made when my husband, Kit, and I were performing locally at events focusing on local history. We liked choosing old-time tunes and songs and have a i…

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Temperance Reel

4M ago

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Played on newly constructed parts banjo. Key of GΑπό τον hudie

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Black Eyed Susie

4M ago

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This old standard is played clawhammer style on a banjo I built which features internal-to-the-rim head tensioning, an internal resonator, and a Helix-style laid up rim made from carob wood.Από τον Traditional, based on arrangement by Ralph Stanley

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Hole in the bottom of this jug

4M ago

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Country bluesΑπό τον WalshyBanjo

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Rockingham Cindy

4M ago

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Classic clawhammer tune played on my new Stone Banjo Company Half Fretless banjo.Από τον jbest

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Skippin' Addie

4M ago

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Tune written for my daughter.Played on my new Stone Banjo Company Half Fretless banjo!Από τον jbest

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Valley Forge - Stone Banjo Company Banjo

4M ago

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Really fun tune played on my new Stone Banjo Company Half Fretless!Από τον jbest

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Cumberland Gap

4M ago

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Based on the playing of George Landers, fCFCD or thereabouts...Από τον RG

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Keep on the Sunny Side of Life

4M ago

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Self arrangementΑπό τον Carter family

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Jamie Allen

4M ago

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From around the year 1800, Jamie Allen is named for the Northumbria bagpipe player, Jamie Allen. It is played as a march in New England these days.Από τον JanetB

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Mountain Dew - Granpa Jones

4M ago

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Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.Από τον mmuussiiccaall

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Kiley's Reel

4M ago

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A Tune of the Week with various titles and styles, but popularized most by a Canadian string band as Kiley's Reel, whose style is normally notey and energetic. For the final B part, I combined this clawhammer arrangement with its minstrel roots in the last time through on the B part.Από τον JanetB

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Echoes of the Ozarks

4M ago

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This Tune of the Week, Echoes of the Ozarks comes from a 1920's recording by Kansas fiddler Sam Long. His fiddling was said to be smooth and rhythmic, but I found this piece too crooked to easily play along with him. It also has lots of syncopation. It's said to resemble Little Old Log Cabin in the Woods.…

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Walking the Dog (CB)

5M ago

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The Tune of the Week features a contemporary old-time composition by one who is super talented at it -- Arnie Neiman. He truly loves his dog and the tune Walking the Dog is a happy one, with Arnie's ability to create something unique amidst so many hundreds of tunes in our repertoire.Από τον Arnie Naiman

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The Barnacle

5M ago

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Raw sound file for new album "Raging Seaward"Από τον wrench13

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Boatin' Up Big Ole Sandy

5M ago

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The river title is familiar, but this is a unique tune by "Papa Jake," a Virginia fiddler recorded by David Bragger of the Old Time Tiki Parlour. The TOTW presenter went up the neck, so I thought that would be an added challenge this week. The tuning is open C here, gCGCE. Normally the tune is played in the key of D.…

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Outer Wilds

5M ago

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Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.Από τον Andrew Prahlow

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two banjos, three setups demo

5M ago

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Από τον cjwit

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Log Chain

5M ago

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A tune from Ohio with a title referring to the old way of logging where a horse pulled the log attached to a chain. It's a good drop thumb workout for us clawhammer players.Από τον JanetB

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Cowhide Boots

5M ago

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As played by Missouri fiddler Lyman Enloe, tuned in what is called open C, but on a cello banjo, so that you are hearing Cowhide Boots in its normal key, which is G. (dGDGB)Από τον JanetB