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Music Appreciation

The Polack MSgt

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6. The kicker is that Kenny played Bill's mandolin parts on the fiddle

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #5)

Sat Sep 12, 2020, 07:57 PM

Sep 2020

Adapting the music to make it work.

40 years later, Noam reworked the songs so that he could play Kenny's fiddle parts on the banjo.

Which is actually a very different piece of music than if he had just adapted Bill Monroe's mandolin part to the banjo.

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This is kind of "3 degrees of separation" on a Bill monroe mandolin song [View all] The Polack MSgt Sep 2020 OP

Real toe tapping, knee slapping music. BarbD Sep 2020 #1

Your quite welcome The Polack MSgt Sep 2020 #2

sepAration Skittles Sep 2020 #3

Heheh - Wish we had auto spell chck The Polack MSgt Sep 2020 #4

Oh ah dunno, me 'n tha missus got seperated at the State Far wunce. Spell checkin' wudn't a ... marble falls Sep 2020 #9

Each one is a unique interpretation FakeNoose Sep 2020 #5

The kicker is that Kenny played Bill's mandolin parts on the fiddle The Polack MSgt Sep 2020 #6

separation separation separation demigoddess Sep 2020 #7

Only thing I can add VA_Jill Sep 2020 #8

And I knew VA_Jill Sep 2020 #10

very nice indeed. Bluegrass is such an interesting and intricate yellowdogintexas Sep 2020 #11

Bookmarking for later... robbob Sep 2020 #12