bluegrass jam

[gusl]

Yesterday, I was getting depressed, but got uplifted by a very nice bluegrass jam.

We did about 15 songs/tunes, among which:

* Orange Blossom Special (my shuffles need some work)
* a medley of a bunch of stuff, including some Russian tune and Alabama Jubilee
* Man of Constant Sorrow

and some songs that I would like to work on in the future:
* In the Pines
* Faded Love
* Banks of the Ohio

I also noticed that we need a language for stylistic devices. We already have names for kick-offs and endings, e.g. "n potato(es)", "shave and haircut", but I think we need to name other things like the "ragtime pause", and "banjo kick-off towards the end of the song, driving the tempo twice as fast, breaking the expectation of an ending" (best when played slowly the first time, or after a hinting-at-the-end slow-down: "Blue Moon of Kentucky" is a nice tune for this)

Comments

[williamallthing.livejournal.com]

i believe the technical name for the latter is a "bill monroe bitchslap".

[ehintz.livejournal.com]

Nice. I'd kinda like to hook up with a local group. Though I've got so much going on already that I don't see it happening anytime soon...