Glory Bound (Wailin Jennys) on Baritone Gourd Banjo

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2 жыл бұрын

Gourd banjo by Lowly Mountain Banjos.
For a custom-made banjo or to see all the immediately available banjos head over to www.lowlymountainbanjos.com
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@KenneyCmusic 2 жыл бұрын

First baritone gourd banjo I've seen! The tone on that thing, wow

@LowlyMountainBanjos 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The warmth and punch as it resonates feel and sound wonderful to play as well. I’d love to make you one!

@leolukin7608 7 ай бұрын

@@LowlyMountainBanjosI'd love to get one made

@LowlyMountainBanjos 7 ай бұрын

@@leolukin7608 connect with me at lowlymountainbanjos@gmail.com and we can definitely make that happen!

@professorsc213 5 ай бұрын

This instrument is close to it's ancestor from Africa. It was used for wedding ceremonies, etc. The African word for banjo roughly translates 'to sing and dance' depending on the time period and region. The original instrument in Africa was fretless with strings usually made from sinu. This gentleman's instrument is very close replica. Great sound to accompany a great voice on a great song! Excellent job!!! Much respect to you sir.

@dockeryk 2 күн бұрын

Music is the most powerful force in human history

@bretsticks3306 4 күн бұрын

Everyone now and then I come here and think about the ones I've lost. Thankyou.

@LowlyMountainBanjos 4 күн бұрын

Very powerful. Thank you.

@brianclimbs1509 14 күн бұрын

In heaven we will be able to make music with both halves of a squash if we want to.

@jeremy9959 18 күн бұрын

One of my favorite clawhammer accompaniment licks. Love it on this banjo.

@Yos3fTV 2 ай бұрын

Between your singing and playing and the instrument, this is beautiful.

@Hey_its_Koda 3 ай бұрын

Im love this. I would love listening or playing this instrument while fishing for catfish at the river. Lord is most gracious. Most holy. Everytime i go fishing. I see all the creatures at the river. The birds. Fish. Turtles. Insects. Lizards. Sky. Water. Mountains. Trees. I think wow. Lord you are almighty.

@LowlyMountainBanjos 3 ай бұрын

Happy Easter, my friend. Christ is risen!

@clawhammer704 Жыл бұрын

That’s a big banjer

@sambassmanstoner 4 ай бұрын

Wow, beautiful performance. The sound out of that banjo is great and you've got a great voice!

@joshua_wherley 2 ай бұрын

The bird chirping at the end was the finishing touch. Well done, brother!

@coonplatoon Ай бұрын

This has been playing in my head all day today

@Oliv3rb 6 ай бұрын

Beautifully played. What an amazing deep and mournful sound from this banjo! A great complement to the voice

@gillesbourgeois5348 6 ай бұрын

Excellent ! Back to Africa ! The circle is achieved !

@fenderbender9518 6 ай бұрын

Yes go back

@BanjoBasement 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful. Lovely rich tone from the gourd - probably the deepest I've ever heard? Shere craftsmanship, & very nicely played too! Many thanks.

@twoloonstunes 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous! "Glory Bound" is one of my all-time favorite Wailin' Jennys songs, and your playing and the banjo really bring the song to life. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world!

@table_pepper 11 ай бұрын

This is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard

@drewby613 Жыл бұрын

That was really lovely--stirred up some emotion in this crusty old guy. Love the Wailing Jennys, and that baritone banjo is sublime. Well played and sung--thank you for sharing that with everybody.

@MustDote 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for such a lovely delivery, timing, sound and tone!

@Nomadboatbuilding 7 ай бұрын

Nice crooning there Fred.

@LowlyMountainBanjos 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, man!

@JS-xs5hq 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful, thank you. Your playing and your song praise God! 🙏✝️

@aflex631 Жыл бұрын

Man this is really something special. Keep it up.

@eagletpants8634 Жыл бұрын

Oh my god…this is beautiful

@martinhealy2902 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for this beauty. And greetings from the south coast of Western Australia.

@WarrenFloyd-xr2js 3 ай бұрын

Wow! Subbed, I'm a blues harmonica player from SC i love this!!

