[Musicians] Dots & Jigs

[Thomas Verdot]

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 
> <musicians at lists.sharedweight.net 
> <mailto:musicians at lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
> 
>     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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