Tink Queer's Special (CB)

From the collection of Samuel Bayard of Pennsylvania around the 1930&#39s, Harry &#34Tink&#34 Queer liked &#34tinkering&#34 with his father&#39s fiddle at a young age and grew to be a capable fiddler. The A part of this tune sounds unique and the B part reminds us of Little Billy Wilson&#39s part A. The cello banjo&#39s lower tuning allowed me to arrange this tune in equivalent to a double C tuning. Because the original tune is in A, open G tuning would work, too. Here it goes from the low fourth string up to the 10th fret on the first string. I had to memorize my tab&#39s part B to accurately get up there. (Normally for Tune of the Week, I arrange and tab a tune after slowing the fiddle down to hear what is played and don&#39t make an effort to memorize it.) I like imitating the fiddle on banjo and often have said my banjo thinks it&#39s a fiddle. :) I get the melody best from a fiddle, and for me it&#39s melody that makes the tune, with the clawhammer rhythmic style giving it body.