Comment by Mike Moss on June 29, 2012 at 21:07

There are even more instructionals on Mr. Buehling's channel:

The Rattlesnake Jig

Waltz (Dobson)

Green Corn

Comment by Trapdoor2 on June 29, 2012 at 23:03

Very neat. Only a few months into my sojurn as a banjo player (1979), I was given a copy of Banjo Newsletter which contained a reprint of "Spanish Fandango" from 1877. I remember really struggling with the R/H pattern and eventually "giving up" on it. The tune somehow stuck with me and one day popped out of a Tenor Banjo...fingerpicked and with a little "country rag" to it a la Norman Blake.

Christian Stanfield, BTW is currently building banjos in the Memphis area and really likes Classic Banjo. I taught him "Sunflower Dance" a couple of years ago (he doesn't read music...so it was a face-t0-face transmission over several sessions). Nice guy, fine luthier and fine musician.

Comment by thereallyniceman on July 1, 2012 at 8:45

Nice find Mike,

I will contact Clarke to see if he minds having links to his lessons on our "Learn to Play" pages.

For those who would like to try this out, I have added three arrangements of the Spanish Fandango to the MUSIC LIBRARY.

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