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- From: Joe.Bethancourt@f72.n114.z1.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
- Subject: Re: more sexy banjo stuff
- X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
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- Date: 25 Dec 92 10:14:00
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- -=> Sherman Dorn said to Joe Bethancourt on 12-22-92 20:40 <=-
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- SD> On <20 Dec 92 10:55>, Joe Bethancourt scribbled the following to
- SD> Sherman Dorn:
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- > SD> Of course, any jazz musician or afficionado must note that drums,
- > SD> guitars, basses, and pianos all are considered "rhythm" (and thus
-
- JB> back......<grin!>....my point here is that
- JB> in the frailing/clawhammer technique you
- JB> *want* to be striking the head of
- JB> the banjo as you play, as opposed to
- JB> fingerpicking styles, which tend to many
- JB> notes and no rhythm backing at all.
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- SD> Ah. As one whose primary experience with banjo is Pete Seeger, I
- SD> don't really concentrate on playing style.
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- <grin!> Mr. Seeger has a move he calls the "basic Strum" that -sounds- a
- lot like frailing/clawhammer, but isn't....he also does a lot of free
- picking. He -is- able to frail, but not well. His brother, Mike Seeger,
- frails -quite- well.
-
- But for the "classic" example, watch Grandpa Jones on "Hee-Haw." That boy
- beats the h*** out of the banjo, and does VERY well at it.
-
- Best frailer in the world, tho, (IMHO) is Jim Conner, of Alabama.
-
-
- ... A gleekzorp without a tornpee is like a quop without a fertsneet
-
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- --- WM v2.04/92-0475
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