I've noticed in Dave's extensive catalog of songs on YouTube that he never plays the common famous G lick. For whatever reason he doesn't use it. Instead, he likes to play something different, which I have tabbed out and played for you to hear and compare. I love what he plays. I use both of these a lot in my music...I thank God for Dave Hum and the tremendous collection of videos that he left the world. Dave's music has brought me so much joy over the years. I love the banjo. I love music.
Lately I've been touched by some of the piano songs I've been hearing at church, like 'The Family Of God' by Bill Gaither. So, I'm thinking about learning to play the piano. I already understand basic music theory, and I've been messing around with a keyboard MIDI controller for a long time for making backing tracks. To start, I just want to learn this one song, 'The Family Of God.' I'll go from there, Lord willing. I may lose interest, I'll have to wait and see. I'm still fully motivated to keep learning the 5-string banjo. This week I was working on the Dobro, on some stuff I bought from Jimmy Heffernan.
Like Dave Hum, I like different musical instruments. I'd love to learn just a handful of Gospel hymns. Other songs I like on the piano are: 'I Have Decided To Follow Jesus,' 'Grace Greater Than All Our Sins,' 'Amazing Grace' and ''Draw Me Nearer.'
My mother (1935-2001) started learning the piano at age 4 in Sweden. When my grandfather died, my grandma and Mom (age 13) moved from Sweden to the United States. Thankfully both of my parents were born again Christians. I grew up hearing my mother play an old upright piano, which has a very historically distinct sound from the early 20th century. I never heard my mother play any song on the piano other than Gospel hymns, which I cherish. Here are the only recodings I have of her piano, which she played at home when I was just a boy, that I converted from old cassettes to MP3...
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