Bill also includes a tab of his banjo version of "Train 45" (with six variations) along with short banjo lead arrangements of "Cripple Creek" and "Sally Goodin'." Born: December 20th 1939 Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Bill’s music will live through you all – and as Bill wished, the Beacon Banjo Company continues its proud tradition in the hands of his son Martin.
Tous les autres banjoïstes, s’ils ont apporté leur propre style et innovations se sont reposés sur les techniques
Melodic style banjo is a style of 3 finger 5 string banjo playing that was created in the early 1960’s by banjoists such as Bill Keith and Bobby Thompson so that they could play note for note fiddle melodies. Died: October 23rd 2015 Woodstock, New York, USA. In the early 1960s, bluegrass banjo players Bill Keith and Bobby Thompson were independently working on solving this problem as they tried to find a way to play fiddle tunes more easily in a three-finger style on the banjo. Today one might argue that there is a more modern style called Fleck style - but that is for another conversation.
William Bradford "Bill" Keith (December 20, 1939 – October 23, 2015) was a five-string banjoist who made a significant contribution to the …
Bill Keith, a banjo player who modernized his instrument and expanded its musical reach, died on Friday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from Bill Keith at the Discogs Marketplace. When I was learning how to play 5 string banjo, there were 3 main styles of 3 finger playing - Scruggs Style, Reno Style, and Melodic or Keith style. Explore releases from Bill Keith at Discogs.
Bill was honored by his peers at the Keith-Style Banjo Summit, hosted by Béla Fleck and Tony Trischka, at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in 2015.
Also known as the "Melodic" or "Chromatic style", it was first developed and popularized independently by Bobby Thompson and Bill Keith in the early 1960s. Bill Keith était un génie musical. It is used primarily by bluegrass banjoists, though it can be applied to virtually any genre.
Bob : Bill, first, thank you for taking the time to do this interview, as well as to personally install your second and third string D-tuners on my banjo … which is what inspired me to ask you for this interview. He was 75. With this in mind, I had a chance to talk with Bill Keith about his tuners, the history behind them, how they came about and how they work. Bill Keith first tipped his trademark drivers cap to bluegrass audiences at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in 1961.