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Lowly Mountain Banjos
Добавлен 28 май 2019
Banjer bodger living and working in the foothills of the Lowly Mountains. Ask me about making you a fully custom mountain, gourd, or open-back banjo. www.lowlymountainbanjos.com
Cello Banjo Strings Review
Here's my initial reaction to Gold Tone's cello banjo strings on one of my baritone gourd banjos. TL;DR, great volume and sustain, very even across all the strings, but they are a little brighter and noisier than I like. Time may prove to mellow them, or they might not be exactly what I'm looking for when using an unfretted neck. Give some of my other gourd banjo videos a listen and then you be the judge. Here's one: ruclips.net/video/XO1pHwnKnoA/видео.html
For a custom-made banjo or to see all the immediately available banjos head over to www.lowlymountainbanjos.com
Reach me right away at lowlymountainbanjos@gmail.com
For a custom-made banjo or to see all the immediately available banjos head over to www.lowlymountainbanjos.com
Reach me right away at lowlymountainbanjos@gmail.com
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Видео
Fence Post Gourd Banjo
Просмотров 353Месяц назад
Darling Corey on a baritone gourd banjo by Lowly Mountain Banjos. For a custom-made banjo or to see all the immediately available banjos head over to www.lowlymountainbanjos.com Reach me right away at lowlymountainbanjos@gmail.com
Handscrew Instead of Bench Vise
Просмотров 131Месяц назад
Having a bench with no vise is not a hindrance, indeed in many ways it's superior to the alternative. Bulky vises can get in the way of other work, limit the bench's flexibility, and quality ones are quite expensive. Some benefits of this method over a vise: 1. The work can be fully supported by the bench. 2. Odd-shaped work pieces can be held tightly. 3. Further support methods such as added h...
Coventry Carol Preview
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.2 месяца назад
A little preview of the baritone gourd banjo part for Coventry Carol, which will be on my upcoming Christmas Album. For a custom-made banjo or to see all the immediately available banjos head over to www.lowlymountainbanjos.com Reach me right away at lowlymountainbanjos@gmail.com
Tempe Roll Down Your Bang
Просмотров 3012 месяца назад
Based on the version leaned from the playing of Tommy Jarrell For a custom-made banjo or to see all the immediately available banjos head over to www.lowlymountainbanjos.com Reach me right away at lowlymountainbanjos@gmail.com
Julianne Johnson Minstrel Banjo
Просмотров 3212 месяца назад
Julianne Johnson played on a Lowly Mountain Banjos tackhead minstrel banjo. For a custom-made banjo or to see all the immediately available banjos head over to www.lowlymountainbanjos.com Reach me right away at lowlymountainbanjos@gmail.com
Waxing Crescent Mountain Banjo
Просмотров 8743 месяца назад
Walnut 24" scale mountain banjo. For a custom-made banjo or to see all the immediately available banjos head over to www.lowlymountainbanjos.com Reach me right away at lowlymountainbanjos@gmail.com
Christmas Album Coming!
Просмотров 1184 месяца назад
This fall I'll be releasing a collection of Sacred Christmas songs. It'll be some traditional American folk tunes as well as some adaptations of hymns, chants, and shapenote melodies. Keep an eye on this channel for future announcements and teasers. Here is an excerpt of the lap harp part of Jesus Refulsit Omnium (Jesus, Light of All the Nations), what is believed to be the oldest known Christm...
Amazing Grace in Double C
Просмотров 1464 месяца назад
Amazing Grace can be done in 3/4 or 4/4. 4/4 is a little more clawhammer-friendly
Liza Jane
Просмотров 4404 месяца назад
A recent fretless mountain banjo from Lowly Mountain Banjos. For a custom-made banjo or to see all the immediately available banjos head over to www.lowlymountainbanjos.com Reach me right away at lowlymountainbanjos@gmail.com
Making Banjo Pip
Просмотров 7714 месяца назад
For a custom-made banjo or to see all the immediately available banjos head over to www.lowlymountainbanjos.com Reach me right away at lowlymountainbanjos@gmail.com
Mountain Banjo Shaping
Просмотров 5895 месяцев назад
Not only are vises and clamps not always necessary, they are often not the best choice and less effective than older methods of workholding. Here is a method for sanding inside circles with holdfasts alone.
Ten Oldtime Banjo Tunings in Two Minutes
Просмотров 2135 месяцев назад
Here are ten tunings that I play in. I'm sure I left out many of them so let me know which ones you like and what tunes you play in them.
Mole in the Ground
Просмотров 2275 месяцев назад
It's good, and also fun to play tunes in different tunings from time to time. I typically play Mole in the ground (aka Tempe Roll Down Your Bangs, aka Lizard in the Spring) in gCGCD, but here it's in eCGCE, giving it a much warmer and sparkly vibe, and allowing for some more dissonant chords. What tunes do you play in more than one tuning?
Pretty Fair Maid in the Garden
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Pretty Fair Maid played on a baritone gourd banjo by Lowly Mountain Banjos. For a custom-made banjo or to see all the immediately available banjos head over to www.lowlymountainbanjos.com Reach me right away at lowlymountainbanjos@gmail.com
Brother Green or The Dying Soldier
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.6 месяцев назад
Brother Green or The Dying Soldier
why is the neck so big?
The neck doesn’t have a cut out above the short string like modern banjos and it uses much thicker strings.
Man, that’s a wonderful banjo. I really like it. It looks awesome, and sounds amazing. Wonderful playing too, Fred. Great job.
Mighty fine.
Thank you.
fred-san How are you? That sounds really good. Could you tell me the tuning for the first to fifth strings of this banjo?
