23 posts tagged with fretless.
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Lilly Polka
A lovely little early fingerstyle composition for the banjo by Frank B. Converse, from his 1865 New and Complete Method for the Banjo With or Without a Master.
Darling Nelly Gray
Fretless recording of an 1868 James Buckley finger style banjo arrangement of a tremendously popular song written in 1856 by Benjamin Hanby. [more inside]
Brighton Jig
Another Frank Converse tune on fretless banjo - this one from 1865. [more inside]
Briggs' Breakdown (Fretless banjo piece from 1855)
Yet another quick solo tune from Briggs' Banjo Instructor of 1855.
Hi! Ho! The Charleston Gals
Usually heard as 'Charleston Gals' in old-time circles these days, this was originally a minstrel-era song. [more inside]
Buckley's Jig
By G. Swain Buckley, 1860. Solo fretless banjo. [more inside]
Rapahanock Jig
A fun one by James Buckley, 1860. Solo gourd banjo, eAEG#B tuning. [more inside]
Anthony Street Reel
Briggs' Reel
From Briggs' Banjo Instructor of 1855. [more inside]
Get up in the Morning (Say the Geese)
I was tending a fire and playing my banjo outside when the geese decided to help. [more inside]
Lynchburg Town
Not the old-time tune you may be thinking of. Fretless banjo with a percussion loop. (As it happens, Garageband's Jazz drum kit instrument has a rattle that sounds a lot like a jawbone.) [more inside]
Old Joe
A popular 19th century minstrel tune with fretless banjo, tambourine and vocals. (Different from the old-time tune by the same name, and not related to Old Joe Clark either.) Lyrics as recorded are not offensive.* [more inside]
Pitch Burgundy Plaster
Fretless minstrel banjo with guitar and percussion, from 1855. [more inside]
Power of Music
More fretless minstrel banjo, with tambourine and marginally played bones. This one is from Phil Rice's 1858 Method for Banjo With or Without A Master.
Sugar Cane Dance
An elegantly arranged banjo piece composed by Frank B. Converse for his 1886 Analytical Banjo Method.
Spotted Pony
My first recording to share: this is the old-time banjo tune Spotted Pony, played on my new (to me) Bart Reiter fretless banjo, equipped with NylGut strings. Tuning is double-C.
a strange and mysterious adventure
This instrumental track was originally named "Em wrong" because it came out of absentmindedly playing my guitar while watching tv and accidentally strumming an E minor chord incorrectly on the 3rd fret. The resulting song has an uneasy, mysterious vibe. [more inside]
Eight of January
(Jackson's Victory). Played on my fretless bowlback banjo, in double A.
it shows
This is an angry, broody, dark, but pretty song. I'm proud of it, I think it's one of my best! Includes a pretty sweet xaphoon (!) solo by yours truly, plus background vocals by my wife. [more inside]
oslo nights
This is a quiet, meditative, minimalist instrumental piano piece, with occasional visits by vibes, fretless bass and lap steel guitar. You might want to play it somewhat loudly to hear some of the softer notes. Do you think it's finished, or should I add something? [more inside]
we will grow
This is a pretty stripped-down new song in kind of a singer-songwriter style. I'd be very curious to hear your thoughts. [more inside]
first step
An instrumental track that went under the working title "pseudo-eastern." Most prominently features guitars, lap steel, fretless bass and programmed sitar sounds. The subtle percussion is a spinner ring kind of like this one, run through a healthy dose of reverb. [more inside]
The Secret Language of W
I was tinkering around with this thing in Logic late one night, and had nothing more in mind for it really, when a friend emailed me an audio file of all Bush's compiled mumblings and fumblings from the first debate in '04. (put together by a Randi Rhodes show staffer, I believe) Intrigued, I plopped it down on a track of its own, and the first few bars lined up so perfectly, I just knew it was meant to be. So it's a duet with GWB on Vox & me on my precioussss sea foam green '77 fretless P-bass. (G*D, I love that thing)
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