Sandy River Belle

Still plugging away at this tune and I think I've got the first part, but I tried to incorporate some tab from David Payne's Clawhammer Banjo site (see links) and I've not quite got the drop thumbing combined with a quick run up the neck, but one day....

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Sandy River Revisited

I haven't played this ages while I've been tinkering with the guitar so I thought I'd give it a bash. As usual the composting effect came into play, and after a few stuttering efforts while I tried to remember it I found that I'd got the up the neck part which I'd previously struggled with! Tabs on David's Clawhammer Banjo site (see side bar).

Cedric Down Under... I'm trying fella!

Sandy River Belle

Carl sent me this version of Sandy River by Annie and Mac on Youtube.

Two practice tunes

Been posting a few versions of Sandy River Belle recently, and without wantin to bore you here's another.
I think i've worked out the A and B parts now much more clearly, and I've also started incorporating abit of the tab from David's Clawhammer site.

I've also been working on the guitar and this is a little exercise form my tutor book using Dsus2 and Dsus4, I've just bolted on a bit of A and G!

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sandyriver310.mp3 (775 KB)

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dsus.mp3 (799 KB)

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Sandy River Belle

Sandy River Belle - Agin

There are so many different versions of this tune, and here's another go by me.

Sandy River Belle

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sandyriverbelle.mp3 (837 KB)

This is probably the hardest thing I've tried to learn.
It's an old fiddle tune from the Tim Jumper 'Banjo Songbook'
I'm it's much more of a clawhammer style with few strums in the melody.
It's killing me! but I will get it right.

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