Here’s a bluesy tune from a year-long collaboration with fiddler, Esther Morgan-Ellis. This is a performance from our concert at the University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, of my tune “Onoma River.”
And here’s the banjo tablature:
Notes About This Tune
- “Onoma River” is in G, played in open G tuning (gDGBD) using the clawhammer style.
- The A part begins with a straightforward 4-bar phrase. But the second phrase has a repeated tag that comes back one beat earlier than expected. I use this kind of gesture often in my tunes.
- The melody has lots of slips and slides between b-flat and b-natural giving the tune a bluesy feel. The raised 4th and lowered 7th fit this blues pattern, too.