Name: Abes Retreat by banjodai
Duration: 2 min 39 s
Description: My take on Abe's Retreat on a fretless mountain banjo

The fretless banjo sounds cool, reminds me of a Japanese shamisen.

My take on Abe's Retreat on a fretless mountain banjo

Abes Retreat

Original tune named for my home town. Recorded on the Tascam DR-05 and mastered in Audacity with a touch of reverb. I'm tuned about Aed in Dorian on my 26 inch VSL Black Betty.

The Clarksville Township

March challenge for FOTMD and Lisa asked for another slacked tune. It is about AEE or a 1-5-5 Ionain on the 36 inch.

Worried Man Blues

My take on an old fiddle tune from just after the Civil War? Tuned about Gdd Ionian on my 26 inch VSL.

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Soldiers Joy

Virginia style piece with Ionian specific 27 5/8 inch VSL scale. Tuned DAA.

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Unclouded Day II

This tune is for 3 dulcimers tuned in DAD and it is in the baroque style. I used 3 different dulcimers for this recording: 26.5" VSL red cedar, 26.5" VSL poplar, and 24" VSL poplar.

The sheet music is available at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/dulcimer-canon-in-d-digital-sheet-music/20474374

Dulcimer Canon in D

Little is known about Tilbury, Greenwood & Burns, recorded on one of Mr. Lomax's last field recording trips through the wilds of Wayne, Pennsylvania. The previously released version of this (on FW19087)was reproduced from a seventh-generation wire recording made the original reel-to-reel played through a primitive loudspeaker, and the original tapes long rumored lost.
Recently however the Lomax Archives turned up that original tape recording. This digital-only release highlights Tilbury's powerful performance on vocal and what appears to be some sort of ukulele. What constitutes Mr. Burns's percussion ensemble remains lost to the mists of time, but we can hear evidence of great casual percussionists of the past like Washboard Sam and Theopolis Stokes. No one is quite sure what Greenwood is doing, but in the edited portions he appears to be ordering lunch.

Illinois Blues (21st c. remaster from the original reel to reel)

Tuned about DAd on my 28 inch Ultra Lite.

Sourwood Mountain

My rendition of a song by Molly and Jack Tuttle. Played on one of my homemade gourd banjos.

The Old Apple Tree (Molly and Jack Tuttle song)

A meditative version of a Kentucky fiddle tune

Abes Retreat

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