"500 Miles" Seeger Style banjo
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- Review for Madison College Banjo 2: Seeger Style lesson for Hedy West's "500 Miles".
Tuning: gCGBD (capo 2)
Tabs:
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Here's a link to the course packet that I made for that banjo class. It includes a syllabus, lyrics, and tabs for this song an several others.
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On all of RUclips there is no one else as in depth at Seeger playing then you Colin! I've had others ask me how I learned to do it and told them about your video instructions here. So hopefully you picked up some subscribers.
I'm so glad to hear people are asking about Seeger style! Thanks for spreading the word!
FWIW, Hedy adapted this song from an old one she learned from her grandmother Lily Mulkey West who lived in Union County, Ga. Granny West was a 2-finger banjo picker in the N. Ga. style and taught Hedy many songs and tunes.
I still watch all of these videos Colin, I just enjoy your performances (Even though RUclips keeps unsubscribing me!) In fact, with how great you are at teaching I can play along with you and have a ton of fun and it's great practice.
I hope maybe you can record a few of them again, just the performances. Specifically this and Hard Ain't It Hard, those two are my favourites.
Thanks! I'm glad you're able to play along now!
Very nice, straight-forward version, a favorite of us old folkies.
What a lucky day! At last I found what I was looking for now for more than one year - someone who teaches the good old Pete-Seeger-Style here on youtube! Thanks a million - you made my day and also the next months - while practicing .... Best wishes from Germany.
Dieter
Thank you and you're welcome! Have a good time!
THANKS, with all the info provided I,m sure I can work it out. YOU'RE A GREAT TEACHER
Thank you! What a nice thing to hear for a public school teacher nearing the end of a school year. :-)
‘Outstanding performance of a tune I’ve always loved.
I know it wasn't the intent, at all, but the combination of your nerdy appearance, singing Hedy West and clawhammering is incredibly hot! Hah
Why is your capo at the 5th fret? Is that because it is a long neck banjo? I see in your instructions (capo 2) presuming that is for a standard banjo in C tuning. Is that correct?
I was playing it on a longneck banjo, which has 3 extra frets. So to play it in the key of D, I have to raise it 3 more frets than I would on a standard banjo.
Colin Bazsali I love your voice and playing style. I have played guitar for 20 years now and I know in learning the banjo each player is really themselves. You sound as you and know one can copy your sound as a musican and that is why I love the banjo over the guitar these days cause it sort of takes you as you are and matches itself to your style and personality it is a beautful instrument to me honestly. While reading Tom Brigg's 1855 Instruction Book I was interested to learn that our banjos today are basically the same as his minus of course ours are alot louder then his. Keep on playing and teaching you have a real gift sir.
Thanks for the kind words, Jeremy!
love your classes Colin. You obviously enjoy presenting them. I have been practicing scruggs style on and off for 4 years now and want to make the crossover to clawhammer because it seems better if you want to sing along to, which I do. I don't want to have to concentrate on so many little picks which seems to take up so much of my concentration, with none left for the singing. practising the bum T each day but reach a certain speed and then seem to lose it each time. I'll keep it up. Keep posting. great stuff.
That's true in fact I like picking rather than claw hammer(I don't call it Scruggs style) because I'm not good at singing.
Slick picking.
Really appreciate all these videos. Any chance you could you post tabs for this?
This is great thanks! What would the tuning look like on a regular banjo? is it double d?
No, it's gCGBD - classic C tuning, with the capo on the second fret to put it in the key of D.
Could you post some tab for what you're playing during the verses when you get to the F chord? I can't seem to get it.
There's a link to the tabs in the description, or you can just go here: drive.google.com/file/d/0B8KdjTZa9i5OXy1GRXRWR2ZFMXc/edit
Isn't the tab for just the solo? I just see one page. It seems to me that while you're singing, you're playing some less intricate, but really neat parts. Any assistance you could provide would be much appreciated.
What brand/model long neck do you play? I'm in the market for my first long neck and just curious about what's out there as far as vintage models go.
I play a Gibson RB175 from around 1962. It was an inexpensive model back in the day, and today you can find them for $800-$1200, depending on its condition. I've had mine since the mid 90s, and it's a real workhorse. It's extremely versatile.
Colin Bazsali Thanks for the reply man. I am definitely going to consider picking one of these up when I find one up for sale. This thing has really good tone. Thanks for these videos too. They've been a big help in the first few months of my playing.
Is your banjo course book available?
I didn't have a special course book, but I did use Pete Seeger's How To Play the Five-String Banjo. www.amazon.com/How-Play-5-String-Banjo-Third/dp/1597731641