Probably tuned like a Cittern, or like a Cytole, but if you use a Cytole tuning, tune several tones lower. It creates a very shimmer-like ringing sound similar to a twelve string guitar. contemporaries mostly played clawhammer or "knockdown" as Boggs called it, Frank Proffitt, Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down (“High Atmosphere”). © 2005-2021 acousticmusic.org. (Clyde Davenport, their source, fiddles “Wild Goose Chase” in B-flat on “Gettin’ Up the Stairs”.) Wayne Shrubsall, Darkey Money Musk; Darkey Fisher’s Hornpipe (Tabs, BNL, Mar 1987). four. This tuning is frequently used by hardcore and metalcore bands as well to achieve a lower sound. musicians told him: "Aw, get out of the graveyard, Dock. RBF Records RF 54, "The Folk Musician's Sourcebook" Written by Larry Sandberg and Dick Weissman Apparently the tuning used by Thomas Briggs. have them in memory of me." This tuning is like that of the lowest four strings in standard tuning. Bob Carlin, with James Bryan, Geese Honking (Wild Goose Chase) (“Banging & Sawing”). Rosenbaum suggests trying Cumberland Gap or Buck Creek Girls in this tuning or the variant fDGCD. Seeger plays this on a gourd banjo, tuned down. Morgan Sexton, Little Frankie; John Henry (“Rock Dust”). Clyde Davenport, Sugar in My Coffee-O (“Puncheon Camps”). John Cohen, Cumberland Gap (“Brandywine 1976”). Austin Harmon, John Hardy, tuned down to eAEAB (“Library of Congress Banjo Collection”. The A is raised by a half step, while the D is lowered by 2 whole steps. Excerpts from Interviews with Dock Boggs, Legendary Banjo Player and Singer. John Burke, Eight More Miles to Louisville (Tab, BNL, Oct 1982). Tommy Jarrell & Paul Brown, Roundtown Gals (“Appalachia, The Old Traditions, vol 2”). Molly Tenenbaum, Sail Away Ladies (on Mark Simos, “Race the River Jordan”). Dock allowed Mike to record Happy and play in the major keys – someone would offer him a drink or two, and BOOM – the bottom would fall out, and into the blues he would go. Notes: Dock Boggs' "Sugar Baby", from his original 1927 recording. 1965. Mike Seeger, Roustabout (“Solo”). Kimble Family, Goin’ Down to Raleigh (Silly Bill) (“Carroll County Pioneers”). This produces a cross between a G-chord (DGBD) and a D-chord (DF#AD). Art Rosenbaum, Little Birdie (“Art of the Mountain Banjo” and tab). Also used by Tony Ellis in many of his lovely bluegrass-cum-old-time 3-finger style tunes, and perhaps by other bluegrass musicians. C6 tuning is popular for these instruments, as are E6 and E7 tuning, there being an insufficient number of strings to represent the notes of an E9 chord. Recorded July 27, 1923. Tommy Jarrell, John Brown’s Dream (“More Clawhammer Banjo”). Jim Connor, Ragtime Annie; Columbus Stockade (“Alabama Old Time Music”). troubled him off and on throughout his life. applying with the Atlanta police force. In the early 20th century, Polly was reimagined as a banjo song in the states, and has remained a favorite of fans of the five. (Although the liner notes say Sexton is playing this in fCFCD, key of F, I’m 99 & 44/100% sure he’s in gDGAD; and certainly in the key of G. Anyway, a very beautiful performance.) The unusual gBbFBbD tuning is used for no other piece in the region [Cumberland Plateau, Kentucky].”. finger is providing the brush stroke. Music from the Cumberland Plateau, vol 1″). But in bluegrass music, open G can mean G B D G B D. Generally, Open Tunings refer to the changing of string pitches to reproduce common Major and Minor chords. Bill Keith, Footprints in the Snow (“Muleskinner”; tab, BNL, Jan 1989). Hobart Smith, Last Chance (“Hobart Smith of Saltville, Virginia”). Old Ruben or Reuben’s Train is traditionally played in this tuning. For all I know, this tuning may have a history reaching at least as far back as the Standard-C (gCGBD) recorded in so much of the 19th C literature. REFRAIN: Oh my babe, woman babe. For example, guitarists such as Trey Azagthoth of Morbid Angel fame has utilized this on seven string guitars. – It looks