"Naomi Wise" Lesson (overhand + two-finger)
Added 2020-07-15 13:00:31 +0000 UTCgCGAD relative (eAEF#B actual) aka "Omie Wise tuning." I learned this song from George Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky. Though most of us learned the piece as "Oma Wise" or "Omie Wise," she is called Naomi Wise in actual historical documents. She was murdered by John Lewis, the son of a wealthy North Carolina slaveholder, in 1808. Gibson refers to it as "Omie Wise tuning," and he usually plays the tune overhand (clawhammer) style--not finger picked as I do.
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Even the most polished musician will mess up sometimes. What makes them "polished" is the ability sail through mistakes without getting rattled.
Clifton Hicks
2020-07-16 04:27:26 +0000 UTCAlso, I appreciate when "mistakes," as they might be considered, are left in the videos. It adds a human element to it all.
Blaine Chappell
2020-07-16 04:25:59 +0000 UTCI can get away with it, but yeah it ain't the easiest and sometimes'll come out sour. I should note that when George played it for me, he only noted with one finger throughout the entire tune. George avoids chording wherever possible, because it was not traditionally done, much, on early (fretless) banjos.
Clifton Hicks
2020-07-16 04:24:56 +0000 UTCThat chord seems it would be difficult with a fretless.
Blaine Chappell
2020-07-16 04:22:08 +0000 UTCThis is great thank you!
Curtis Smolen
2020-07-15 16:51:29 +0000 UTCLove your historical insights, Clifton. They add depth to the performances. That LOW tuning definitely contributes to the "mood."
Gee Bee
2020-07-15 16:44:01 +0000 UTCGeorge just calls it "Omie Wise tuning," but as Nick Connor points out, it is also known as "Roustabout tuning." I will add this to the notes, thank you.
Clifton Hicks
2020-07-15 13:50:22 +0000 UTCThanks, Cindy. I am trying to include bloopers and stuff at the end of the video, mostly for fun but also as a small treat for you good people who stay till the "bitter end!"
Clifton Hicks
2020-07-15 13:49:38 +0000 UTCNick, George doesn't play Roustabout, as far as I know, so I haven't learned it. I guess I need to learn it! *NERD ALERT* Also, it's interesting to note that a "rouNdabout" is a short, tight-fitting jacket that was worn by young men and workers until the 1850s. The Civil War "shell jacket" that most Confederate troops wore was basically an old-fashioned roundabout but designed with fuller sleeves and a stand-up collar, after French military jackets of the period.
Clifton Hicks
2020-07-15 13:48:21 +0000 UTCDoes this tuning have a name?
Mccoist Halliwell
2020-07-15 13:44:13 +0000 UTCHaaa, Clifton, that was funny at the end! Lolol! ❤️
Cindy Barrett Gilchrist
2020-07-15 13:39:38 +0000 UTCIsn't Roundabout usually played in that same tuning?
Nick Conner
2020-07-15 13:10:35 +0000 UTC
