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- From: Joe.Bethancourt@f72.n114.z1.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
- Subject: Re: 2 banjos?
- X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
- Message-ID: <n12bft@ofa123.fidonet.org>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 08:04:00
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- -=> Lynn Gold said to All on 12-15-92 00:39 <=-
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- LG> Organization: The Burn the Candle at Both Ends Club
- LG> From: figmo@netcom.com (Lynn Gold)
-
- LG> In article <n1195t@ofa123.fidonet.org>
- LG> Joe.Bethancourt@f72.n114.z1.fidonet.org writes:
- >
- >Just for fun, here's something from my text on banjo playing:
-
- LG> Q: Did you write this, or did you get it from one of your recommended
- LG> books? Where can the rest of us get a copy of this?
-
- Like I said.....it's from my text on banjo playing. It's not completely
- finished yet,but dern close, & when we finally get things nailed down with
- WailSongs, maybe I can talk them into publishing it. I am "playtesting" it
- now with my students.
-
- > FRAILING AND CLAWHAMMER STYLES:
- >
- > Frailing, also called "clawhammer," is played in a 6/8 rhythm that comes
- > out as 4/4....this may sound a bit confusing at first, but it really is
- > quite easy:
-
- LG> Q: Is the the picking rhythm that comes out like, to quote Pete
- LG> Seeger, "Boom-tiddy, Boom-tiddy,..."?
-
- Yup! Just beware of Pete's book's explaination.....it's a bit confusing &
- might mess you up.
-
-
- ... Under socialism, Man exploits Man; Capitalism reverses the trend
-
-
- --- WM v2.04/92-0475
-