Chords for Three Styles of Old Time Banjo Demonstrated
Tempo:
134.15 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Ebm
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
So here's just a basic claw hammer or [G] frail of crippled ring.
[Ebm] [D] Incorporating drop thumb, when I say drop thumb it's literally what it means,
just dropping [Bm] the thumb down mostly to the second string.
Occasionally when you need it melodically you might drop to the third [G] or something.
I'll just do the one example here in that tune that I'll play,
the tune where you drop the thumb and it's
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
like that.
So I'll do it up to speed.
[G]
Thirdly I'll [N] talk about the Round Peak North Carolina style,
which is the most [D] famous old time musician from Round Peak North Carolina was [G] Tommy Gerald.
I [N] think he had an uncle, anyway a relative named Charlie Lowe.
He's sort of the first guy that we know of that really was known for playing this style.
He's been long dead, I think he died in the 60's or the late [G] 50's.
[N] This is kind of how he played Crippled Creek and it's incorporating double thumbing,
just [G] doing a lot of the string as opposed to normally he would do
that going a lot through the song.
So here's how he played Crippled Creek and this has got drop thumb in it too.
[Ebm] [D] Incorporating drop thumb, when I say drop thumb it's literally what it means,
just dropping [Bm] the thumb down mostly to the second string.
Occasionally when you need it melodically you might drop to the third [G] or something.
I'll just do the one example here in that tune that I'll play,
the tune where you drop the thumb and it's
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
like that.
So I'll do it up to speed.
[G]
Thirdly I'll [N] talk about the Round Peak North Carolina style,
which is the most [D] famous old time musician from Round Peak North Carolina was [G] Tommy Gerald.
I [N] think he had an uncle, anyway a relative named Charlie Lowe.
He's sort of the first guy that we know of that really was known for playing this style.
He's been long dead, I think he died in the 60's or the late [G] 50's.
[N] This is kind of how he played Crippled Creek and it's incorporating double thumbing,
just [G] doing a lot of the string as opposed to normally he would do
that going a lot through the song.
So here's how he played Crippled Creek and this has got drop thumb in it too.
Key:
G
D
C
Ebm
Bm
G
D
C
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_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [D] Incorporating drop thumb, when I say drop thumb it's literally what it means,
just dropping [Bm] the thumb down mostly to the second string.
_ _ Occasionally when you need it melodically you might drop to the third [G] or something. _ _ _ _
I'll just do the one example here in that tune that I'll play,
the tune where you drop the thumb and it's _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ like that.
So I'll do it up to speed.
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_ _ Thirdly I'll [N] talk about the Round Peak North Carolina style,
which is the most [D] famous old time musician from Round Peak North Carolina was [G] Tommy Gerald.
I [N] think he had an uncle, _ _ anyway a relative named Charlie Lowe.
He's sort of the first guy that we know of that really was known for playing this style.
He's been long dead, I think he died in the 60's or the late [G] 50's.
_ [N] This is kind of how he played Crippled Creek and it's incorporating double thumbing,
just [G] doing a lot of _ _ _ _ _ the string as opposed to normally _ _ he _ would do _ _ _
_ _ that going a lot through the song.
So here's how he played Crippled Creek and this has got drop thumb in it too. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [D] Incorporating drop thumb, when I say drop thumb it's literally what it means,
just dropping [Bm] the thumb down mostly to the second string.
_ _ Occasionally when you need it melodically you might drop to the third [G] or something. _ _ _ _
I'll just do the one example here in that tune that I'll play,
the tune where you drop the thumb and it's _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ like that.
So I'll do it up to speed.
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_ _ Thirdly I'll [N] talk about the Round Peak North Carolina style,
which is the most [D] famous old time musician from Round Peak North Carolina was [G] Tommy Gerald.
I [N] think he had an uncle, _ _ anyway a relative named Charlie Lowe.
He's sort of the first guy that we know of that really was known for playing this style.
He's been long dead, I think he died in the 60's or the late [G] 50's.
_ [N] This is kind of how he played Crippled Creek and it's incorporating double thumbing,
just [G] doing a lot of _ _ _ _ _ the string as opposed to normally _ _ he _ would do _ _ _
_ _ that going a lot through the song.
So here's how he played Crippled Creek and this has got drop thumb in it too. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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