Ashokan Farewell (Banjo)

[therealjoebloggs]

Kinda like how it would have sounded if actually written and played in the 1860's.

[5ivestring]

I had no idea what this video was going to be about...tap banjo? Beautifull!

[hotamali]

sdfsdf

[Speed12236]

Is there a way I can get a LOOP of this, I want to listen it to got sleep, PLEASE SOMEONE RESPOND!

[ronaoj]

wow I never even heard of tapped banjo.. its lovely and you all do a beautiful job on this wonderful song.. my friend is teaching himdelf to play it on his accordion, when it is readyii'll put it up.. I just converted my clasiical guitar to a slide guitar due to an injury that ruined my cording arm.. i would very much like to learn your method of playing banjo.. any tips would be greatly appreciated.. thanks for the lovely music to all of you,,

[Squishyfur]

Yopparai, eh? You must have enjoyed your time in the Land of the Rising Sun then. :-)

[geologydotcom]

What a surprise! Thanks!

[bobbelheadedmidget]

I enjoyed this. thanks. Love this piece and I love the banjo!

[mexibili]

One of my favorite songs, I enjoyed this arrangement very much.

[StopTheMoti0n]

haha banjo double tapping :P

[rockgor]

Very nice.  I'd rather listen to an ensemble than an orchestra.

Will you be taking up tap dancing next?

Tx 4 posting

[YoppyKyabetsu]

Sorry, no tap dancing.One thing the yopp's don't do is dance. *grin*

[sortie31]

Dear brother,

Can you help a poor soul by letting him know what make is your banjo? And yes brother, what you do is beautiful, very much so.

[YoppyKyabetsu]

It is a Steward MacDonald kit from the 1970's. My father bought it way back when, but never assembled it. A few years ago he passed it on to me and I finally got around to putting it together.

[DarJack1973]

Very nice I Love it makes me thinking of My Beloved whom I lost three years ago:( This song reminds me of him!! He was of Scottish decent!! I remember him smoking his pipes and the smell of the Cherry tobbacco:) Do you have more of these kind of tunes? Tks. for the memories dj

[YoppyKyabetsu]

Thank you so much! I could not ask for anything better than for someone to be touched by the music.

[lyeager444]

If someone is NOT touched by your amazing talent they are lacking somethingwithin.

YOU are a rare gem.

[deliriumtremolo]

very nice, tasteful and skillful.

Tom

[YoppyKyabetsu]

Thanks, Tom. I just watched some of your vids, and I gotta say, you swing a mean plectrum.

[ukeladyrn]

nice

[BanjoBoog]

That's a beauty Yopp!

[CIRCLEOFDEATH666]

very nice, and clever, never seen someone tap on a banjo before

[pandolfineto]

delhitfull !!!!amazing

[shapenotesinger]

Beautiful! I never get tired of this video!

[barbkaus]

Love it!! I have a banjo too and love Jay Ungar music!! Love Ashokan Farewell on the banjo. First time I've heard it done that way. Love it!!

[drwierd]

man alive!

[YoppyKyabetsu]

I have always wished I had lived in Japan for a time, but alas. I gotta say your quintet really impresses me. Simple construction, and a limitless number of sounds. If I played it, it would sound like a cat locked in a cabinet of pots and pans. But in your hands it is outstanding. Must... resist.. urge... to..build....

Thanks!

[charlou2006]

drunken cabbage sama! did you live in japan for some time? your screen name let me believe so! nice play. i'm making my own instruments as well, and the more instruments i line up together, the more it starts to look like a koto, with its moveable frets... check out "space slitar quintet (1 to 8)" or "orb god (1 to 3)" and tell me what you think!

[YoppyKyabetsu]

Thanks all! There are a few plucks in there, but for the most part its tapping the strings against the fretboard. I played and recorded the flute and guitar parts after I recorded the banjo.

[anthonyT01]

he was plucking the strings?? lol I thought he was magically making the sound come out lol

very good job though!! was there someone playing that flute with you at that time or was it a recording?

[businessguys]

great

[YoppyKyabetsu]

Thanks! It was a fun experiment. I may revisit it again sometime.

[sleaponit21]

wonderfull pitsicato, (the plucking of strings ) thank you

[kanard6d]

lol it's pizzicato the italian word