@shenandoahbanjar1383 Жыл бұрын

Man, that's a huge gourd! Nice work.

@MountainHomeJerrel 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful instrument and music. Thanks for sharing.

@johnschneider4160 Жыл бұрын

Hallelujah, indeed! Great tune tune played on the perfect instrument.

@zabralo7741 6 ай бұрын

just realized the start is the exact same as the start of Caroline by Colter Wall

@aidanbk 3 ай бұрын

thank you for this creation and its and yours subsequent creations.

@petepottieski6673 6 ай бұрын

Just came across this. Beautiful

@JDanielGraham 2 жыл бұрын

SO fantastic!! just wow. love it

@LowlyMountainBanjos 2 жыл бұрын

Much thanks!

@Peter-gw6ur Жыл бұрын

magnificent!

@edwardarquette3884 2 ай бұрын

Very nice sound!

@futuoinvictus7669 8 ай бұрын

I love it friend. Love it.

@basedbuz Жыл бұрын

I want one so bad. This brought me to tears

@LowlyMountainBanjos Жыл бұрын

That means a lot to me, Buzz. Thank you. Also, these are hand made by me. Message me or head to www.lowlymountainbanjos.com to get one.

@basedbuz Жыл бұрын

I certainly will. Please can you post more playing this beautiful instrument

@LowlyMountainBanjos Жыл бұрын

@@basedbuz this one is sold so I don’t have access to it anymore. There are other videos here with similar instruments.

@michaelrandall2312 Жыл бұрын

Me too. Same feeling I get listening to Elizabeth cotton or old Dylan bootlegs, this sorry of lost, nostalgic feeling. And one day God will fix it all.

@HippieShred 6 ай бұрын

lordy that things got a pretty sound as well as u

@belro17 2 ай бұрын

Gave me full body goosebumps

@Donottrustthegovermentblindly Ай бұрын

Beautiful!

@jacobthecroatian 9 ай бұрын

So beautiful. That is a massive gourd btw haha, hard to find ones that big

@suzannebailey6957 11 ай бұрын

So Beautiful❤ Thank U from Kentucky!

@Nova-vd6vo 2 ай бұрын

thank you for your beautiful music

@binary132 3 ай бұрын

That was lovely. Thanks for sharing your playing with us.

@johnwieczorek8744 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic!

@erinworley1601 6 ай бұрын

Lovely singing and playing!

@KenWillMortonMusic 6 ай бұрын

sounds great

@stephenjames4937 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful.

@keysofthekingdomholybible 6 ай бұрын

Oh awesome awesome!! ❤

@s_e_r. 7 ай бұрын

This is lovely! Found it while researching about minstrel and gourd banjos, and fell in love with this beautiful instrument. Those bass tones are wonderful . I'll be trying a build like this. Lovely stuff. ❤

@kathylynch4847 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful!

@JelSnel 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful man

@bearshield7138 Жыл бұрын

sweet sound

@marvinthemaniac7698 4 ай бұрын

It sounds just like an akonting.

@adamrjones 2 жыл бұрын

My boy!!! Love this video, brother!

@LowlyMountainBanjos 2 жыл бұрын

And I love YOU!

@rolandscales9380 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful

@TheLeftwheel 5 ай бұрын

An American akonting 👍sounds good

@LowlyMountainBanjos 5 ай бұрын

Banjo history is fascinating and while it almost certainly has ancestry with akontings, it is also rooted in other African lutes, as the African population brought to the western hemisphere came from many parts of Africa, the people groups not necessarily having prior contact with each other.

@stefaniediaz3847 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🌈🕊️

@pelumaad331 4 ай бұрын

I have to have one of those!

@LowlyMountainBanjos 4 ай бұрын

Glad to make you one. Reach out at lowlymountianbanjos@gmail.com

@McKnevil Ай бұрын

Thanks dude. That shit was lit.

@loilt5091 3 ай бұрын

Great tone…that action’s high enough for a clothes line 🧺

@LowlyMountainBanjos 3 ай бұрын

It’s actually pretty close to the fingerboard, just high off the head.