Greetings. This is a full octave below standard banjo - from fifth to first string it is gCGCD.
@@LowlyMountainBanjos Thank you! I'll try practicing right away!
The tune is called “Over the Waterfall” of want to look it up.
@@LowlyMountainBanjos Could you share some details on your recording setup? I've recently figured out how to play Glory bound based on your video (one of my favorites) and I just can't get my recordings to sound any good. My phone peaks and sounds terrible and my desktop microphone (a pretty high-end dynamic xlr mic) just doesn't do instruments any justice. I think you mentioned in another video you use a lapel mic, if so could you share what one specifically? Cheers!
Mics matter less than technique. I’m formally trained in audio engineering so these recordings are a combination of mics, placement, and post-production. My current setup is a pair of DJI lapel recorders. I put them in different places depending on the banjo. Here I have one under my shirt below my chin, and one clipped to the soundhole of the banjo. To avoid the kind of distortion you mentioned the input levels need to be set properly. Afterwards I bring the audio into an editor and mix it so that it accurately represents the sound of the instrument in person, while adhering to industry standards for publishing.
Woah are you going to sell this one with the strings? It sounds very nice
It’s a custom order so already sold. I’m currently only taking custom orders with the occasional luthier’s stock posted to my website. I’ll also post all of those to my RUclips channel a full two days before anywhere else so keep an eye out for that. I’m trying to get a very special mountain banjo up before Thanksgiving.
@@LowlyMountainBanjos Ah ok thank you for letting me know
Gorgeous banjo with an amazing sound!
Do you have a tab for this song by chance?
No tabs. Sorry.
Awesome
What’s the tuning for this beautiful song
cCGCD
Sweeet!!!
whats the tuning for this lovely tune?
cCGCE
Full bass tones
Cool banjo! Love this tune. It’s got that cyclical character that I’ve come to associate with the early black banjo repertoire. Once you’re playing them, the challenge is stopping-like getting off those merry-go-rounds they used to have in the parks.
Cool!! Very clear. Much cleaner look!👍
Nice right hand! Loved it.
Fantastic!
This is sooo awesome! I would add a series of thin strings under the main ones. This will create an effect of reverb. They do this in various countries like Afghanistan, India, Bulgaria and Sweden.
Beutiful perfect and just all around amazing❤
want to thank you for incredible banjo building and playing! built my first mountain banjo recently and a large part of my inspiration was seeing really excellent craftsmanship on youtube
What type of gourd is that?
I get all my gourds from a local farm. They all crossbreed with each other so it’s hard to say.
Absolutely killer sound
Jeez, that sounds terrific!
I use hands crews as a vice like that all the time. What I find really great about them is that you can chop notches into the faces to better hang onto parts. You can even make replaceable jaw faces for different applications. I have holes drilled in some of mine for screwing them right to the bench top. They are just so economical relative to their versatility.
Wow now you’ve really got me thinking. Thanks for that.
you look like my friend andrew and sound like my friend Will but play music better than either of them. 😂😂👍
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hi i built my first gourd banjo because of this video and this guitar. i finished the guitar today but now i don't know how to tune it or what strings to use . i thought i would find it online but cant find any thing on the low tuning. you cant buy baritone strings in new Zealand so i bought two packets of classical nylon strings. could you please tell me which string to use out of my two classical string packets and where they go how to tune them please ? my next order of business once strung was to learn this song and your other song on baritone about the lonely wife waiting 7 years.
That’s wonderful to hear. You can use the lowest four strings from the classical guitar set for the full-length strings and the high E string as the short string. Tune them a full octave below standard banjo tuning. I’d love to hear it when you’re done.
@@LowlyMountainBanjos h again thanks ! well iv finished my banjo and yes id be very happy if you get a chance to check it out on my channel :) i kinda went my own way with build due to some mistakes i made early on .
Where has this been hiding? Thank you for posting this.
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❤ Love your work. Perth West Australia
Fantastic! Love the sound that comes out of your banjo!
Wow. This banjo . . . Looking forward to hearing the complete version!💯
This reminds me of the soundtrack of fargo
The instrument sounds beyond beautiful as well
Beautiful, sad and haunting all in one! Herod was a monster to do what he done to slay all first born males. One of my favorite Christmas songs. Hope you sing the lyrics for the album version but I enjoyed this too!
Yes and yes. Other instruments along with it as well. Thanks for the encouragement.
This has got to be the most beautifully sounding banjo I have ever heard
Great song and performance! I recognize the tune as, I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground. Sounds amazing! Love the sound of the deep bass banjo, playing and singing!
Yes same melody. I like to sing both sets of lyrics.
next time filming outside in the outside....where the sprit came true class
right on
Si pones como esta afinacion no podemos seguirte gracias por estos vídeos
Wow! The trifecta--great song, great banjo, and great performance! Super job, Fred. Love the baritone sound of that tack-head!
Absolutely gorgeous
Goosebumps, sublime stuff mate ❤
Thank you.
F'I's a mole in the ground, I'd root that mountain down. I wish I was a mole in the ground.
Will we see more with the Lucy in the future?
Oh that one sold a couple years ago.
I almost felt the fire and the prairie under the stars.
wow, so stunningly well played
Is this at my house?
I love your videos.
Nice tune and performance! You have a very unique style and I really like it a lot. Looks like your playing index lead upstroke but with your own spin on it. Really kool!
Yeah it’s a mix of up and down with a slight preference for up. I have a video on it here on my channel. Thanks for the kind words.
Great to hear this Fred. Looking forward to my custom beginning!
Thank you.
Made me tear up, thank you.