This is A modal tune which means it has a G chord. The banjo can play in A modal tuning. There are A and B parts. Some folks play it square, as in two of each, but most folks play A three times.
Links - Roger Netherton on fiddle: "Shaking Down the Acorns" (Clifftop 2014) [utoob]
- The Kathy Kallick Band [utoob] on stage
- Patrick McAvinue & Russ Carson [utoob] bedroom video
- Adam Hurt, banjo [utoob non-video]
- Three young guys who are very good [utoob, right].
- The great Dwight Diller solo fiddle outside [utoob] or inside [utoob], not in A.
- Instructional solo banjo [utoob] not in A.
- Hot Seats, video of a studio session [utoob].
- Handy instructional video of solo banjo [utoob].
- The Canotes play it square [mp3 from their camp].
Not to be confused with - Chinquapin Hunting; that means looking for acorns [OTF].
- Hogs Picking up Acorns; that comes after you shake them down.
- Shuckin the Bush [utoob]; that's an unlikely way to find acorns.
- Rattle Down the Acorns [Iron Leg Stringband on utoob]. Ok, even I'm confused.
| Who are these guys? Thaey are good. Love that banjo run. | 