@theywillknowbandcook1279 5 ай бұрын

Very nice

@tarajamison9361 Жыл бұрын

What is the tuning? Beautifully done

@LowlyMountainBanjos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. It’s a double C tuning , but not quite an octave lower than a standard banjo. g#C#G#C#D#.

@AllenGarvin 2 ай бұрын

Great intonation! I didn't hear a note out of place!

@norcal6181 2 ай бұрын

Thats purdy

@aaronflinner6431 8 ай бұрын

If I were to ask you to build me one of these but with a dark neck, how much would you charge. I have a budget of $470. That was beautifully played and sung by the way.

@thereverendsam413 7 ай бұрын

Beautifully played and beautifully sung, and that banjo sounds INCREDIBLE. I've just been plinking around on my long scale minstrel, which I have tuned gdgdb - I don't know what your tuning is here, but my instrument would not handle things that low, and yours sounds SO RICH

@LowlyMountainBanjos 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. It represents a couple years of tweaking each element of the design to maximize the warmth and low-end volume such that now it is an entirely different instrument than a standard pitched banjo.. It's tuned a full octave below standard tuning so even though the fingerings are all the same, the playing approach is much slower and more minimal than traditional banjo playing.

@thereverendsam413 7 ай бұрын

@@LowlyMountainBanjos Yeah, I've discovered the same things, technique wise, on my Ballard Banjers minstrel. When I can, though, I'm gonna order one of these from you - I'm blown away. Can you ship internationally?

@LowlyMountainBanjos 7 ай бұрын

@@thereverendsam413 I've never had any problems shipping outside the US. I just avoid using certain woods due to shipping laws.

@thereverendsam413 7 ай бұрын

@@LowlyMountainBanjos alrighty. I'll be in touch when I'm in a position to order.

@electricboogeyman5855 7 ай бұрын

Great work! The playing, singing, and craftsmanship. I came across this video while going on a banjo music adventure. And I am convinced i want to learn to play. How much does a banjo like this go for?

@LowlyMountainBanjos 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. All the pricing information can be found at www.lowlymountainbanjos.com

@utbutch13 7 ай бұрын

That banjo sounds awesome! By the name of your page you made it, I assume?

@LowlyMountainBanjos 7 ай бұрын

Yes I did. Everything on my channel was made by me. Thanks for the appreciation.

@utbutch13 7 ай бұрын

⁠watched a bunch of the videos now, even the whole build series. You are a craftsman, very nice work. They all sound awesome too!

@williambock1821 4 ай бұрын

I want that f**cking thing.

@LowlyMountainBanjos 4 ай бұрын

I can make you one. Hit me up at lowlymountainbanjos@gmail.com

@joesiemoneit4145 Жыл бұрын

a baritone banjo, eh? sounds really interesting. whats the tuning? btw, i subbed to your channel, so keep the good stuff coming!

@stephangruza9409 4 ай бұрын

Great

@TokyoNightGirl-fk4cn 3 ай бұрын

Wow💗💚💗💗💗💗💗

@LAURISDIYCHANNELTV 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful sounding instrument! 🥰 What kind of strings did you use, just regular nylon/nylguts or are these longer? I would love to build something similar some day myself

@LowlyMountainBanjos 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for saying so. I typically use flat-wound classical guitar strings. This one is a mixture of that along with some minstrel banjo strings as an experiment. Cello banjo strings are a possible solution as well.

@LAURISDIYCHANNELTV 2 жыл бұрын

@@LowlyMountainBanjos Nice, thanks for the tips! 🙏

@LowlyMountainBanjos 2 жыл бұрын

@@LAURISDIYCHANNELTV You bet. Hope to see your creation.

@Manualtransmissions 4 ай бұрын

Would you be kind enough to tell us aboput the string sizes? This sounds great.

@LowlyMountainBanjos 4 ай бұрын

These are flat-wound classical guitar strings.

@dieterh.9342 Жыл бұрын

My, one can see the notes flow straight from the banjo.

@isaac958 Ай бұрын

amazing performance, i found you a year back or so and i always find myself coming back to this one. Your baritone gourd banjo had inspired me to make my own some day and ive had some experience making gourd banjos so im hoping this one goes well haha. also, what kind of gourd did you use for the body? ive never seen one like it! asking for a friend…

@LowlyMountainBanjos Ай бұрын

Great to hear! I get all my gourds from a local farm. I get to hand pick each one, but they are mostly all cross-pollinated so I’m not sure what the variety would be.

