Darlin' Cory - Baritone Uke Slack Key

[M0MIKE]

I want to know the finger picking pattern you are using. I cannot get clawhammer down at all, but am trying to learn various patterns.

[ukuleleph]

What the tuning here mate ?. From your brother in Australia

[doogey9]

hey-o,

one whole step down and then the first string tuned down an additional step...like a banjo...cheers mate,

todd

[rebob59]

love to watch your videos

[doogey9]

thanks so much Bob! :)

[russbuss415]

man that's a cool sound.  great playing and singing Todd!

[doogey9]

thanks so much Russ :)

[sinner48]

nice song thanks for posting

[doogey9]

thanks for checking it out friend....cheers,

todd

[artnonimous]

ahhhh i really wanna learn how to play this! like this :)

[doogey9]

thank you dear lady....glad you enjoyed :)

[jdogface]

dat's how it be done!

[doogey9]

thanks so much J....have a great weekend :)

[pennydad]

Great stuff Todd, love it! You make it look so easy.

[doogey9]

thanks Sean....hope all is well with you and the family :)

[ukeshale]

I'm not sure if i've commented on this or not. I've watched this a few times today though haha. Love it

[doogey9]

very very cool shane :) thanks friend,

todd

[daddystovepipe]

Wonderful version!

[russelljenkinsfearn]

Lovely picking and singing

thanks

[doogey9]

thanks so much Russell,

have a great rest of the week! :)

[UKISOCIETY]

That's a new shirt. Nice!

Why are banjos always on people's knees? How could they play them? And wouldn't it be hard on the knees? What's up with that?

[doogey9]

new shirt or hat? ha ha....i'm always wearing T-shirts....the slippers are new :)

and i think your banjo/knee questions are more than valid.....should we start a research group regarding this?

[deach69]

Nice and mellow.  Very nice!

[doogey9]

Thanks so much Deach,

Todd

[berean315]

Great job! I think you have the uke tuned DGBD?

[doogey9]

thanks brother....yessir that's the tuning

[StubyStubyDoo]

As always Todd ..... PDG! congrats!

[doogey9]

thanks Mr. Stu!

have a great week :)

[krabbers]

man thats good

[doogey9]

thanks Krabbers :)

[floydbluethereal]

Great!

I like the "Crooked Still" version too.

[doogey9]

thanks floyd....i don't know that i've heard of them? they're good eh?

[floydbluethereal]

I love 'em! They're from Boston, Massachusetts and they are all over YouTube. There's also a MySpace profile.

[CallsThunder]

Are you picking with your nails or pads of your fingers? Thx.

[doogey9]

fingertips and my fingernails at this time are cut short.....it's a sharper sound when they're grown out....

[LeoHareMusic]

Love it!

[doogey9]

thank you sir :)

[ctrymaus]

I haven't heard this one in a long while! I know it from the singing of the original Kingston Trio. I really like your version of it too!

[doogey9]

thank so much dear lady....

i loved the k.t.'s song, 'poverty hill'

talk soon,

todd

[YoppyKyabetsu]

What a great woman, what with the banjo and all...

Seems like I have heard "Shady Grove" with some of the same verses. Excellent version.

And like kc8afw, I don't think I know exactly what slack key means.

[matthewvaughan]

I've definitely heard Shady Grove with some of the same verses. Especially the "shoes and stockings in her hand". It's just that kind of music, isn't it? The kind that feels a little better and more homey decades, sometimes centuries later because it was never 100% new even when it was written.

[doogey9]

ha ha....that is a most excellent way of putting it! thanks Matthew :)

[doogey9]

thanks Yopps....

could be regarding the verses....

slack key...1st string is dropped a step to make a chord

[YoppyKyabetsu]

Ah. Banjo tuning *grin*

[doogey9]

yup, it's the same eh?

[josephhoh]

what a great version...excellent singing

[doogey9]

thanks Joseph!!!!!!

[ken6675]

some great pick'n todd, a great song.

Ken G

[doogey9]

thanks brother ken :)

[MrPlatypus70]

Great, really nice picking and singing too!

[doogey9]

thanks so much Tom :)

[weegingayin]

It's all in the right hand

[doogey9]

chicken pickers unite!!!!!

[SirCoughsalot]

Pretty groovy.

[doogey9]

thanks bro :)

[kc8afw]

Excellent!! Love me some Burl Ives.

What, exactly, is slack key? I keep hearing the term...but I don't know what it is.

[doogey9]

thanks KP....

1 string is tuned down a whole step :)

[kc8afw]

Okay, thanks. That's like open G tuning on the bari.

[doogey9]

yessiree :)

[UkesterBrown]

The way you do it I like it......

[doogey9]

thanks so much David :)