http://www.seanray.com Guitar & Banjo Portal Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:02:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Click image to play QuickTime 7 required. For download info & playback options refer to this article Southern Flavor is a classic example of Bill Monroe's genius. Like all of my favorite Monroe compositions this tune rides a thin line between major and minor sounds. Unfortunately these are the same tunes that tend ... http://www.seanray.com/2008/southern-flavor/ Click image to play QuickTime 7 required. For download info & playback options refer to this article Frog On A Lily Pad in the key of C (standard G tuning). The chords are C, F & G. It's a great tune and a good exercise in closed position licks. To hear Bill Monroe's ... http://www.seanray.com/2008/frog-on-a-lily-pad/ I've lost track of the amount of requests I've had for tab to my videos. My response to these requests are always the same; "sorry but I don't have any tab". I don't have tab because I don't write tab nor do I have any software to publish tab. This ... http://www.seanray.com/2008/guitar-banjo-tab/ Click image to play QuickTime 7 required. For download info & playback options refer to this article Here is a close representation of the intro break to Fire Ball Mail as played by Earl Scruggs on the Foggy Mountain Banjo album. http://www.seanray.com/2007/fire-ball-mail/ Click image to play QuickTime 7 required. For download info & playback options refer to this article Forked Deer is another parking lot standard usually played in the key of D. The example here is played in the key of C with the capo at the second fret. http://www.seanray.com/2007/forked-deer/ I was recently contacted by a group of Japanese Artoonists that go by the name of Delaware. They informed me that they felt compelled to use one of my videos in one of their videos. When Banjos and apple pie are involved I'm all for it. http://www.seanray.com/2007/apple-pie-from-japan/