[Dixielandjazz] Banjo or Guitar?
Stephen G Barbone
barbonestreet at earthlink.net
Thu Sep 29 12:02:21 PDT 2011
> Gluetje1 at aol.com (Ginny) wrote:
>
> I know there are groups, leaders, and list members who use banjo on
> some
> of their arrangements and guitar on others. Would any of you like
> to make
> the time to post on guidelines or variables that you use to
> determine which
> to use for a number?
>
> I'm curious on your thoughts. Haven't tried to formulate my own
> criteria,
> it's just a head thought that one or the other will probably work
> better.
For us, it depends upon the audience, the event, and the songs we are
going to play.
Examples:
For funerals, and/or short marching gigs we use banjo, while for swing
dances we use guitar.
If the songs are "New Orleans" (Make Me a Pallet on the Floor or ones
like George Lewis played") we use Banjo.
If the audience is a dyed in the wool "trad" audience, we use banjo,
while for young hipsters we use guitar.
Etc., etc., etc.
Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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