Blackbird

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Жыл бұрын

G tuning, but tuned down 1/2 step (f# C# F# A# C#)
Strum Machine Backing track in Key of Gb
Recorded 08.22.22 on Pisgah Dobson Rambler

Пікірлер: 78

@Longtack55 4 күн бұрын

A song of emancipation and US Civil rights of the 60s.

@tylermccaw8092 Ай бұрын

Can I just say thank you for sharing your banjo skills with us, I always enjoy waking up on a sunny morning and hearing you play. Makes me feel at ease with my life. 🪕 Thank you kindly, granny.

@banjogranny9156 Ай бұрын

What a lovely thing to say! Thank you so much! 😊

@martinmonfee7974 Күн бұрын

Wow, another great old tune Granny, well done! Smooth as silk! 😉

@banjogranny9156 Күн бұрын

@@martinmonfee7974 Thank you!

@aniquinstark4347 Жыл бұрын

By far the best version of Blackbird I've heard on the banjo. A lot of other versions make it a little bluegrassy which is interesting but personally I like this one because it's more accurate to the original record.

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, although I can’t take credit for the arrangement - I learned it from a tutorial video on KZfaq.

@carlynsylvester3014 2 ай бұрын

@@banjogranny9156 Do you mind sharing the link to the tutorial video? Love this version and hoping to learn myself :).

@banjogranny9156 2 ай бұрын

@@carlynsylvester3014 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aN9xfLuLxs2skmQ.htmlsi=smBxRZu4yYOsuZt0

@carlynsylvester3014 2 ай бұрын

@@banjogranny9156 Thank you!

@tgp4871 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful! I like the soft and plunky sound of an old time banjo paired with a fingerpicking style of playing, great performance :)

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It is one of my favorite combinations also.

@russellpaddon2982 Жыл бұрын

Excellent.

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@235buz Жыл бұрын

Mighty fine pickin. A good friend of mine (Ferrell Stowe), used to pick with Earl Scruggs in his kitchen.

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. And how cool would that be to pick with Earl himself?!

@brentnearhood8874 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!🪕

@tilmar120 2 ай бұрын

Love your playing

@banjogranny9156 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 😊

@MM-km1vl Жыл бұрын

I want to be like them when I'm a granny!!! 😍😍😍

@MsGavbo 9 ай бұрын

Great job Banjo Granny!!

@banjogranny9156 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@gliderpilot449 9 ай бұрын

Outstanding !

@banjogranny9156 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😊

@markhanson6880 Жыл бұрын

Nice! Very nice!

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@AntoinePayen 4 ай бұрын

Excellent ! 🤩

@banjogranny9156 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😃

@louGriggs1944 Жыл бұрын

Very nice. Thanks.

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Matersoup Жыл бұрын

Delightful! 😀

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@spitfirekid1 8 ай бұрын

SO GOOD! How come I didn’t find you on KZfaq sooner!

@banjogranny9156 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!! Better late than never, I guess! 😊

@ColeHulden Жыл бұрын

I loved this, thank you for sharing

@johnschneider4160 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful! More, pleeeeeezzzze!

@callejohansson918 Жыл бұрын

such a nice arangement on the banjo i love this this is so great

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I can’t take credit for the arrangement itself. I learned it from a video tutorial on KZfaq.

@randywhitebanjo Жыл бұрын

Very nice! thank you!

@markwoodworth1395 11 ай бұрын

Wow, that’s really nice! Thanks for posting this!

@jimcalamita507 Жыл бұрын

Love it!

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@rickmartin7125 Жыл бұрын

Love all your songs, Granny

@taylerwilson1682 Жыл бұрын

You are seriously who I want to be when I grow up. This is amazing!

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

Wow, that's quite the compliment, thank you! However, you might want to set your sights a little higher, lol! 🙂

@graememitchell2942 Жыл бұрын

Yes, me too although I am already past 70 years of age. Is it too late for me?

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

@@graememitchell2942 Absolutely not!

@Nanigross 11 ай бұрын

dang thats so good

@banjogranny9156 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@jackdublanica Жыл бұрын

Great job. Really nice.

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@mattbruch5431 Жыл бұрын

Amazing as usual Granny!

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@tbump1104 Жыл бұрын

because of you I just learned this song on my gold tone banjo, thanks for the inspiration!

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome!

@chuckpatch1230 Жыл бұрын

👍

@AnnLippert1 Жыл бұрын

Wow!! I want to learn this !!!

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

Here is a link to the KZfaq video I learned it from: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aN9xfLuLxs2skmQ.html

@JoeBanjo88 9 күн бұрын

Nice, thank you! I play that in dbl C

@banjogranny9156 9 күн бұрын

Thanks! 😊

@c-note-plays 11 ай бұрын

I looooove this soooo much!! Any chance you could write down the arrangement as tablature or make a 'how to play' video of this arrangement?

@banjogranny9156 11 ай бұрын

Here is the tutorial video I learned it from: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aN9xfLuLxs2skmQ.html

@c-note-plays 11 ай бұрын

@@banjogranny9156 Thanks so much!! Can't wait to start on it 😃

@SteveJohnson86 10 ай бұрын

Just stumbled across your channel and loving it! Went from learning 3-finger banjo to finger-picking style guitar and now starting to learn clawhammer so some of your combination of traditional guitar tunes on banjo has me wowed and inspired! What are you using as your "strum machine" for backing tracks for these recordings? Would be fun to do more of that and sure beats a metronome for maintaining a steady rhythm!

@banjogranny9156 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Most of my videos have Strum Machine as the background. Some have Grass Trax (Lonesome Road Blues, Reuben, Soldier's Joy, and maybe one or two more.) The Cumberland Gap has a recording of my clawhammer teacher, Dan Stewart, playing the guitar. And you are so right - a metronome is a sure way to take all the fun and musicality out of a practice session. Strum Machine has helped me so much with timing, isolating parts that I'm having trouble with, and getting a song up to speed. It has some limitations, but it's a great tool. I've heard "Band in a Box" is great, but it seems too hard to learn, at least for me.

@Brian-sh4sm 10 ай бұрын

I love i! does it take long to play banjo 😊

@banjogranny9156 10 ай бұрын

Thanks. And it depends on several factors - musical aptitude, practice time, practicing correctly, etc.

@MichaelEdelman1954 Жыл бұрын

Great arrangement. I never thought of playing this on banjo. I wonder if I can make it work in clawhammer?

@banjogranny9156 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. It might be a challenge to come up with a good clawhammer arrangement. In my opinion, the tune lends itself more to 3-finger style than to clawhammer. But if you’re up for the challenge, give it a try! 😊

@jnbennett6496 Ай бұрын

just subscribed, great job, i was wondering if you know the song called sweet city woman by the canadian band called the stampeders, if you can check it out, i would love to hear your version of it

@banjogranny9156 Ай бұрын

Thanks! I am familiar with the song, but I have never attempted it. It is played plectrum style (strummed using a pick), which I have never attempted.

@MernieAnne 23 күн бұрын

I’m learning the banjo. Would you be able to break this song down with chords?

@banjogranny9156 23 күн бұрын

Here is a link to Strum Machine, which is what is playing in the background in this video. I think opening the link gives you a free trial of the app. strummachine.com/app/songs/u5CnceqexMYaFiLgn