as if Mike Seeger will never run out of new banjo-tunings. Brunswick offered Dock the opportunity to record two or three more records, John Rzeznik of the rock band Goo Goo Dolls uses this tuning on the studio recorded version of his song Iris, an international hit featured on the soundtrack of City Of Angels. Sonny Osborne, John Henry Blues (“Bluegrass Instrumentals by the Osborne Brothers”). gave up his hopes of playing thebanjo for living, and accepted his fate as parents named him Moran Lee after the one and only town doctor, Moran Lee D Tuning View Cart. Molly Tenenbaum, Long Time Traveling Here Below, capo 3 (“And the Hillsides Are All Covered with Cakes”). Tommy Jarrell’s open D-minor “Reuben” tuning. Seeger uses the “E” as a melody note, very effectively. O… Voir la présentation Mark Rader, from Joe Mullins, The Blues Are Still the Blues, key of B (Tab, BNL, Feb 1994). Buy Track $0.99 Buy Track $0.99 Track Info. To tune to this tuning on a standard six string guitar the low E string is lowered to a B; the A string is lowered to a D, the D string is left the same, the G string is lowered to a D, the B string is raised to a D, and the high E string is lowered to a D. On some guitars this may require obtaining a thicker low E string than is usual to obtain a full sound when tuned down to B, and avoid the string slapping the fret board. 50+ videos Play all Mix - "Prodigal Son" | Clifton Hicks (Dock Boggs) YouTube Clifton Hicks - "German War" - 2018 Banjo Gathering - Duration: 5:47. Subject: Lyr Add: BRIGHT SUNNY SOUTH (Dock Boggs) From: Charlie Baum Date: 31 Aug 98 - 12:44 AM And, for comparison, the Dock Boggs version of "Bright Sunny South" (as transcribed in the liner notes to Dock Boggs, Folkways FA2351): Tuning: G DGCD Recorded Dec. 14, 1963 In the bright sunny south in peace and content, When he was a toddler, the The tuning, going up in fourth intervals, is the opposite of fiddle/mandolin tuning, which goes (4th to 1st) downward in fourths, or upward in fifths. It allows banjo players to play the tune in D, the same as a fiddler would, by extending the bass range of the instrument. And, "Down South Blues" - Alberta Hunter, acc. According to George Gibson this is quite an old tuning, giving ‘a wonderful droning sound’. Used by Guitarist Keven Chambers this is just an alternate version of the Open E Major tuning using an F# on the third string instead of a G#. The disadvantage is that not all major and minor chords can be played with all six strings at once. Mississippi Sawyer, Soldier’s Joy, Arkansas Traveler, Turkey in the Straw, to name a few in the canon). had from time to time dabbled in moonshine, but this incident was, STYLE. “Sandy River Belle” tuning. I have seen the f#CGAD equivalent tuning being mentioned by several people of which some also met Dock. Excerpts from Interviews with Dock Boggs, Legendary Banjo Player and Singer. Pete Seeger, Jinny Git Around ( “How to Play…”). Bob Fulcher, Redbird (“Old Five-String”). Molly Tenenbaum, John Hardy (“And the Hillsides Are All Covered with Cakes”). D Tuning View Cart. Michael J. a capo. Dock made numerous appearances through the mid-sixties. John gives his source for this as Banjo Bill Cornett’s performance on ‘Mountain Music of Kentucky’ CD version. Equivalent tuning is aCGCE (“Open-C”, raised 5th string). For a short time in 1944, Dock left the mines and made a living driving a but Dock reasoned that under his initial contract he should only do those Dock Boggs, Glory Land (“Dock Boggs Vol 2”). Ray Stewart, Four Cent Cotton (no recordings). However, on a six string guitar (from low to high) it would be Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, F, Bb. I’ve a note that Fred Cockerham may have used this tuning, but no reference. It's definitely possible to play "Sugar Baby" in Boggs' f#DGAD tuning (also key of D), but the drones will sound different. Bob Carlin, Big Scioty ,tuned down to eBEBC# (“Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo”). Listen to D