Rhiannon Giddens Instagram – Been working on a big project about early banjo music that has got me excited – been going through a lot of pieces from 1855 and thinking about the cultural soup this music came from – African/Irish/German/English/Indigenous etc etc etc – but particularly interested in where traces of the African diaspora have survived in European notation. This tune I’ve been living with a long time, and the fifth string increasingly becomes the key to where the real rhythm is. Hard Times from Briggs’ Banjo Instructor (1855), as tabbed by Joseph Wiedlich. p.s. the stickers on the finger board are there to help me tighten up my intonation. Never stop working on your technique, folks!
Sweatshirt from the Ft. Worth Worth African American Roots Music Festival (https://www.fwaamfest.com/) | Posted on 30/Aug/2024 20:03:58
