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John T

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Wellllllll last week I spent the week in the RV at the Elnora Indina Tractor Show but this long weekend Im headed to the Norman Conservation Club Fall Bluegrass Festival in Norman (East of Bedford) Indiana WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO for 3 or 4 days of jammin n pickin at my old ODE 5 string Banjo. Im only a novice (3 yrs) but have fun and can keep good time so people put up with me lol I was once told, however, if I wanted to play Mother Maybelle's "The Wildwood Flower" I best play it in the Key of C or be thrown out of a jam and likewise "Ragtime Annie" (fiddle classic) was just a Key of D Tune.

OLD TRACTORS AND BLUEGRASS, IT JUST DONT GET MUCH BETTER....... Sittin around a campfire at night pickin n grinnin n BS ing (at which Ima pretty good hand) appeals to me.

What I LOVE about antique tractor folks and Bluegrass folks alike is thay are all good traditional mostly conservative mostly Christian and patriotic family oriented people GOTTA LOVE EM. Then next weekend is the Little Grantville (also east of Bedford) Bluegrass Festival !!!!!!!!!!!!!

See yall later, take care now

Ol John T and all in Indiana
 
DITTO I think about every banjo or guitar picker puts his cheater/capo on the third fret and plays B flat out of G position. I use my capo for A or B (out of G) and when I play D (out of C).

NOWWWWWWWW advanced players (You I bet) dont need a cheater and every now n then some dude will call out a song that changes keys in the middle (San Antonio Rose???) and if I have my capo on I lose my mind lol.

Maybe someday we will meet up at a tractor show and you can teach me a thing or two.

John T
 
Those are some of my favorite things too. Been "learnin" fiddle for about 9 or 10 years. Still can't play anything fast. Played guitar (rhythmn) for 30 plus years. Recently tried bass and find it relatively easy for the simpler stuff. Knowing the chord patterns from playing guitar certainly makes bass playing easier. John, do you do the "extra" part of Ragtime Annie in the key of G?

Another of my favorite things is being a part of a 6 piece music group that entertains in area nursing homes. Our group is all Christian people and are a pleasure to work with. We have fiddle, banjo, guitar, bass and harmonica and sometimes mandolin.

Oh, to keep this tractor related, I'll mention that I own a JD 50, mostly restored, use it on my acreage and do an occasional parade.

Retired EE also and I listened in on one of your electrical talks at a Gathering of the Green a few years ago in Moline area.
 
John,

Can't stress this enough. Learn to play out of the A position and also out of the D position.

This will force you off that nut with those darned "addicting" open strings and it will just simply open up a whole new world for you across that fretboard.

Please trust me on this.

Allan
 
John,

Can't stress this enough. Learn to play out of the A position and also out of the D position.

This will force you off that nut with those darned "addicting" open strings and it will just simply open up a whole new world for you across that fretboard.

Please trust me on this.

Allan
 
I couldn't carry a note in a semi trailer but I sure love to listen and bounce my foot, keep it up folks it's the only thing that keeps some of us sane my mom took me to every tent revival with some good old Bluegrass and I actually loved it and have for years.
 
Hey - I kinda like the "C" and "G" position. I can pick and also keep a background going, ala Carter style.

I can play the "A" and "D" positions, but don't enjoy the "closed" notes as well, altho lots of opportunity for "bent" notes there.

Lotsa banjo licks can be adapted to the "G" guitar position.

Paul
 
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