Tuning by Dock Boggs - Excerpts from Interviews with Dock Boggs, Legendary Banjo Player and Singer. For Wade Ward’s “Half Shaved” tuning, see under eCGCD ). Allen Hart, with Kerry Blech, Will Davenport’s Tune, learned from Clyde Davenport (“The Young Fogies, vol. In 1954, at the age of the ballroom, only three others were selected at that audition. George Gibson, considering this a variant of the open-D tuning, mentions that his father used it for Frankie and Albert, holding down the 2nd string at the 2nd fret and the 3rd string at the 3rd fret. He recorded eight sides. Kyle Creed, Cumberland Gap, tuned up to E (“Liberty”). Bill Barclay, Star of the County Down (Tab, BNL, June 1993). Ace." This allows for Corgan to play the chord formations with all strings being played. brother-in-law Lee Hunsucker (a preacher who taught Dock many sacred This meant he was a traffic controller, making John Cohen, Buck Creek Girls, fretless bjo (‘New Lost City Ramblers: There Ain’t No Way Out’). in Kentucky. Tunings listed are as if it was tuned standard. Tuning a standard, non-baritone guitar any lower than this is difficult. that he got it by trading his watch for a gun, then trading the gun for the Snuffy Jenkins, Lonesome Road Blues (“American Banjo, Scruggs Style”). Tony Trischka, Kentucky Bullfight (“Country Cooking”). and people surrounding it, was sinful. Perhaps Fred invented it in G, and Tommy in A.). Dwight Diller, Sail Away Ladies (“Harvest: West Va. Mountain Music”). Shady Grove) can be effective in the open G-minor. Ola Belle Reed, Boat’s Up the River; Doney Where You Been So Long (“Old Time Banjo in America”). Don Stover, Things in Life (“Things in Life”). ", "Excerpts From Interviews with Dock Boggs," recorded and edited by Mike Seeger Discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. The years between 1910 and 1920 are considered to be Dock's musically Larry Unger, Two Rivers (Tab, BNL, Nov 1988). In June of that year, Mike Seeger discovered Dock's whereabouts aEGBE). The G-bass tuned up to the key of A. It also includes a wide variety of fingerpicking techniques that were played by old-time musicians before Earl Scruggs developed his bluegrass style in the mid-1940s. Dobro Open G: low-high; G-B-D-G-B-D (occasionally adopted for ordinary guitar, but requires lighter fifth and sixth strings; Only square-necked resonator guitars can hold this tuning with standard gauges). Check out D Tuning by Dock Boggs on Amazon Music. Dock Boggs was much influenced by the blues—we have this on the best authority: Boggs himself. Dock experienced somewhat of a religious conversion in 1942, gave up his Morgan Sexton, Little Birdie; Omie Wise (Dm) “Rock Dust”). Although the song is in B-flat, it starts on the G-minor chord. Matokie Slaughter, Big Eyed Rabbit (“More Clawhammer Banjo”) Mike Seeger, Bowling Green, tuned down to E (“Mike Seeger & Alice Gerrard”). Album . This is a tuning in intervals of fifths like that of a mandolin or a violin. dock boggs and roscoe holcomb both played one. Dock Boggs recorded only 12 songs in the 1920s, but his raw, powerful singing and distinctive banjo-playing caused Harry Smith to include him in his Anthology of American Folk Music (SFW 40090) and Mike Seeger to search for him in the hills of Kentucky in 1963. Roscoe Holcomb, The Hills of Mexico (“The Music of Roscoe Holcomb & Wade Ward”). Tune to gEGBD (see above) and capo at 1st fret. The following scene gains a drone in the form of a single tone held softly on a squeezebox. Fuzzy Mt. the mines was "Trapping." Just a few examples: Wade Reedy, Old Jimmy Sutton (“High Atmosphere”). The tune belongs to the “Last Chance” & “Rambling Hobo” group). Bob Carlin, Trouble (“Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo”). Dock Boggs Sugar Baby TUNING: gDGCD KEY OF D, TablEdited by Tony Trischka ©2009 Artist Works, inc Page 1 / 2 4 4 Released in 1927 0 I 0 M 0 T 0 I 0 M 3 M 3 0 0 B M 0 T 3 M 3 0 0 B M 0 T 4 0 M 0 I 2 Po T 0 3 T 0 T 0 0 M I 0 T 0 T 0 0 While in Atlanta, Dock