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| Date | 2007-07-30 |
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| Message | To Joseph Rosser (and the others). Derroll was mostly playing a folk basic strum, which he learned from Pete Seeger. The right hand is going "up, down, up, down". An other basic folk-method (good for playing a steady rhytm for square dances)is frailing. In frailing all the notes are plucked by the back of the fingernail as the hand moves always downwards. -(1) With the back of the fingernail of the index or middle finger pick down on a string (move the whole forearm down). -(2) Left hand hammering or pulling a string. -(3) Right hand picks down across all strings (or just one or two) and the thumb comes to rest on the 5th string. -(4) When the right hand moves up, the thumb pulls the 5th string. Its sounds differently. The most hardest to learn frailing is to place your thumb on the 5th string on the way down and then pluck the 5th string on the way up. CU lode dj  |
| Date | 2007-05-22 |
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| Message |  Hello Walter... superbe travail que le tiens ! Je joue du banjo depuis 1975, mais suis guitariste de formation (depuis 1961)... !J'officie en tant que chanteur-guitariste dans un groupe de blues & roots ''Good Time Rollers'' ! mais le banjo reste mon ''jardin secret'' j'adore Derroll en tant que banjoïste et chanteur également... ! J'utilise la technique du drop-thumb ou clawhammer (always down)... je possède actuellement deux banjos, un Gold Tone CB-100 et un Mountain banjo fabriqué par un luthier américain... j'aimerais ajouter un ''fretless'' à ma petite collection... probablement une réplique d'un Minstrel ! Keep on pickin' Cheers, Teddy... |
| Date | 2007-05-21 |
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| Message | Derrol, when I was 19 and sitting in my college dorm playing Scruggs Style, the old janitor heard me. He knocked on the door and came inside. He said he played and wanted to show me a style he called "frailing". The style was to up pick with the index, brush down with the middle and ring fingers and then pluck the 5th with his thumb. From time to time I practiced the style, but didn't get pretty proficient until I was in my late 40's. But, I remembered the style and came to replace Scruggs with it. However, until I ran across your site, I've never met anyone else who used it. Does the style have a name. My clawhammer buddies just call it frailing and say it's not a part of clawhammer history. Actually, I prefer this over clawhammer as I feel I have more control, speed and volume. I would enjoy any comments you wish to share. Thanks for the site. I'm going to work on some of the songs you have listed. Joseph Rosser |
| Date | 2007-04-24 |
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| Message | Dag Walter, Hartstikke goed die site, vooral je uitleg over de banjo stijl van Derroll Adams. Ik zelf heb ergens in de vroege jaren zeventig, op een zonnige zondag namiddag, nog een soort privé-lesje van hem gehad. Hoewel ik niet veel banjo speel zal iedereen die me hoort toch nog steeds de stijl van Derroll herkennen. Zijn invloed op mijn muziek is dus, naast de invloed van Doc Watson, erg groot geweest en daar zal ik hem eeuwig dankbaar voor blijven. |
| Date | 2007-01-24 |
| Message | Hi Walter I have just discovered Darroll Adams & your web-site. What a find. I have been learning banjo for about a year now and am making steady progress. With your banjo techniques that progress should now go into overdrive! Many, many thanks for all the work you have put in to your magnificant web-site. Best Wishes Pete |
Private Message added 2007-01-22 |
| Date | 2006-12-05 |
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| Message | Nice page walt!!! The banjopicking is going well!! Greetings Erik |
| Date | 2006-09-09 |
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| Message | Hallo Walter, deze site is onmiskenbaar een aanwinst voor banjominnende mensen! Vooral voor diegenen die ooit in contact zijn gekomen met Derroll. Ik heb steeds gedacht dat Derroll's stijl door niemand zou geëvenaard worden. Het luisterde zacht en eenvoudig, maar als je d'er aan begon om het te spelen had je veel moed nodig om ermee door te gaan. Wat jij hebt bewerkstelligd is bijzonder en zeker niet te onderschatten. |
| Date | 2006-08-22 |
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| Message | hi walter,well done with showing derrol's style,I knew him for many years,I'm an old friend ,and fan of alex's,and derrol's.Finbar Furey has a version of D's style but I think you've got it bang on.I'm a Scottish singer ,(5 str./guitar) living in Australia for past 4 years,used to tour Denmark/Germany in the 70's and 8o's, was last in Tonder in 2002 just before moving here,was 1st time there (performing) in 1976,I love living here, but miss the music buzz of Europe,but get back to Scotland every Jan. to Celtic Connections Fest.in Glasgow where I have performed every year since it began 13? years ago,I'm also host of Fest.Club/Open Stage.My congratulations and thanks to you, Gibb Todd. |
| Date | 2006-08-14 |
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| Message | Ik ben eens benieuwd wat er binnen een maand zal uitkomen... |
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