All posts tagged “Old Joe Clark”

July 10, 2013
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Learning Old Joe Clark

Old Joe Clark is a well-known old time tune from Kentucky. It is played in mixolydian mode in which the 7th note in the scale is lowered a half-tone, giving it what Aubrey Atwater refers to in the video below as that “Old Joe Clark-y”… Read More

January 2, 2013
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Old Joe Clark

Old Joe Clark is a tune that just about every banjo picker plays at some time or another. It was known to have been sung by soldiers from Kentucky in WWI. There are written versions of the tune going back to 1918. The Joe Clark… Read More