Videos tagged with gCGBD Tuning

This video showcases a performance of the song "Mississippi Sawyer," featuring Uncle Dave Macon and Sam McGee. The performer uses a c. 1900 JB Schall "Waldo" banjo tuned to gCGBD. The description highlights that the performer learned the song from a film featuring Sam McGee, who had a long working relationship with Uncle Dave Macon.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks playing "You Don't Know My Darling" and "Coon Hunt Walkaround" on an 1892 "Columbus" banjo tuned to gCGBD. Hicks learned "You Don't Know My Darling" from John Snipes of North Carolina, whose recording is available on the "Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia" album. The description heavily promotes Clifton Hicks' various online platforms, including Patreon, Banjo Heritage website and YouTube channel, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and PayPal for exclusive content, courses, merchandise, and donations.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks playing the banjo tune "You Don't Know My Darling," learned from a field recording of John Snipes. Hicks specifies his instrument is an 1880s Cubley banjo tuned to gCGBD. He notes the tune's similarity to Dock Bogg's "Banjo Clog." The description includes multiple links for supporting Clifton Hicks and his Banjo Heritage project through Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, merch, Spotify, iTunes, PayPal, Venmo, and YouTube memberships. A hashtag for "#banjo" is also present.

This video is a clawhammer banjo lesson featuring the song "Old Tar River." The instructor, Clifton Hicks, plays an 1880s Fairbanks & Cole short-scale banjo tuned to gCGBD. The description provides historical context for the song, attributing its composition to Joel Walker Sweeney and mentioning early performances by Frank Brower and Dan Emmett, as well as its first print appearance in Elias Howe's "THE COMPLETE BANJO PRECEPTOR" (1851). The description also includes various links for supporting the creator's work, such as Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, and merchandise.

This YouTube video features Blaine Chappell performing "No More the Moon Shines on Lorena" on a minstrel banjo crafted by William Boucher Jr. around 1845. The description specifies the banjo's era and maker, and notes the tuning used is gCGBD. Blaine Chappell's YouTube channel is linked, along with various support platforms for the content creator, including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, merchandise, and payment options.

This YouTube video, titled "Tune to Your VOICE Instead of a Tuner - Traditional Banjo Lesson" by Clifton Hicks, offers an innovative approach to tuning a banjo. Instead of relying on external tuners, the lesson advocates for tuning the instrument to the player's vocal pitch. The description highlights specific banjo tunings used for three different traditional songs: "Walking Cane" (gDGBD), "Coon Hunt Walkaround" (gCGBD), and "Last Gold Dollar" (Mole in the Ground) (gCGCD). The video also includes numerous links to the creator's various platforms for music, merchandise, and support, including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes. The video focuses on an instructional method for banjo players interested in old-time music.