Just started with "June Apple" out of the Drop Thumb tab book

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This is a group for people interested in and/or actively working through R. D. Lunceford's book of banjo tunes: Drop Thumb.

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From erikforgod on 3/17/2013 9:25:48 AM

Decided to take the leap and start with all the songs that are out of the standard "G" tuning for now. R.D.if you see this post, I was wondering if you could explain what the letter symbols all mean in your tab book? Like I assume "s" is for a slide or maybe a slur?

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	erikforgod says: 3/17/2013 9:30:19 AM actually I just found the "tablature" page which explains it...
	R.D. Lunceford says: 3/17/2013 6:43:01 PM Yep. Good luck and enjoy the tunes.
	erikforgod says: 4/2/2013 8:40:20 AM Thanks I just kinda sorta "completed the tune" just working on fine tuning.I hope to post a video of it.
	R.D. Lunceford says: 4/2/2013 10:36:46 PM Give us a "heads-up" when you do. I'd like to hear it.
	erikforgod says: 4/3/2013 8:44:25 AM Ok when I feel brave enough to record and post the video I will. Right now I am down with a bad cold
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