considered D Tuning MP3 Song by Dock Boggs from the album Excerpts From Interviews With Dock Boggs, Legendary Banjo Player & Singer. ), G D G D (in bass range. [Verse 1] G Oh Polly Pretty Polly would you take me in time Polly Pretty Polly would you take me in time D7 G You'd set beside me and tell me your mind [Verse 2] G Well my mind is to marry and never to part My mind is to marry and never to part D7 G The first time I saw you you wounded my heart [Verse 3] G Oh Polly Pretty Polly come and go along with me Polly Pretty Polly come and … Molly Tenenbaum, Little Birdie, in E (“And the Hillsides…”). George Gibson lists it as a variant of the "Moonshiner" gDGAD tuning; he plays in it a version of Texas Rangers that he learned from Mel Amburgey, a Knott County old-timer. New York to make phonograph records. guitar or piano, or anywhere else if you know where to go and get it, and It was also around this same time that Dock became interested in playing Met muziekstreaming op Deezer kan je nu meer dan 56 miljoen nummers ontdekken, je eigen afspeellijsten maken en … Ken Perlman, from Johnny Morissey, Darlin’ Nelly Grey, key of F (Tab, BNL, Nov 1994). J. D. Crowe, Reuben (“Lonesome Rubin: Tony Rice, Guitar”; tab, BNL, Jan 1988). His style of banjo playing, as well as his singing, is considered a unique combination of Appalachian folk music and African-American blues. Home / Music / Country / Country-Folk/Bluegrass / Old-Time/Appalachian Track. This tuning is the same as dropped D and C, but lowered from dropped C an additional semitone, or half step. Bill Mansfield, Bonnie Prince Charlie, D-minor (“Root Hog or Die”). Buell Kazee, Lady Gay; Roving Cowboy (“Buell Kazee”). Album. words: "...I had a little domestic trouble, and I decided I'd quit and went The cycle of fifths put to very good use, I’d say.”. Also sometimes used for D-centered tunes: e.g. Stu Jamieson, Pretty Polly (fretless banjo) (” Banjos, Lamas & Bagpipes”). Molly Tenenbaum, Georgia Railroad (“And the Hillsides Are All Covered with Cakes”). DOCK BOGGS, PRETTY POLLY - TUNING: f#DGAD Page 2 / 2 13 0 T 0 0 M I 0 T 0 0 M I. Hank Schwartz, Brighter Day (“Old Time Banjo Project”). I dare say you could use a tenor ukelele, or even a tenor guitar, to stand-in for this instrument. 5th string used for melody notes. Eric Mintz, Peachbottom Creek (Tab, Ken Perlman’s in “Clawhammer Style Banjo”). Art Rosenbaum, Texas Rangers, 3-finger picking (“Five String Banjo”). True forerunner of the ukulele (G C E A, or on US mainland and England, A D F# B). Alternating among banjo, fiddle, and guitar, he draws on his encyclopaedic knowledge of the American folk canon. Matokie Slaughter, Big-Eyed Rabbit; Sidna Myers, Shady Grove (both on “Clawhammer Banjo vol 2”). It allows power chords (also known as bare fifth chords) to be played with a single finger on the lowest three strings. "Dock" Boggs was born February 7, 1898 in West Norton, Virginia. Dick Weissman, Snowbird (“Old Time Banjo Modern Style”). This tuning is achieved when all the strings are flattened by a half step. Earl Scruggs, Mama Blues (“Carnegie Hall Album”; tabs, BNL, Nov, Dec 1989). F G A B C D E F G C F A D G (or the same intervals one tone higher), G C F A D G (a seventh course was added to the bass after 1600; it may also be tuned like a Lute), G D A E mandolin tuning: (same as Octave Mandolin), D G B D (open “G”, same as modern Plectrum banjo), G D G B D (open “G”, with the 5th string as a re-entrant, the same as a modern 5-string banjo), E B G D E (a re-entrant tuning is also mentioned, but no intervals are given, by Agazzari in 1607), A D G B E (same as modern guitar, but without the low E string), A D G B E (re-entrant: 4th string an octave high), 4-Course Guitar: Probably similarly to the 5-Course Guitar, but without the 5th string(s) (see below), D D G B E (4th and 5th, “D”, tuned in same octave as 1st, “E,” in a re-entrant tuning), A D G B E (5th string one octave lower than 1st thru 4th), A D G B E (same as first five of modern guitar), C F Bb A D G (note: tune to the same sound as a ukelele, with the 4th string, the Bb, in the next octave higher than the 5th and 3rd. His banjo style tells us he was likely a good buddy of Dock Boggs. It is also used by Metallica to compliment James Hetfield’s voice. Dick Weissman, Down in Denver (“Old-Time Banjo Modern Style”). 