[Dixielandjazz] Chord Averaging and more (or less)

[Patrick Cooke]

Rocky.....
       After two hurricanes a week apart, I needed a good laugh.
       Your story about the banjo convention was hilarious!....Thanks
    Pat Cooke


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Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Chord Averaging and more (or less)


> I KNEW IT! Chord Averaging! Of course!
>
> Years ago when I used to make the banjo convention circuit I kept hearing
> this new approach to banjo accompaniment but couldn't figure it out. I'd
> wander into a ballroom filled with 30-50 banjo players all tearing through
> Margie or Avalon. I'd sit down on one side of the room and ask my new seat
> friend, "What tune? What key?" and he'd say something like "Margie, in F."
> I'd play Margie in F but it just didn't seem right. Maybe I didn't know
> Margie as well as I thought. So, after 20 or so choruses I'd move to the
> other side of the group and ask my new neighbor "What tune? What key?" and
> he'd say "Avalon in Eb."
>
> "When did you guys switch to Avalon? I thought it was Margie."
>
> "Nah, we been playing Avalon all night."
>
> "In Eb?"
>
> "Well... some of the guys say it's Eb... I've been playing this D chord
> mostly and it seems to fit everywhere."
>
> Not only had these guys mastered chord averaging but they had moved to a
> higher level of complexity... Tune Averaging!
>
> Rocky Ball
> Atlanta
>
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