Videos tagged with GCGCD Tuning

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing "I got me a woman on the road somewhere," also known as "Got a Mule to Ride" and "Bottled in Bond." The description highlights the song's origins in early blues, railroad worker, and Appalachian camp music. Hicks plays an 1880s J.B. Schall banjo tuned several frets below standard GCGCD tuning. The video description also heavily promotes his various online platforms including Patreon, Banjo Heritage, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and PayPal for tablature, courses, merchandise, music streaming, and donations.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks demonstrating and teaching the tune "Sugar Hill" on a 1910 Weymann Keystone State banjo tuned to gCGCD. He learned the piece from Josh Hayes of Watauga County, North Carolina. The description heavily promotes Clifton Hicks' various online platforms, including Patreon, Banjo Heritage website, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and donation links via PayPal and Venmo, as well as YouTube channel memberships.

This YouTube video features a performance of the song "Long Steel Rail," which heavily draws from the "Stagolee" (or Stagger Lee) narrative. The description details the song's origins, mentioning the historical figure Shelton "Stag" Lee and his crime. The performance utilizes American chestnut mountain banjos, with specific tuning details provided. While the song's narrative involves a violent incident and the use of a firearm, the video itself is a musical performance and historical storytelling piece, not a direct review or demonstration of firearms. The description explicitly mentions "Stag Lee shot Billy he shot him with his forty-four," providing a specific caliber reference.

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.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing "Hand Me Down My Old Suitcase" on a clawhammer banjo. The description highlights the historical context of the song, mentioning its origin from Mal Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky. Hicks plays a late 1890s S.S. Stewart "Special Thoroughbred" banjo, tuned to gCGCD. The video includes links to Hicks' Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, T-shirts, PayPal, Venmo, Spotify, and iTunes, indicating his presence across various platforms for music promotion and fan support. The provided hashtags further categorize the content as related to Clifton Hicks, banjo, bluegrass banjo, old-time banjo, old-time music, and clawhammer banjo.

This YouTube video provides a banjo lesson for the traditional folk song "Last Gold Dollar" (also known as "Mole In the Ground"). The lesson focuses on a gCGCD tuning, a common open tuning in traditional banjo playing, often lowered to match the singer's voice. The description delves into the song's history, its connection to singer Orgus "Grandpa" Hudson, and a notable recording by Dock Boggs. It also highlights the tradition of singing while playing the banjo and explores various banjo playing styles and related musical traditions. The content is primarily educational for banjo players interested in old-time and folk music.

This video features a close-up performance of the banjo song "Hand Me Down My Old Suitcase," played on a banjo tuned to gCGCD. The description highlights the song's origin from Mal Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky, and provides links to the artist's Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Venmo, and PayPal. The content focuses on traditional banjo music and the artist's musical presence.

This YouTube video features a banjo lesson for the song "Hand Me Down My Old Suitcase," taught by Mal Gibson. The description highlights a specific tuning (gCGCD relative) and mentions the song's origins in Knott County, Kentucky. The video also includes links to the instructor's Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Venmo, and PayPal, suggesting it's part of a broader music education or artist promotion effort. The song lyrics provided are traditional and speak of hardship and family advice.

This YouTube video features a close-up, slowed-down instrumental performance of the song "Hook and Line" by Clifton Hicks. The performance is played on a circa 1890 J.B. Schall "Edmond Valentine" banjo, tuned to gCGCD. The description also includes links to the artist's various platforms including Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Venmo, and PayPal, encouraging support for his banjo heritage and music.

This YouTube video, titled "Pretty Fair Damsel - Clawhammer Banjo Lesson (Morgan Sexton, Clarence Ashley)", focuses on teaching the clawhammer banjo style. The description highlights learning the tune "Pretty Fair Damsel" from recordings by Morgan Sexton and Tom Ashley, with a specific tuning (gCGCD). It also mentions various banjo playing styles, historical influences like minstrel shows and Afro-Caribbean traditions, and lists numerous influential old-time musicians. The content appears to be educational for banjo players interested in traditional Appalachian music and its historical roots.

This YouTube video is a traditional banjo lesson focusing on the tune "Rye Whiskey," also known by several other names including "Devil's Waltz," "Jack of Diamonds," and "Drunken Hiccups." The lesson features Lee Sexton from Kentucky and specifies the banjo tuning as gCGCD (relative). The description also includes multiple links for supporting the creator, such as Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Venmo, and PayPal.

This video features Clifton Hicks playing the banjo tune "Little Gray Mule." Hicks learned the song from a film clip of Roscoe Holcomb, who mentioned it was formerly known as "The Wild Boar." The banjo used is an 1888 Luscomb model tuned to gCGCD. The description also provides links to Hicks' Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Venmo, and PayPal.