{"id":1759,"date":"2012-08-22T14:29:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T19:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soupgreens.com\/?p=1759"},"modified":"2012-08-22T14:29:57","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T19:29:57","slug":"brooklet-schottische","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/?p=1759","title":{"rendered":"Brooklet Schottische"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here’s a slow rag I played on bottleneck guitar. I picture sitting on the porch with a lemonade on a day when it’s too hot to move fast.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of blemishes left in the sound. Most recordings try to isolate the music and eliminate background sound. I am experimenting with doing the opposite, because being able to hear the moment and the context gives the music emotional kick. But I don’t know if that is distracting and annoying. <\/p>\n

I learned it from Turner’s Banjo Journal No 10. The original was probably perky instead of slow. You can find the sheet music I worked from here: http:\/\/www.classicbanjo.com\/tutors\/TBJ\/TBJ-10.pdf<\/a>. This is probably from the early 1880s.<\/p>\n

Here’s the sheet music for those who are inclined that way (chords added by me to make it easier to jam on):
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I was inspired by “Dark Was the Night” by Blind Willie Johnson, the Ry Cooder soundtrack for “Paris, Texas”, Ben Harper’s and John Fahey’s weissenborn playing.<\/p>\n

This recording is permissively licensed under Creative Commons Attribution<\/a>. Have at it as long as you give credit. The best type of credit is to link back to this post, at http:\/\/soupgreens.com\/2012\/08\/22\/brooklet-schottische\/ \u200e.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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