1”). G G B D (Gs are in unison, same octave) This is the Portugese mainland version of the braguinha. Boggs, especially on the later recordings, is often tuned a half-step or full step low. any other player. Luthier Todd Keehn claims to have been the first guitarist to adopt an all-fifths tuning, his being arranged G-D-a-e-b’-f#’, and he has made an all fifths tuned guitar. Out of about 50 or 75 other musicians standing around in 2015 - Second outing from these Ann Arbor MI blues bravehearts, recorded at home with acoustic guitars, slide guitar and mandolin. music to buy his first new car. Buell Kazee, Black Jack Davy (“Buell Kazee”). Buzz Fountain, Southern Rose Waltz (“Old-Time Banjo in America”). (BNL interview, Nov 1980.). Ernie Fasse (communications to Banjo-L) has also, on his fretless banjo, been delving into this tuning, e.g. It sounds to me as if Chancey is also playing Shoot the Turkey Buzzard in this tuning, slightly lower pitch (same recording). Dock used many unusual tunings, tuning the banjo to suit his voice. Blanton Owen, Cumberland Gap (“Old Originals, vol 2”). String Band, Protect the Innocent, from Oscar Wright (“Fuzzy Mt. by Virgil Anderson, Wild Goose Chase (“On the Tennessee Line”). I don’t believe Frank George has recorded this tune, but versions of it may be found on: “The Fuzzy Mountain String Band”; The Bing Brothers, “Just For the Sake of It”; The Ill-Mo Boys, “Fine As Frog’s Hair”. contract. “There ain’t no tune played in this tuning except Little Birdie” said Pete Steele. George Gibson says he learned this tuning from Clay Engle of Knott County, who in turned had learned it from an old black man. He was not old enough to receive his Joel Mabus, Darling Corey, tuned to eCFA#C, key of C (“Clawhammer”). possibilities of the virtuoso banjo tradition, but his style is unique Joel Mabus, Kitchen Girl; Hen House Door “Clawhammer”). blues: and you caused me to kill a man, Caused me trouble, and you caused me to kill a man, Oh, now I'm in the jailhouse, got to do the best I can, … I have seen the f#CGAD equivalent tuning being mentioned by several people of which some also met Dock. )” To obtain the D-chord, fret 4th string at 3rd fret and 3rd string at 2nd fret. Join Napster and play your favorite music offline. The most usual tuning for accompanying fiddle tunes in A. Dock Boggs, Peggy Walker, key of E (“Dock Boggs Vol 3”). (The sleeve notes on this recording mistakenly, I believe, give the tuning as fCFAD.) During this time he was influenced by contact with accompaniment, and a second to do twelve more sides with a band of Dock's Joel Mabus, Briarpicker Brown/ Spider Bit The Baby; Soldier’s Joy (“Joel Mabus, Clawhammer”). Reed Martin, Off to California (“The Young Fogies, Vol. They were E. E. Boggs, father and Dock Boggs, Napoleon Boggs (a nephew), and Lee Hunsucker (ca 1915) SIDE A, BAND 1 MIXED BLUES: "Well, the 'Mixed Blues', it's my own Composition. “Clyde reports that this tune was brought back from WW1 by veteran Jeff Gregory, who learned it from a banjo-playing Frenchman. Kimble Family, Troubles (Sugar Babe), (“Carroll County Pioneers”). Landcrab - Posted - 06/27/2016: 21:50:38 Blake Bamford (Boxcar on the hangout) wrote a book of Dock Boggs' music and has many tabs. up in banjos again. Some frailers/clawhammerers and old-time finger-pickers (e.g. Stu & Gloria Jamieson, What Shall We Do With the Baby-Oh? Mike Seeger, Pretty Polly (“Mike Seeger & Alice Gerrard”). Black Sabbath used this tuning on many of their earlier albums. Cathy Fink, Cumberland Gap; Miss McLeod’s Reel (“Banjo Haiku”). It is intended to serve the following purposes: This tuning is not only used by metal and rock bands, but also folk musicians. trouble with a corrupt local deputy sheriff, by the name of Doc Cox. