It's in C and goes up to D.. chords C Am F C G repeat. awkward key change D Bm G D A E G D back to C
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Waiting on a Sunny Day
or Stand Back - Key Change
There's a bit of a lull with the Charmers at the moment - trying to get mick and keef in the studio at the same time is a nightmare! So I've been messing about with some stuff that we might do? i've always liked this Springsteen song so thought it was time to torture myself (and you) and sing an play. You might notice the subtle attempt to manage the key change in the middle...
It's in C and goes up to D.. chords C Am F C G repeat. awkward key change D Bm G D A E G D back to C
It's in C and goes up to D.. chords C Am F C G repeat. awkward key change D Bm G D A E G D back to C
Friday, 24 June 2011
Thursday, 23 June 2011
A Bit More From the Hill
After a slightly rambling instrumental version of Spancil Hill last night, we had a more focused go with vocals.
Ale Fellow Well Met
I haven't played with Johnathan for ages but we always used to play Spancil Hill we're a bit rusty playing guitar and banjo but there's always room for improvement, and J turned up with ale so what's to complain about!
Sunday, 19 June 2011
Just Like Aunt Bertha Used to Make it
Well, maybe with another 40 years of practice!
After watching Aunt Bertha I realised she was playing this in G, but I've only ever found tab for Soldiers Joy in C or Double C. So I sat down with a pad and paper and two banjos, one in Double C and one in G and had a go at transposing it. It's the first time I've ever done this, so it took a while. I first started playing the melody note for note on the G tuned banjo, but this isn't right. So I worked out the notes for it in C and then moved them all up 4 steps and the notes are now in G. That's not quite the end of it as it's taken a bit of slight re-arranging to get a similar feel in G. The C tuning is so much lower that you don't quite get the same deep bass notes, but instead you get a much brighter rolling feel like Aunt Bertha gets. In G its also possible to play a version of the melody with fewer hammer-ons etc make it much simpler to learn.
I haven't been able to find any tab for Soldier's Joy in G so if I get chance I'll try and tab out my simplified version.
The double C version though gives you more range to play the melody in at least two different ways within the first 5 frets and it has that cranky old time feel too.
After watching Aunt Bertha I realised she was playing this in G, but I've only ever found tab for Soldiers Joy in C or Double C. So I sat down with a pad and paper and two banjos, one in Double C and one in G and had a go at transposing it. It's the first time I've ever done this, so it took a while. I first started playing the melody note for note on the G tuned banjo, but this isn't right. So I worked out the notes for it in C and then moved them all up 4 steps and the notes are now in G. That's not quite the end of it as it's taken a bit of slight re-arranging to get a similar feel in G. The C tuning is so much lower that you don't quite get the same deep bass notes, but instead you get a much brighter rolling feel like Aunt Bertha gets. In G its also possible to play a version of the melody with fewer hammer-ons etc make it much simpler to learn.
I haven't been able to find any tab for Soldier's Joy in G so if I get chance I'll try and tab out my simplified version.
The double C version though gives you more range to play the melody in at least two different ways within the first 5 frets and it has that cranky old time feel too.
Friday, 17 June 2011
Muttbunkey - My Kind of Morris
The Muttbunkey dropped me a line the other day and on visiting his extensive folk archive on Youtube I've picked this dance performed at the Druids Arms, Loughborough as my favorite piece of Morris dancing for many a year.
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Soldier's Joy
My new favouritestest song ever!
I've had time to tinker a bit with the tune and I think I'm getting the timings better.
there are also a load of different tabs for this on David's Clawhammer banjo site
I've had time to tinker a bit with the tune and I think I'm getting the timings better.
there are also a load of different tabs for this on David's Clawhammer banjo site
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