I have seen this advertised ot the web. It seems to be a cd and a book of tab. But while the name of the books say Pete Seeger, I have noted that he does not seem to be connected to it and that he does none of the playing. Can anyone tell me about this series and also how close the playing is to Pete's?
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 | Joe Connor says:
2/13/2016 12:16:24 PM
Ken:
Here's a blurb that I found on line:
"The songs are arranged and recorded by renown clawhammer banjoist Michael Miles and up-picking banjoist Mike Kropp. Songs include: Blue Skies • Get up and Go • If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) • Kisses Sweeter Than Wine • Mbube (Wimoweh) • Sailing Down My Golden River • Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) • We Shall Overcome."
The first thing I noticed is that some of these are songs that Pete usually played on his 12-string guitar, not the banjo (e.g., If I Had a Hammer and Turn, Turn, Turn).
It sounds like these people took some of Pete's better-known songs and simply created their own arrangements. It seems that the only connection to Pete is that these songs were written by or otherwise associated with him.
Joe Connor
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 | From Greylock to Bean Blossom says:
2/13/2016 12:24:03 PM
Thanks Joe. I would have thought there would have had to been more to it from the title but what you say makes sense. thanks again.
ken
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| Joe Connor says:
2/13/2016 12:32:08 PM
It's ironic, Ken, because Pete was the first one to do a tab book for one of his albums (The Goofing-Off Suite).
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| From Greylock to Bean Blossom says:
2/13/2016 3:16:56 PM
I did not know anything about that Joe.
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| Joe Connor says:
2/13/2016 4:23:08 PM
Go to amazon and search for "Goofing Off Suite." There is an album (or CD) and an accompanying tab book. That was revolutionary in the 1950s. The next similar thing I remember was those Kicking Mule album/tab book combinations that didn't come along until the '70s. As usual, Pete led the way.
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 | coalandice says:
2/13/2016 4:35:12 PM
Is this
amazon.com/Goofing-Off-Suite-I...Off+Suite
the tab book you're talking about?
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 | phdm says:
2/13/2016 4:57:09 PM
As a student of Pete Segars banjo playing for the last 40 years, I felt compelled to buy this collection. I was somewhat let down by it. It has eight tunes of songs associated with Seger, but several of the tablatures include only clawhammer style playing. They do not purport to be transcribing Pete Seeger's playing techniques on these particular songs.
You would do better in purchasing Pete's original book "how to play the five string banjo" . He also made an associated record years ago, which now may be out in CD, which goes along with much of the book.
I have always felt that the banjo world is ripe for a detailed assessment and teaching of Pete's many banjo playing styles. None has been attempted so far.
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| Joe Connor says:
2/13/2016 5:31:35 PM
That's it, coalandice!
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| Joe Connor says:
2/13/2016 5:38:24 PM
Here's another resource:
homespun.com/instructors/pete-seeger/
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 | Paul R says:
2/18/2016 11:46:43 PM
I think the banjo how-to CD is available from Smithsonian Folkways. That's the first place I'd go for anything by Pete.
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 | herrcespedes says:
2/28/2016 10:31:00 PM
We could make our own! I'm sure everyone here knows to play at least one Seeger song very close to his playing. We could record what we know with a clear view of the fretboard. There is a guy on YouTube, Colin bazsali who has a series of videos on Seeger style with solos and intros. Some of the best stuff I've seen so far. On my part, I'll do Penny's Farm as close as I can to what Pete did on his bowdoin concert and link it in this place. Hope some of you feel inspired and post some videos as well.
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| phdm says:
2/29/2016 5:56:48 PM
Wow, I just noticed that my earlier post on this topic has numerous egregious misspellings of Pete's last name - Seeger, (obviously neither "Segar" nor "Seger".) It only goes to show that unproofread voice recognition generated posts are not a great idea. My apologies.
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 | petersj12 says:
3/8/2018 6:09:25 AM
I agree with the caomment about Colin Bazsali on YouTube. He nails the Seeger style pickin’. And he appears to teach it.
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