Friday 28 February 2014
Sunday 2 February 2014
Whiskey in the Jar - Tenor Banjo
I feel like I'm starting to make progress with the new tenor banjo. As with learning any new instrument it can be a bit disheartening at first but if you keep your head down and keep practicing it starts to come together. The hardest thing for me has been learning to play with a plectrum, it feels so weird after years of frailing! This sounds a bit rushed and clanky but that's because I was enjoying the fact that I've nailed the melody and I was hanging on for dear life. A bit more practice will breathe a bit of nuance and life into it. It sounds really high pitched because I'm playing in D on a standard CGDA tenor - its a long story!
I worked it our from the notation on Martin Daris' Irish music site http://www.martindardis.com/id804.html
which has loads of good stuff on it.
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