I had not played any banjo uke for several weeks but this evening I decided to record a couple tracks. My playing was inspired by the oldtime banjo uke playing of Jeff Claus from the Horse Flies and Linda Higginbotham of Leftwich & Higginbotham. They both have a propulsive, percussive, rhythmic approach to uke playing. I'm still very new at this so I chose two uke-friendly tunes with easy to play open chords in them: June Apple and Almondo Boswell Polka.
June Apple is the well known old-time tune. Almondo Boswell Polka is a combination of the A-part to Almondo's Polka from Dix Bruce's Mandolin Uff Da! book and the B & C parts from Boswell's Fancy, which is a tune found in the Portland Collection. Key of G. Both tunes were recorded using banjo uke for the chords and tenor banjo for the melody. Recorded using iphone 4-track app on Friday, May 13, 2011.
Here's June Apple.
Here's Almondo Boswell Polka.
No uke bass this time. Need to practice that instrument some more.
No comments:
Post a Comment