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From tfaux on 11/12/2013 3:25:18 AM

My monthly entry in the BHO newsletter may be of interest to members of this group. This month's post is a pair of simple Chinese tunes:

Scroll down on the page for previous posts from Hungary and Armenia.

twang,

Tom

3 Comments
	Bluesage says: 11/12/2013 6:10:42 AM Very cool! For years we'd visit a local Chinese restaurant who's owner emigrated to the U.S. from China as a boy. He brought with him an instrument that was essentially identical to a hammer dulcimer which he would play for customers. I was blown away by the similarities between traditional Chinese dance music and American old-time music. It was at that time I realized that dance music is dance music no matter where it's origin. Huang hua çao is a good example; played by itself it could easily be mistaken for a "model" tune from Appalachia...
	Bluesage says: 11/12/2013 6:20:16 AM I just checked out Tom's "Uncommonly Strong Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo" #1 and #2 which are also inspiring: banjohangout.org/blog/30568 banjohangout.org/blog/30727
	tfaux says: 12/19/2013 3:20:22 AM Thanks for the kind words Mike. The latest "Uncommonly Strong" installment is posted. A French-Canadian crooked tune I learned from fiddler Guy Bouchard: banjohangout.org/myhangout/blo...?id=27000 cheers, Tom
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