Shady Grove | two-finger old time banjo

Here is some Shady Grove for you, one of the most beautiful (in my opinion at least!) and the most Celtic maybe, of the old-time American tunes. I play it in two-finger style and in in G modal tuning (gDGCD). Hope you like it! :-)
www.mateuszrychly.com

[@gregorywhite9095]

The tone of that banjo is so attuned to the song...and the player is also attuned!

[@mateorguitar]

Hey, thanks man! :-)

[@ewaldseiland8558]

The beard is also attuned

[@thetoybonnielps]

Holy shit!!! You might be the first fellow polish person ive ever seen play the banjo, let alone old time style!!! The closest I'd expect here would be like bluegrass players, if any lol. Thats so cool!! :DD

[@HNXMedia]

My man is weaving some old time magic with that banjo!

[@mateorguitar]

Thnx bro! ✌️

[@gittaradau8790]

Beautiful rendition. Love your style.

[@banjomandan7199]

Great arrangement, and excellent tone and execution!

[@mateorguitar]

Thanks very much! :-)

[@gittaradau8790]

Really love this, and keep coming back to it, and am working on learning. Thank you. Amazing.

[@mateorguitar]

Thanks :-)

[@Bobman4671]

Haunting and beautiful.

[@mateorguitar]

Thanks :-)

[@joannehack7588]

Thank you for sharing. Righteous.

[@mateorguitar]

Thank you! :-)

[@Brian-ie2un]

Wasn't expecting that, so nice.

[@mateorguitar]

Thanks! :-)

[@PhilDoleman]

Lovely playing and arrangement!

[@mateorguitar]

Thank you! :-)

[@pmozell]

Excellent arrangement.I like your mix of downstroke with plucking

[@mateorguitar]

Hey, thanks! :-)

[@pjulian777]

Beautiful.

[@paulgrady4183]

Beautiful 👌

[@librandy77]

Wicked…mad cool playing…🪕🪕🪕

[@JDiaz21]

Goodjob men! 🤠🏞️

[@muttandjeff5213]

Very nice!

[@mateorguitar]

Thanks! 🙂

[@bcoyle7]

Excellent! 🙏

[@mateorguitar]

Thanks :-)

[@christianpatte5045]

Good tone 😊 thank

[@mateorguitar]

Thanks! :-)

[@zacharywedge8079]

wow this is fantastic!

[@ollyolsen697]

Very nice

[@earl4723]

Surreal!

[@rockyhillstudio3916]

That was beautiful and inspiring thx :)

[@mateorguitar]

Hey, thanks! Really happy you enjoyed it!

[@dirtypatwalsh]

Just subscribed. This is awesome 👏😎👍

[@mateorguitar]

Thanks very much! :-) I'm glad you like it. I'll post some new stuff soon!

[@joannehack7588]

❤️

[@jeancaunce21]

Wow!

[@PorchCreeper]

Great

[@Womble1252]

Yesss❤

[@IronSights54]

Ended too soon, Mateusz. Please give us a three-minute version!

[@mateorguitar]

Hey, thanks! Maybe I should re record it in different tuning or sth. It's always tricky to record longer versions and not start getting boring! ;-) but that's actually the only tune I recorded twice and this version is longer (but on guitar): kzbin.info/www/bejne/amGcaq1rlKmAntE

[@margaretradek971]

Oh I do Love it. Thank you for sharing. What banjo are you playing it with? Very nice.

[@mateorguitar]

Thanks :-) it's the Gold Tone CC Carlin 12

[@dustin1203]

Shady Grove

[@jimhealeyband]

Hi! I have the same banjo, i was just wondering what strings you are using here...

[@mateorguitar]

Hi, sorry I must have missed your comment. These are factory strings, which are 11 gauge strings, don't know the brand though

[@jimhealeyband]

@@mateorguitar thanks for that info cheers 😁

[@musicmadgic6931]

@@mateorguitar Are the strings metal or nylon? Nice work on Shady Grove, very clean and melodic.

[@mateorguitar]

@@musicmadgic6931 thanks! These are metal strings

[@jimmitchell8768]

Wonderful. Can you tell us the tuning?

[@mateorguitar]

It's Sawmill G: gDGCD 👍

[@jimmitchell8768]

@@mateorguitar Great. Thanks for responding.

[@dantastacio5081]

Tab ?

[@njhedd01]

Where can I find the tab for this?

[@njhedd01]

I love it and want to play!!

[@mateorguitar]

Don't have a tab for this, but you'll get similar results with any Shady Grove version in gDGCG tuning played either clawhammer or two finger style. This tab seems nice: clawhammerbanjo.net/clawhammer-banjo-tune-of-the-week-shady-grove/ Hope this helps!

[@njhedd01]

@@mateorguitar I really appreciate it! I found a few tabs similar to that. I like how you worked your way down the neck. It looks like you are playing the melody out on the second string. Keep the videos coming!!

[@mateorguitar]

@@njhedd01 yeah I did play up there on the neck somehow, but I just messed around with it, not sure now how I did that LOL! :-) Have fun with it, it's a great tune