At 06:41 AM 3/7/2007, bill kilpatrick wrote: >here you go ... >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR1u17K-vx0
Ha! Good Show! I dabble a bit on clawhammer banjo myself. Now you'll have me thinking of doing an intabulation of "Shove that pig's foot a little further in the fire" for cittern! Actually, there seems to be a connection between Renaissance / Baroque "Early" music and "Old Time" music ( American stringband music from the 20's and 30's ). The first OT jam I went to in modern memory, I played bandora, and it worked pretty well. Since then I usually play uke or upright bass for that purpose, and I'm re-learning fiddle. But I'd say that if there's a good oldtime jam anywhere near you, it's worth checking out. I have found that if you have good continuo-playing instincts they will stand you in good stead with this music. And playing in a real working traditional dance band for contradances will probably change your approach to playing early dance music- for the better. A lot of the self-conscious things people try to do to make early dance music "interesting" fall by the wayside in favor of rhythmic subtlety. And the OT players who play gut-strung instruments gripe about those noisy dreadnoughts drowning them out. One of the guys I met at the local jam is actually from about 150 miles away. The first time I heard him I thought "Hey- this guy is REALLY good!". I asked the woman who runs the jam about him, and she said "Oh, that's Dan Gellert. He's considered one of the best clawhammer players in the country". He also plays the fiddle holding the instrument and bow in a way that would be right at home in any Renaissance consort. There are some sound files on his site: http://orphonon.utopiandesign.com/ anyway, plink plink plink -Paul To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
