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Post by fidjit on Jan 6, 2009 8:57:07 GMT
Ooops! Didn't come here first did I? Well I'm here now. Also via Mudcat. Same name. No confusion there. Chas
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Post by Danny on Jan 6, 2009 11:44:52 GMT
Welcome aboard mate
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PeteG
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Post by PeteG on Jan 7, 2009 9:46:17 GMT
Hello all
I'm Pete from Lincoln in the UK. Play mandolin, banjo, slide guitar and always keen to learn something new. Started playing guitar 20 years ago but had a long break from it until about 5 years ago when the fires were re-lit!
Cheers,
Pete.
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mark
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Post by mark on Jan 7, 2009 11:03:16 GMT
welcome pete :-)
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Post by Marilyn on Jan 7, 2009 18:10:36 GMT
Hi everybody,
Can anyone tell me what the [ Exalt | Smite] thingies are next to each post please? I clicked on one post on Exalt and then felt very stupid as it had obviously done something that I hadn't intended (but I don't know what!!!). Are Exalt and Smite related to the Karma count and what on earth is that anyway?
Gotta lot to learn haven't I?
t.i.a. Marilyn
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Post by Jon Freeman on Jan 9, 2009 2:28:24 GMT
Arrived here indirectly (something elsewhere pointed to the Mudcat thread that pointed to here) from Mudcat. Thought I'd say hello while here. I have a "Kildare" (Sully) 17 fret tenor banjo which I try to play in Irish sessions if I'm not attempting mandolin or Octave mandolin or anything else with frets (well I think I'd be more scared of having to use a bow than no frets but...) and hopefully tuned GDAE. Have dabbled with other instruments in the past including G/D melodeon and a bit of morris dance tunes. I also enjoy folk songs although (my involvement with folkinfo aside) it tends to take second place to tune playing.
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Post by mooosedog on Jan 12, 2009 20:44:33 GMT
Hello folks, Andy here from East Sussex. Been Learning the 5 string banjo for about 3 months using Pat and Patrick costellos excellent youtube lessons. - Been playing the drums since about the age of seven and always 'tried' to play the guitar -stringy things have gradually taken over from the drums. I bought a 6 string 'banjitar ' to try and get 'that sound' but it just wasn't banjoee enough, so i got a cheap resonator 5 string. Bluegrass rolls tied my fingers in knots and the banjo became a nice ornament until i discovered Patricks lessons. I also play the Uke, mess about on the mandolin and ive just discovered the mountain dulcimer!- I love ALL kinds of music - I played drums in rock, blues, funk and soul bands, always loved jazz in all its forms and used to do a bit of singing in local folk clubs - Anyway thats me....sorry if I went on a bit! - Andy
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Post by Danny on Jan 12, 2009 20:57:39 GMT
Welcome aboard Andy. Your story seems so familiar to most british banjo players (incuding me) that it's spooky
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Post by mooosedog on Jan 12, 2009 21:07:10 GMT
Thanks for the welcome - still only a banjo novice but enjoying every minute of it - posted my first vid on Youtube at the weekend - do a search for mooosedog and you'll find it - hope u enjoy - Andy
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Post by jonfreeman on Jan 12, 2009 21:49:47 GMT
Welcome aboard Andy. Your story seems so familiar to most british banjo players (incuding me) that it's spooky I think you will find there is more than one british banjo story. Mine is the one of hearing the likes of Barney McKenna, getting a banjo and then finding I'd got the wrong instrument. I'd guess a few have made that mistake one way round or other. I could be wrong but I'd guess would be tenor players are more likely to get caught out. In a sense, it seems odd to me as I would speculate that with Irish, etc. sessions all over the place, the tenor is at least (and possibly more) as popular as the 5 string in the UK but if you go to the music shop that just has the one banjo on display, it's always (well the few shops I've been to) the 5 string on display. Should add though, what I wanted to (try to and still not to my satisfaction...) get out of tenor is not impossible on 5 string - someone once pointed me to Chris Grotewohl and I would have sworn what I heard was high class tenor playing. But I think for those of us that want the dance jigs, reels, etc. for the sessions, etc. the GDEA tuned tenor, is an easier option and personally (even though I'm not that good), I do like the percussive feel of a plectrum in my hand (if that makes any sense to others).
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vans
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Post by vans on Jan 13, 2009 18:27:32 GMT
Hi, I'm vans from northern Illinois, USA. 80 years and counting. I mostly will lurk. I'm a wannabe clawhammer player and a tinkerer. My memory has gone to h*** and I play from written tab mostly just for the fun of it. My banjo seems to have a warping neck, so I've ordered another banjo and keep this one clamped until I am ready to play. www.banjohangout.org/myhangout/photos.asp?id=2804A picture might show up there. The mountain banjo is one I built. My old website URL is here www.tybarlow.comvans
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Post by Danny on Jan 13, 2009 18:42:09 GMT
Welcome aboard Vans, don't lurk tho, join in, we don't bite ;D
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Post by fangor42 on Jan 13, 2009 21:03:40 GMT
'Morning from the Antipodes
Fangor42 (AKA Greg from Australia) ;D
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Post by Danny on Jan 13, 2009 21:12:21 GMT
Welcome aboard Greg
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Post by tylercornett86 on Jan 16, 2009 3:23:57 GMT
Names Tyler,
Spokane, in Eastern Washington, is where I've spent most of my years. Never really played an instrument (besides recorder club in grade school) before I bought my banjo on a whim one day last Autumn. Now I can't get enough! I was naive when I got it, this small town doesn't have much when it comes to music stores.. There's a Guitar Center branch nearby (do they have those in the UK?) that I stumbled into and found a $300 Fender "made in China" resonator banjo that I snagged.. (There was a Deering Goodtime without a resonator, but you need a resonator to learn the best kind of picking right?? That's what I thought at the time... I even bought up those metal picks and pricey bluegrass books) Shortly after giving up on learning bluegrass I started looking for Youtube videos and there was this big happy guy (just like me) teaching this awesome "Frailing" thing.
I'm considering a move to Tucson, Arizona this year (Right on Mexico's doorstep), I lived there with my Dad for about half a year and even though it was the hottest summer on record (32 days in a row of 100+F temps) I think that would be a great area to learn folk music.
Danny informs me that I'm now the youngest member of this forum, I'm very impressed with what you guys have going here from the few Youtube videos I've seen and happy to be a part of it.
man.. long enough post for ya? Sorry, lol.
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