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Shamrocker. Approved
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Hi, Can anyone tell me which tuning this song is usually played in. And its the same tune as employed for singing 'Long Steel Rail', right? Regards, Harry.
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Lyle Konigsberg Approved 
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f#, D, F#, A, D. See http://www.zeppmusic.com/banjo/aktuning.htm But Long Steel Rail (as Fred Cockerham played it) was gGGBD (again, see the tunings list on Zepp's website)
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Shamrocker. Approved
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Thanks.  H.
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AlanJ Approved
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Hi Shamrocker, Apologies, if the forum is not the best place for this. Glad to see your entries, I'm also from Dublin. I am only starting clawhammer banjo (a few months) and am currently using a borrowed instrument as 5 string banjos arent that common in Dublin. So im looking to invest in a half-decent banjo and need some advice. I've searched on the web to find someone in Ireland, let alone Dublin who has a similar interest and am interested in making contact which will hopefully benefit both of us ib our musical journey. Regards Alan.
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AlanJ Approved
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Hi Shamrocker, I cannot access Private Messages at the moment. I'm logged in as Alan J - PM Disabled. I think only the moderator can sort that out so I've sent an email to Richard asking to be activated!!. Alan.
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Philj200 Approved 
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Check out the bluegrass version by Leftover Salmon, (odd name, good musicians). Also and more important for your question, look for an old (50's-ish) recording by a group called The Osbourne Brothers. Their version is called Ruby or sometimes Ruby Are You Mad? with interesting lyrics. They did it with two banjos. One tuned in open D as above. The other in C-tuning (gCGBD) capoed up two frets.
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Philj200 Approved
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Double posted. Sorry. Last edited on Wed Jun 18th, 2008 12:56 pm by Philj200 ____________________ My MP3 Section: http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/1143/ My Myspace area: http://myspace.com/philj200 |
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raulin Approved 
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Lyle Konigsberg wrote: f#, D, F#, A, D. See http://www.zeppmusic.com/banjo/aktuning.htm Hey, thanks for this... I was figuring out how to play this tune in 'standard' banjo tuning and found it almost impossible... Thanks again!
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Philj200 Approved
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It can be played in Open-G. It's comes sout a little different but not wrong. Play it in the key that works best for your voice. Consider playing it in gCGBD, in C-major. It let's you capo up four frets to E-major. THe tune sounds great with a guitar backing you in there. The high banjo and the deep guitar makes the song roar.
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