This traditional Cajun waltz sings of the sad loss of a loved one. I like its melody and found it easy to play on clawhammer banjo.By JanetB

I've always had a soft spot for Marches, and this classic's up there with the best o'them I reckon. Thanks for steppin' up!. .... Don.By Allex Lithgow

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For the old time Tune of the Week, 4/28/18, the first part of this medley comes from BHO member RG, learned (he thinks) from a wonderful friend, Larry Brown. The second part is how I think traditionally of Barlow Knife in three parts. My dad didn't have a barlow knife, but his boy scout knife reminded me of one.…

The very first episode of Why We Are!

A hasty rendition....i heard Ron Mullenix perform...By C Hammonds

By sesaylor

I posted tunes the last two holiday seasons so I thought I'd do another this year. Wishing all the best to my BHO friends for the season and the new year. In Double C.By rickhayes

Lynwood Lunsford playing on his 30s style 4 with one of my "Magaret Boote" Florentine/RB4 reproduction necks.By bryantde

Béla Fleck BaritoneBy Paul Roberts

A good ol' murder ballad. Clawhammer and voiceBy mworden

Test driving yet another tone ring.By Kurt Kemp

By SCclawman

This is a very old Irish carol. Fingerstyle guitar and banjo (muted).By Laurence Diehl

I'm thrilled to have been asked to do the rollout of an innovative instrument that opens a new world of mando-banjo potential.The Octajo is a double-course tenor banjo tuned an octave (or lower) below mandolin and violin. With a 12” banjo rim with bronze tone ring and an octave mandolin neck the Octajo can be strung with either metal or nylon strin…

I learned this tune when Mark Johnson posted it in the Tune of the Week for 4-1-2011. Since then, it's pretty much always the first tune I play whenever I tune into G (or in this case A) modal.I've been meaning to thank Mark for introducing me to this for three-and-a-half years. So... "Thanks Mark!"By ramjo

From the CD "On The Edge" by the Cliffhangers. Fiddle: Mark Simos; banjo: Brendan Doyle; guitar: Rusty Neithammer; tenor guitar: Jody Platt; bass: Karen Falkowski. Fiddle tuning: FCFC, banjo tuning: FBbFBbC Sources: Hiram Stamper, Hindman, Knott County, Kentucky; and his son Art Stamper. Mark's notes: "I first heard Art play this tune late one fogg…

seldom sceneBy tonwil

A French-Canadian crooked tune learned from Guy Bouchard. Robin Kearton playing fiddle.By tfaux

Traditional Greek melody adapted for 5-string cello banjo, Gold Tone CEB-5, double C tuning, gCGCD.By Paul Roberts

I apologize in advance for the length of this recording, but I am still sharing it. My excuse is that I felt 'in the groove' . It was just fun to play and I didn't have to think about playing, I just closed my eyes. In any event, I felt I should post this since it is one of the first few songs I learned to play.…

For my brother Mike on Father's day. Our FaveBy banjoike

A duet with Travis Wright (SCClawman)By Laurence Diehl

This is my interpretation of Edden Hammon's fiddling. There's been much discussion on the Hangout about this tune and I wanted to find the oldest known source of it, though it's said it comes from his great-uncle Pete, born 1847. I like to think it's about the waterfalls of the James River, but the somber modal tone sounds more like it's about a hi…

I think that I picked this up from a Fleming Brown album which I borrowed from the public library in the mid 1970s.By vrteach

A rather rough recording of O'Carolan's Concerto (Ken Perlman arrangement) complete with mistakes and incompetence!By Carolan

One of the best songs ever for clawhammer and voice. Glad to finally have learned it.By Tim O'Brien

By SCclawman

A quick recording trying out the nylgutsBy SCclawman

By SCclawman

TraditionalBy banjukebox

Me on banjo (two finger index lead) and Amy on guitar. We learned this tune from Don Borchelt.By chip arnold

For your review, "The Eighth of January". Played in clawhammer style. I learned it from tab found in "Melodic Clawhammer Banjo" by Ken Perlman, Oak Publications. Differing from the tab, I'm tuned 1/2 step below double C, f#BF#BC#By griffinwisc

Arrangement by Rick McKeon. Picking by Wayne Conrad, after three months of self teaching.By Ada R. Habershon and Charles H. Gabriel

For the TOTW--12/14/12By JanetB

One of the caroling songs we do every year.By JanetB

A very old hymn widely sung today.By JanetB

1st track little sadieBy jimh269b

off the new cdBy jimh269b

Frosty Morn, my current favorite song in Sawmill tuning - gDGCBBy griffinwisc

Thanks Laurence for this great addition. Honored to collaborate with you! One of my favorite songs ever gets even better!By SCclawman

This old Scottish love song, based on William Douglas's poem in around 1700, was also the first performance attempt of Lotta Crabtree (1847 - 1923). Known now as the Shirley Temple of the 19th century, Lotta walked onto a school stage in San Francisco as a wee little girl under six years old. She burst into tears when trying to sing Annie Laurie an…

Henry Reed learned these from the Civil War fifer Quince Dillon. The two tunes are both in Am and one leads easily to the other in a medley.By Henry Reed

My arrangement of an old evergreen written by Henry Clay Work. Double C tuning, key of C. Warts and all.By Henry Clay Work

This one's for Jim, whose playing is inimitable, but he's glad to have us join in!By JanetB

For the brotherhood, from your sister. My favorite version has been Doc's.By JanetB

Got this tune from BHO member Bill Reese. I really like the sound of this Sea Shanty!By banjoike

At a music camp dance several years ago, Kit and I heard Heidi Claire fiddling this as the traditional last song of a dance. We just had to learn it and found a notated source by Elena Corey when she was active in the California Bluegrass Association. Here's our banjo/mandolin duet.By JanetB

One of the good old hymns!By SCclawman

Trying out a "Presto" tailpiece on my B&P Short Scale. I was just messing around but would appreciate constructive comments that could improve my playing. I hope this recording is not to tinny sounding. I am tuned up to "DD" so the air is a little thin up there. A touch out of tune on the "A", sorry. (6-1-2012: I ended up putting the No Knot back o…