Elwood
Blues
How very nice of you, especially you being another purveyor of the 5 string beauty in music. I had no idea there was another banjo player in the crowd or I might have been more sheepish about presenting that piece.This is a great offering, positively Appalachian
I was just on the phone with one of my boys (men now) telling him how I really don't do bluegrass properly, and I sure can't frail, but I enjoy playing so much I figure it's OK just to play it my own way if I want.
Kind of you not to mention my obvious blunders. In the chorus I went to the 5 when I meant to hit the 4 so I just played it upside down. I stumble and bumble and trip over my fingers, I love it! Oh, I love to cut loose with the steel picks, when I do it in the back yard no-one passes without craning to see what in the world is so loud, ha!
I really love that guitar logic works just fine on the banjo. I made up a tune in G (the native environment for all of you uninitiated in the finer banjo arts) so what would you use. G, C, D, D7, Em, even that little F, C, G passage, all just some guitar logic (some might just call it music theory) moved over to 5 strings. The melody lines just come from chord tones going by. That little reprise at the end is corny too, I just felt like adding a change up to close it out, so I did.
My "Appalachian" sound is kind of like the well worn trail going out to the half moon hide away out back.
Now I'm waiting to hear you on your banjo, for real!!! Just get on your big boy pants before you do, we have lots of banjo fans that just don't know it yet around here
You gave me a big ol grin Braylon, thanks again!!!
Cheers!
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