Carol of the Bells - Benji Flaming - solo banjo (solobanjo.com)

I recorded this video about two weeks ago, but my laptop decided that it no longer liked my video camera, and so I was unable to transfer the footage into my editing software until today.

I've been performing this piece at each of the holiday shows with Monroe Crossing, and I feel that both the arrangement and my ability to perform it have matured considerably since this video was recorded, but I've no quick-and-easy way to record a new video at this point, and Christmas is just around the corner.

This is a more recent iteration of a solo banjo arrangement I originally developed and recorded on my first album, "For Brian", back in 1995.

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• solo
• banjo
• mellow
• contemplative
• new
• age
• alternate
• tuning
• benji
• flaming
• monroe
• crossing
• christmas
• carol
• bells

[akawhitey822]

i really wish there was tablature for this!

[SoloBanjo]

@akawhitey822 Request noted - thanks! It's one of many things on the todo list. I've been thinking about putting together a book of tablature, and I'm starting to think I might start by posting some free tablature downloads on my web site, in order to gauge the general level of interest. As always, my e-mail list would be the best way to find out about such happenings. :)

[banjoman1437]

what tuning is this in?

[SoloBanjo]

@banjoman1437 The tuning is DCGCD#. The high D goes up to D#, B up to C, low G remains the same, low D down to C, high G all the way down to D (which I do by lowering the 5th-string capo on my Nuvo).

[Freakfolker]

Awesome Benji! A fellow banjo player would know! Can't say I know much about you outside of your role in Monroe Crossing, but now I feel compelled to check out your solo stuff! What CD of yours should I get? Banjo has awesome sound for Renaissance and Baroque,

but transcriptions are tricky and difficult, I find.

[SoloBanjo]

Thanks so much! At the moment, I only have one CD (which you can get from my web site), although I've got a lot of projects in the pipeline now, some of which will be coming out in 2010.

Merry Christmas!

[yopasjim]

Beautiful!

[lookitcrashed]

would you like an apple pie with that?

[MonroeCrossingFan]

OMG Benji!! This is a fabulous rendition of that carol!! CHILLS down the spine!!

[SoloBanjo]

Thanks very much! I may be putting out a book of solo banjo tablature next year. As always, my web site will be the place to watch. :)