18 May
2019
18 May
'19
12:31 a.m.
I used to play with a great banjo play (Clarke Buehling) who played jigs
but getting them up to dance tempo doing any sort of down-stroke is
hard. It was done in the 19th century however & these show up in the
old banjo tutors of that era.
Tom V.
On 5/17/2019 7:21 PM, Meg Dedolph wrote:
you know, this is something I've wondered about as
well. There's this
thread on the Fiddle Hangout that has people putting forth some ideas.
https://www.fiddlehangout.com/archive/22858
A couple people in that thread mentioned that jigs are hard to play on
clawhammer banjo, and so maybe that has to do with why they are not
really part of the old-time repertoire? That seems like a good theory to
me ....
meg
On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 7:15 PM Thomas Verdot via Musicians
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This is an aside from the conversation & I hesitate to start something
new that is bottomless, but since you mentioned it...
Why have jigs been discarded over the decades by most "old time"
fiddlers? They were certainly used by many up to the early part of the
20th century but in most places they have almost completely
disappeared.
I love starting a dance with a jig & transitioning to to a reel or
hornpipe (both as a player & a dancer).
Regards, Tom Verdot
On 5/17/2019 6:37 PM, Meg Dedolph via Musicians wrote:
But I made an offhanded comment about how a particular dance
worked well with jigs and the fiddler recalled a
New England jig
that he
knew, but hadn't played for a while and
decided to try it, but the
guitarist was not comfortable backing jigs and ... the band did not
sound as good on that tune as they did when they were playing
old-time
reels.
Meg
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