well, i attended my first bluegrass session last night and although i didn't know any of the tunes i was still mightily impressed. content last night with just improvising, i was wondering if any of you musos out there had any links to bluegrass equivalents of thesession.org
Nick
P.S. my heart will always lie in Irish music. this is just as a little side project. (please don't reply if you're goin to give crap about maintaining purity of tradition and style because i just don't care).
I made it to a jam once, waaaaaayyy back in the "hallers" of Tennessee. It was amazing! It was what really turned my interest from classical to fiddling. I went as a spectator but the only fiddler there sat out a set and gave me a quick lesson on his bright yellow handmade fiddle and I was immediately hooked! I carry a picture of Pappy in my case as inspirationand will remember that experience for ever!
it was really cool. i should explain my postscript. i do care about the purity of irish music but i know passions tend to run a wee bit high on thesession.org occassionally and i really don't want to open the can of worms about cross-fertilisation of traditional music (which i personally think can only enrich a tradition).
so boshank. much likin those links (shame i can't read tab, but there are some interesting comments there anyway)
I do a weekly bluegrass session with a real guiraist and rhythm mandolin player. I love it just as much as the Irish, although the culture is a bit different. ScottC mentioned the sites I was thinking of.
Some love bluegrass, some love Irish, I love both!
I used to play bluegrass and sold my Gibson Mastertone to finance my first set of Uilleann pipes. Now a 30 second Bluegrass sound bite will last me all year long.
The Hetzler site mentioned above is a good way to learn American fiddle tunes, but theres not much bluegrass there.(if any) Remember, bluegrass started as a commercial music in the late 1940's... most bluegrass sessions in the US will shy away from jigs,reels and waltzs even if they come from American sources...
Bluegrass is great, at a Bluegrass session, our session is plagued by bluegrassers who jam along to the Irish traditional tunes - we don't do the reverse. Anyway I won't get into that. Heard a guy from New York recently at a session in Rooskey outside Longford. Can't remember his name but now he was really good and could play Irish traditional music as well on the 5 string banjo and play it well. So I had to eat a lot of my words about 5 strings etc. When he played some (real) bluegrass he brought the house down and I loved it.
First Bluegrass Session!!!
First Bluegrass Session!!!
well, i attended my first bluegrass session last night and although i didn't know any of the tunes i was still mightily impressed. content last night with just improvising, i was wondering if any of you musos out there had any links to bluegrass equivalents of thesession.org
Nick
P.S. my heart will always lie in Irish music. this is just as a little side project. (please don't reply if you're goin to give crap about maintaining purity of tradition and style because i just don't care).
# Posted on April 16th 2004 by NickPhelan
Re: First Bluegrass Session!!!
Ah, but we care.
Try this one
http://www.bluegrassworld.com/
or have a look at Mandolin Cafe message board
http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi
There's quite a lot out there. It's all traditional music, by the way, and you're not the only one who likes a bit of diversion. All the best for now.
# Posted on April 16th 2004 by Johannes J
Re: First Bluegrass Session!!!
I made it to a jam once, waaaaaayyy back in the "hallers" of Tennessee. It was amazing! It was what really turned my interest from classical to fiddling. I went as a spectator but the only fiddler there sat out a set and gave me a quick lesson on his bright yellow handmade fiddle and I was immediately hooked! I carry a picture of Pappy in my case as inspirationand will remember that experience for ever!
: ) Beck
# Posted on April 16th 2004 by ThelenRA
Re: First Bluegrass Session!!!
it was really cool. i should explain my postscript. i do care about the purity of irish music but i know passions tend to run a wee bit high on thesession.org occassionally and i really don't want to open the can of worms about cross-fertilisation of traditional music (which i personally think can only enrich a tradition).
so boshank. much likin those links (shame i can't read tab, but there are some interesting comments there anyway)
# Posted on April 16th 2004 by NickPhelan
Re: First Bluegrass Session!!!
Try:
http://www.cybergrass.com/index.php
and a really great site:
http://hetzler.homestead.com/music_2.html
# Posted on April 16th 2004 by ScottC
Re: First Bluegrass Session!!!
I do a weekly bluegrass session with a real guiraist and rhythm mandolin player. I love it just as much as the Irish, although the culture is a bit different. ScottC mentioned the sites I was thinking of.
Some love bluegrass, some love Irish, I love both!
Jim
# Posted on April 16th 2004 by Worldfiddler
Re: First Bluegrass Session!!!
...that should have been guitarist!!
Jim
# Posted on April 16th 2004 by Worldfiddler
Re: First Bluegrass Session!!!
www.bluegrassrules.com/forum
Bluegrass is way cool! There's nothing like smashing on down "How mountain girls can love" with all you've got!
Lars.
# Posted on April 16th 2004 by Larshansen
Re: First Bluegrass Session!!!
I used to play bluegrass and sold my Gibson Mastertone to finance my first set of Uilleann pipes. Now a 30 second Bluegrass sound bite will last me all year long.
# Posted on April 17th 2004 by Bill Reeder
Re: First Bluegrass Session!!!
The Hetzler site mentioned above is a good way to learn American fiddle tunes, but theres not much bluegrass there.(if any) Remember, bluegrass started as a commercial music in the late 1940's... most bluegrass sessions in the US will shy away from jigs,reels and waltzs even if they come from American sources...
# Posted on April 18th 2004 by The Merry Highlander
Re: First Bluegrass Session!!!
Bluegrass is great, at a Bluegrass session, our session is plagued by bluegrassers who jam along to the Irish traditional tunes - we don't do the reverse. Anyway I won't get into that. Heard a guy from New York recently at a session in Rooskey outside Longford. Can't remember his name but now he was really good and could play Irish traditional music as well on the 5 string banjo and play it well. So I had to eat a lot of my words about 5 strings etc. When he played some (real) bluegrass he brought the house down and I loved it.
# Posted on April 18th 2004 by MollyB
Re: First Bluegrass Session!!!
hi nick,if you type in banjo hangout into google it will give you the address of a great b/grass site.
# Posted on April 20th 2004 by banjo billy
Re: First Bluegrass Session!!!
Banjo in Japanese means toilet.
# Posted on April 20th 2004 by Phantom Button
Re: First Bluegrass Session!!!
"Perfect pitch"...
# Posted on April 20th 2004 by Dow