The Cuckoo Bird: 5-string banjo tutorial by Davey Bob Ramsey

August 17, 2020August 18, 2020 admin 1st string), 2nd string), 3rd string), 4th string), as it is with many of the mountain style tunes that are well suited to sawmill tuning (gDGCD), Bb (3rd fret, but I guess that's of minor importance. I do wish that I had made it clear where on the fretboard to play the notes of the scale, but I have never set out to copy his version exactly. That would be inimical to the folk process, C (open 2nd string), commenting on my video of the Cuckoo Bird (a.k.a The Coo Coo Bird - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbE7DNiNkJA), D (2nd fret, D (open 4th string). Getting familiar with this scale is one of the keys to playing the song, F (3rd fret, G (open 3rd string), Hear 'The Cuckoo Bird' on Davey Bob's album Attic Songs, inevitably putting your own stamp on it as it passes through. It occurred to me that it may be helpful to others if I share my understanding, not least because I tend to play the song a little differently each time. My version is probably most influenced by Clarence Ashley's, out now on CDBaby & iTunes: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/daveybobramsey https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/attic-songs/id760344007 I made this vid, please comment if you have any questions or feedback., said they were looking for a lesson on how to play it. I was hesitant at first for a few reasons, so I include them here (in descending order): G (open 5th), so that anyone interested has the basic ingredients required to come up with their own version. To that end I have made this video. Looking a, such as Pretty Polly (you can see my version of that here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEjE0GWgKh8). I hope this helps some of you out, which demands that you take what has come before and send it forward

The Cuckoo Bird: 5-string banjo tutorial by Davey Bob Ramsey

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I made this video in response to a youtube user who, commenting on my video of the Cuckoo Bird (a.k.a The Coo Coo Bird – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbE7DNiNkJA), said they were looking for a lesson on how to play it.

I was hesitant at first for a few reasons, not least because I tend to play the song a little differently each time. My version is probably most influenced by Clarence Ashley’s, but I have never set out to copy his version exactly. That would be inimical to the folk process, which demands that you take what has come before and send it forward, inevitably putting your own stamp on it as it passes through.

It occurred to me that it may be helpful to others if I share my understanding of the basic components of the song, so that anyone interested has the basic ingredients required to come up with their own version. To that end I have made this video.

Looking at it now I wish I had explained that the pentatonic scale used in the song is the G minor pentatonic scale (not major), but I guess that’s of minor importance. I do wish that I had made it clear where on the fretboard to play the notes of the scale, so I include them here (in descending order):

G (open 5th), F (3rd fret, 1st string), D (2nd fret, 2nd string), C (open 2nd string), Bb (3rd fret, 3rd string), G (open 3rd string), F (3rd fret, 4th string), D (open 4th string).

Getting familiar with this scale is one of the keys to playing the song, as it is with many of the mountain style tunes that are well suited to sawmill tuning (gDGCD), such as Pretty Polly (you can see my version of that here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEjE0GWgKh8).

I hope this helps some of you out, please comment if you have any questions or feedback.