@hundev0788 5 ай бұрын

What kind of gourd did you use to make it? It has a wonderful sound.

@LowlyMountainBanjos 5 ай бұрын

I'm not entirely sure of the species. Gourds have a way of crossbreeding. I handpick every gourd from a local farm and they grow a variety of gourds there. Every now and then they get these gourds that are abnormally large and set them aside for me.

@uncommonsensewithpastormar2913 6 ай бұрын

What is the tuning on a baritone banjo? Is it the same as a regular banjo, only an octave lower?

@LowlyMountainBanjos 6 ай бұрын

Yep. This happens to be slightly sharper than C, but yeah That's where these instruments are tuned to.

@JamesThomas-kx5sj 6 ай бұрын

That makes it a bass banjo not baritone

@snuffman5497 5 ай бұрын

so is that c standard and would work in any other standar\d key tunin such as g? @@LowlyMountainBanjos

@runrig97 3 ай бұрын

@@snuffman5497 I'm guessing it's relative to gCGCD, aka double-C

@LowlyMountainBanjos 3 ай бұрын

@snuffman5497 oldtime banjo uses many tunings. G and C are probably the most popular, or their counterparts A and D when playing with a fiddle. The tunings are more than just about playing in different keys though. They are about accessing different pitch collections with the scale degrees at different locations on the fingerboard. So they each have their own unique characteristics.

@solenum1 2 ай бұрын

Do you happen to have tabs for this one?

@LowlyMountainBanjos 2 ай бұрын

No I don’t. I don’t write out tabs. It’s in effectively double C tuning.

@abbanjo13 2 жыл бұрын

Man both this and the other baritone banjo you built are amazing sounding. Where can I contact you about potentially buying one of your builds?

@LowlyMountainBanjos 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. Feel free to send a message to lowlymountainbanjos@gmail.com and I'll be able to connect with you. -Fred

@hermannwagner160 6 ай бұрын

Hey the sound of that banjo is truly amazing, what scale length do you build with?

@LowlyMountainBanjos 6 ай бұрын

I use standard banjo scales. This is 25.5" if I remember correctly.

@hermannwagner160 6 ай бұрын

@@LowlyMountainBanjos Thanks for the quick answer, I just got my forst gourds to start building!

@LowlyMountainBanjos 6 ай бұрын

@@hermannwagner160 That's wonderful! Glad to hear it.

@MoonStar-fq6oy 5 ай бұрын

👍👍👍✌️❤️

@BarronVonSchnoot 5 ай бұрын

Is this that Oliver anthony guy that everyone has been talking about?

@Tasmanaut 5 ай бұрын

lol

@ryandorssers6649 Ай бұрын

Whats the scale length?

@LowlyMountainBanjos Ай бұрын

Standard 25.5”. Thicker strings to achieve the low pitch.

@mellissadalby1402 6 ай бұрын

I don't think I could play a fretless banjo. I have enough trouble playing a fiddle without frets.

@hornofgabriel3981 15 күн бұрын

Man I want baritone banjo. I'm playing my banjo lowered two steps to F. With 11/26 strings.

@LowlyMountainBanjos 14 күн бұрын

Reach out at lowlymountainbanjos@gmail.com and we’ll get you set up!

@any1568 3 ай бұрын

Midwest emo

@user-qr2gd7me6c 7 ай бұрын

I think you should stick to playing. Singing isn't your forte. But I'm in love with the "baritone gourd banjo" !

@ooka_booka 6 ай бұрын

dont listen to this schmuck i think ur voice is rad. with a little practice it'll sound super unique and interesting

@barrelcorpenterprises8347 6 ай бұрын

Ignore this slack-jawed drooler.

@JustMe-fh9le 6 ай бұрын

His voice is perfect for this tune. I'd love to hear more!

@keysofthekingdomholybible 6 ай бұрын

Voice is fantastic. Love it.

@caseycook8071 5 ай бұрын

You sound great.

@goletarecordcompany3443 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely Beautiful Brother. What a great song