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06 May, 2009

roscoe’s gone

Posted by: Stephen In: stephen's blog

Here is my approximation of an old-time fiddle tune I heard yesterday on an album by American group The Stairwell Sisters. I couldn’t find it online so I just transcribed it myself. Apparently it was written by someone called Hank Bradley on the passing of an old fiddle player called Roscoe Parish.

I love the 2/4 bar at the end of each part… really pushes it along.

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roscoe's gone

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2 Responses to "roscoe’s gone"

1 | David Brooks

June 12th, 2010 at 3:24 am

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This is a great tune. Evie Ladin, the banjo player for the Stairwell Sisters, plays a driving, syncopated version that is the engine for the tune. I transferred some of her handwritten tab into some computer-generated tab for her and have learned to play the tune about 2/3 of the speed that she gets. It’s a great lesson in syncopation on clawhammer banjo.

2 | Stephen

June 12th, 2010 at 8:27 am

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Yeah, it is a great tune. It’s tunes like this that make me want to get a banjo!

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