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. Ray Andrews, Meadowlands, in Bm (Tab, Ken Perlman’s in “Clawhammer Style Banjo”). His father used it for Darling Cora, and GG believes that B. F. Shelton did as well. Chords: D/G/Bm. Bob Carlin, with John Hartford, Shortnin’ Bread (“The Fun of Open Discussion”). Asheville, N.C. Ken Perlman, Devil’s Dream (tab in “Clawhammer Style Banjo”. A A# B C C# D then E A D G B E (last 6 are standard guitar tuning), D down to F chomatically – 1 octave below lowest ‘F’ on 6 string guitar. On sleeve notes for this recording, Art Rosenbaum says that Reynolds learned this archaic tuning, dating from the Spanish American War, from his father. The Wandering Ramblers also use this tuning for Fred’s Little Satchel, on “Rambling & Wandering”; as does Dirk Powell on “If I Go 10,000 Miles”.) A very low drop tuning used in metal and death metal bands. If you do not want to learn the ukulele patterns, transpose the guitar chords up a fourth and use standard guitar patterns on the tiple (i.e., the guitar plays C major, the tiple plays F major). Having a “dropped D” effect in the bottom bass strings makes one finger chords easier. Anthony Shostak, The Changeling. B.F. Shelton, Dock Boggs, Hobart Smith, Stringbean, and Ralph Stanley have all recorded their own distinctive version. store and after drinking half a pint of moonshine whiskey "to try to give “Last Chance”/ alt. Willie Chapman, Little Birdie (“Mountain Music of Kentucky”). Jack Marcovitch, King William’s March (Tab, BNL, Apr 1990). Oscar Wright, Shaving a Dead Nigger (“Clawhammer Banjo Vol 3”). strings. But see under f#DEAD). His parents named him Moran Lee after the one and only town doctor, Moran Lee Stallard, whom Dock's parents much admired. Within two weeks, Dock performed at the American Folk Festival in i love there styles of playing and am hoping to get close to there sound with the sears banjo. Download our mobile app now. Listen to Practicing and Timing for Record by Dock Boggs. He’ll release it with a show at The Grey Eagle on Sunday, Nov. 27. It is also used extensively in classical guitar music and transcriptions since it allows open strings to sound the tonic and dominant as part of the bassline in the keys of D and D minor. These open tunings offer much room for experiment, but can only be used in a few keys. middle finger to *pick* the melody on the first string while the index From 1956 until 1963 Dock and Sara lived a quiet, anonymous life in Norton, Mike Seeger’s liner notes say Dock usually plays this “with 5th string tuned to F#. Bob Carlin, Ladies on the Steamboat; The Last Time (“Where Did You Get That Hat?”). A versatile tuning examples of which can be heard in Choro de Saudade by Agustín Barrios and also in well known transcriptions of La Maja de Goya by Enrique Granados and Sevilla by Isaac Albéniz. Please note this is an archived topic, so it is locked and unable to be replied to. Hank Sapoznik, President Garfield’s Hornpipe (tab in Ken Perlman’s in “Melodic Clawhammer Banjo”). Be the … (capo-2) (” Banjos, Lamas & Bagpipes”). Pete Seeger ( “How to Play…”) mentions this as among the tunings Rufus Crisp used. Wade Ward, Half Shaved (“High Atmosphere”). In 1920 Dock traded up to a better banjo, a Sears Roebuck Supertone for Double-C, lowered 5th string: Wade Ward’s “High Atmosphere” tuning. I don’t recall where I heard about this. Dock Boggs - Careless Love; banjo in gDGBD tuning, Mike Seeger, guitar in G position, standard tuning. In 1930, Dock traveled to Atlanta where P.C. An open tuning has the strings tuned for an open chord without fretting. Cluck Old Hen; Pretty Polly; Shady Grove; Little Sadie; The Cuckoo; East Virginia. The tiple string tunings are a fifth above the corresponding guitar string (like a ukulele). Seeger. Oscar Wright, Sandy River ( “Clawhammer Banjo”). Another similar modal tuning is D-A-D-A-D-D from low to high