Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

Here's one from Wilson Douglas, a great West Virginia fiddler. It also goes by the title Going Down to Lynchburg Town.

Arranged from the 1935 recording of the Nations Brothers in Mississippi. What's a One-Step? I can imagine it's a dance where one foot has a special task that makes the dance unique.

Description of what I play, phrase by phrase

Derived from the playing of the Nation Brothers

https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/magnolia-one-step-2

Clawhammer version in G. Played on a new constructed walnut open back.

A seasonal title with two versions by Kentucky fiddlers who knew each other -- Buddy Thomas and Jimmy Wheeler.

For the 12/13/2024 TOTW. Laura Sleade (fiddle), Lyle Konigsberg (banjo), Ed Hawkes (guitar), and Susan Frankenberg (autoharp). Banjo is a Bart Reiter with tubaphone tone ring.

As played by Kentucky fiddler J.W. Day and recorded in 1937 by John Lomax, No Corn on Tygart is a delightful tune with its minor chord in the A part and descending melody in the B part. I went with "guitar tuning" -- gDGBE.

For the current Tune of the Week, I thought I'd give yet another tuning a try, and this one seems to be able to hit the notes without jumping around octaves and doing finger gymnastics (it's at least doable, anyway, not necessarily easy).

Polly Put the Kettle On isn't usually in a modal key, but this week's Tune of the Week appears to be in Gm. If I knew more, I could confirm the scale is G aeolian. To play it the most easily I used cello banjo and brought the notes down four steps, so that's even more complex. I suppose this is all a good cognitive exercise to keep my brain a bit spry, which it needs.