Recording a Banjo - Recommendations

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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 04:01:57 GMT, paul@nospam.net wrote:

>On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 23:00:48 GMT, walkinay@thegrid.net (hank alrich)
>wrote:
>
>>What's "normal tuning" to you? Like guitar top four strings? E, B, G, D?
>>
>No it is as you say below viola tuning. The Irish tenor is a 4th
>below.
>>
>>I have this one tuned like a viola. Wallah! And yes, chord are a
>>stretch.
>
>Since I played Mando first and have huge hands it's doable for me, but
>as I mentioned I rarely use it for chording.
>I've done a load of Kids shows and albums and the banjo is always a
>nice happy sound. Hard to sound sad or angry on a banjo.

Those modal and minor tunings have a different feeling...

Al

 

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<paul@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 23:00:48 GMT, walkinay@thegrid.net (hank alrich)
> wrote:
>
> >What's "normal tuning" to you? Like guitar top four strings? E, B, G, D?
> >
> No it is as you say below viola tuning. The Irish tenor is a 4th
> below.
> >
> >I have this one tuned like a viola. Wallah! And yes, chord are a
> >stretch.
>
> Since I played Mando first and have huge hands it's doable for me, but
> as I mentioned I rarely use it for chording.
> I've done a load of Kids shows and albums and the banjo is always a
> nice happy sound. Hard to sound sad or angry on a banjo.

Pete Seeger managed to sound mighty angry on, say, "Viva La Quinte Brigada"
(spelling approximate). And Bart Veerman can sure sound sad at times.

Peace,
Paul

 

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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 06:09:25 GMT, "Paul Stamler"
<pstamlerhell@pobox.com> wrote:

>Pete Seeger managed to sound mighty angry on, say, "Viva La Quinte Brigada"
>(spelling approximate). And Bart Veerman can sure sound sad at times.

True enough. I was being a bit silly, but it is mostly his voice that
is angry and the modal tunings on a 5 string can be less cheery than
the dixie sound of the tenor. I generally use it for goofy sounding
stuff. I love to pair it in a recording with tuba and accordion. If I
had a bagpipe in there you could throw in a grenade and there would be
an end to all the instrument jokes.

 

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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 04:01:57 GMT, paul@nospam.net wrote:


>Hard to sound sad or angry on a banjo.

You haven't heard me try to play banjo:
me = angry
the performance = sad



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