respectively. Boggs once garnered a record deal with Brunswick to record 24 tracks, but he only completed eight before quitting and returning to Virginia during the 1920s. Folkways Records FH 5458, The Introduction to "Dock Boggs," recorded and edited by Mike Seeger willing to pay to hear him play. Dock Boggs, Country Blues (“His 12 Original Recordings”; “Dock Boggs”). Molly Tenenbaum, Cumberland Gap (“And the Hillsides Are All Covered with Cakes”). They are particularly used in steel guitar and bottleneck guitar playing. The “Shaving” tune was renamed by Fuzzy Mountain, via Claude Keaton, a guitarist & flat-foot dancer. Year Released. Mike Seeger, Shady Grove, fretless bjo tuned down to d#CFA#C; with Tracy Schwarz’s fiddle tuned to FCDG (‘New Lost City Ramblers: There Ain’t No Way Out’). Entry for Banjo Hangout contest October 2013: Clawhammer in Sawmill (gDGCD) tuning. manager. Seeger cites as their source the LP “Home on the Range: Folksongs from the Univ. George Gibson also likes this tuning. (“Pete Steele: Banjo Tunes & Songs”). Dwight Diller, Callaway (“Harvest: West Va. Mountain Music”). to his friends in eastern Kentucky, Dock was forced to return his stock Even though some tunings could be named by “theory” they might lack the gravity or musical cohesion to really represent that chord. Va. Mountain Music”). SOLO. One to record an additional twelve sides with guitar A new series of recording sessions captured the 50 blues, instrumentals, regional and religious songs included … It’s what Pete Seeger called “Mountain Minor,” & one fairly common banjo tuning used in old-time music (usually referred to as the “Sawmill” tuning) is employed exclusively for this mode. “The tune is played in the key of Eb and sort of toggles between Eb and its relative minor, Cm. balance to Lonesome Ace Company in June of 1930 for $70, the wholesale Dock Boggs, Little Black Train (“Dock Boggs Vol 2”). A "Dock Boggs" D tuning Though there are more recorded examples of this tuning in the Dock Boggs canon than I've found elsewhere, Dock clearly didn't "invent" it. When my money you could blow. Art Rosenbaum, Little Sadie, from Hobart Bailey (tab in ” Old-Time Mountain Banjo”). Also see his tab in “The Art of the Mountain Banjo”). 1965. In 1927 Dock's friend Hughie Roland persuaded him to go to the Norton Hotel Dock did not do any additional recording for Brunswick though. an audition. while driving through Kentucky with his wife Marj and his three children. Pete Steele, The Train A-Pulling. were some influences. A Rufus Crisp tuning, according to Pete Seeger ( “How to Play…”). This tuning can also be written as C-F-A♯-d♯-g-c. Tuned down to B-flat, fBbFBbC. Please see the, Guitars & Stringed Instruments – General Information, Care & Feeding of a Wooden Musical Instrument, Identifying Vintage Guitars, Banjos & Mandolins. Both of these songs are Ken Perlman (from Briggs’ “Banjo Instructor”, 1855), Dance, Boatman, Dance; Old Zip Coon (Tabs, BNL, Feb 1988). We know however that upon completion of the Brunswick sessions, Dock traded Wade Ward, Peachbottom Creek, capo 3 to F (“The Music of Roscoe Holcomb & Wade Ward”). gospel tunes sound pessimistic. Ron Mullennex, Dead Man’s Piece (“Old Five String”). ARCHIVED TOPIC: Prodigal son, Dock Boggs. [C# G# F# C#m E B Em G] Chords for Oh Death-Dock Boggs with capo transposer, play along with guitar, piano, ukulele & mandolin. Bill Evans, Native and Fine (“Native and Fine”). Benji Aronoff, Red Apple Juice (Sugar Baby); St. James Hospital (“The 2 Sides of Benji Aronoff”). Try: Mole in the Ground…. Art Rosenbaum, Stoney Point; Buck Creek Gals; Harlan County Farewell Tune ( Tabs & also LP, “The Art of the Mountain Banjo”). EE-AA-DD-GG-BB-EE, Low to high – strings tuned in octaves. The Bunch of Keys (“Banjo Picker’s Fakebook”). I like the idea with Dock Boggs tuning but I prefer to have the fifth string tuned to a. Dock Boggs, Pretty Polly (“His 12 Original Recordings”; “Dock Boggs”). 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