"Wise County Jail" Lesson | Overhand *and* Two-Finger!
Added 2020-08-04 12:44:44 +0000 UTCgCGBD relative (fB♭FAC actual) known as "Two-Finger C tuning." I learned this song from the Library of Congress recording of Dock Boggs, who composed it around 1928. In this video I'll discuss the history behind the piece, and demonstrate how to perform it using three different traditional banjo techniques: overhand "clawhammer," two-finger, and up-picking. The attached tableture covers both overhand and two-finger playing methods.
Comments
This is awesome! My hometown is Clintwood, which is not far at all from Wise Co.
Patrick Scardo
2022-08-06 04:50:02 +0000 UTCMatt, it should be fixed now: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40043014
Clifton Hicks
2022-05-28 01:09:16 +0000 UTCSir, for some reason the Performance version is locked, says the "tier is no longer offered".
Matt Gibson
2022-05-27 11:40:13 +0000 UTCAnything you can do to play the tune is acceptable.
Clifton Hicks
2021-03-27 16:42:20 +0000 UTCIm wondering 'bout something. on the first 14 notes of the 2 finger style i tried to emulate the overhand a bit by doing, the first note then i use my index and middle finger to pluck the first and second string instead of only the second, its lined up with the "clawhammer" strum on the overhand style. is this acceptable ?
Emil Becker
2021-03-27 14:55:14 +0000 UTChard times,
Emil Becker
2021-03-27 14:34:57 +0000 UTCJust love old Dock.
norman dion
2020-08-07 20:17:34 +0000 UTCGreat lesson and great Dock Boggs history.
Joshua Corbin
2020-08-05 22:04:08 +0000 UTCLord have mercy, yes 2-finger C! Keep an eye on me, Ted!
Clifton Hicks
2020-08-05 09:13:16 +0000 UTCWouldn't that be a "two-finger C" then? ;) Great lesson format , btw - very comprehensive.
Ted Crilly
2020-08-05 08:39:14 +0000 UTCYes, my actual is fB♭FAC (gCGBD relative).
Clifton Hicks
2020-08-04 23:02:55 +0000 UTCbut you are tuned and open F, correct?
Johnnie Wood
2020-08-04 22:33:43 +0000 UTCYep. I've only been to that part of VA/KY a few times, but I don't think I've ever even seen a cop. Wouldn't want to meet 'em, the "civilians" are hard enough!
Clifton Hicks
2020-08-04 21:22:22 +0000 UTCFlint, that were a FLINTlock smoke pole.
Clifton Hicks
2020-08-04 21:19:46 +0000 UTCGreat lesson! Loved the background history. Was that a cap and ball or flintlock? Thougt I hard a slight delay. Regardless, a very nice ending
Flint sampson
2020-08-04 21:05:47 +0000 UTCHell yea. Been waiting on this one. And yea, law is still crooked around those parts. You don’t have to worry too much about them killing you anymore but they’ll lock you up for nothing. That’s how most small town law is those, in my experience at least.
Mountain Lambo
2020-08-04 17:43:35 +0000 UTC
