"Pages 22 through 27.
In these next pages I am reminded that Bradbury has set out to not only to teach the student to play the banjo but also to read music written for the banjo. I think he was clever and insightful to put the next two banjo solos at…"
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The Royal Rag..1899..Tom North
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Help please
My Nan used to play the banjo ( many many moons ago ) she was known as “Ena and her banjo”.
Unfortunately her banjo has fallen into disrepair over the years . However her musical genius (apparently a blooming brilliant singer too)has skipped the last 3 generations .We are looking for a recommendation for someone/company to do a sympathetic repair as a surprise for our mums 80th birthday next year .We live in Leicestershire (England) can any one advise us please
Many…
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"SOMEWHERE IN DIXIE" Banjo 2
Hello, I wrote a Banjo 2 accompaniment for Somewere in Dixie, as there was none. Is it possible to put it in the music library?
Posted by Alexandre Derycke on October 20, 2024 at 20:06 — 2 Comments
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"What the heck? What is "recor"? What I typed but didn't get posted was that I will soon record the tune on the banjo, complete the score, and post them here along with the story of Grants Hornpipe and how I came to learn it."
"Today Musescore is Munificent ... or Muse-nificent and the g flags fell into place without incident. Soon I will post the completed score and a recording with banjo and some words about the tune itself.
Another Musecore Mystery. I followed the…"
"Just thank Dog you aren't doing dotted jigs. I have some that the 5th string flags look like a forest..."
"Maybe today or another day Musecore will let me put 2 G flags in a single measure in this tune.
About your open string choices, I've been sometimes playing the triplet all on closed strings so there's no advantage to the open…"
"As far as the 'circled 5', I think I would prefer that note be marked "O" for "open". I've never seen any sheet music with a 5 bubble (not that I've seen it all, etc.). It is readable, just not as familiar as…"
"He was speedy and accurate before he changed his fingering. Good enough for me."
"Yeah, but his speed and accuracy is pretty much unmatched"
"Yes, clearly understood and is something I also do.
This is a minor gripe I have with those 1950 FVE recordings. He got so wound up in his "violin" method of fingering that it can sound like constant staccato (with much…"
"My approach to Irish music has been influenced by the Irish bagpipes. Uilleann pipers have two systems of fingering, the open and closed, which produce contrasting sounds. The open fingering produces flowing legato music with a singing…"
The Royal Rag..1899..Tom North
This is a very good early example of ragtime. It's the only known composition by Tom North. All that is known about him is that he was born in Middle Town, Ohio in 1875, he married in 1896 and both he and his wife were pianists. He made a living as…See More
"If anyone wants to read my article on this tune I've attached it here:"
"Sure, I tried it like that but it sounded more staccato than I wanted it to sound."
"I got mixed up with names. The alleged composer was Charlie Sheehan's father Jim Sheehan. They both played fiddle and were from PEI but if you meant Cape Breton you're not wide of the mark because it was Cape Breton…"
"It is interesting, I would play the B part entirely out of the 7th position an 7th PB falling to the first position for the last two measures. "
"I like this reel. Never heard it before. O'Neill was a Chicago police chief. If he heard a Breton tune, it would be Irish before he took off his hat.
My biggest personal problem is that I have played Irish tunes on the Tenor banjo (usually…"
Sheehan's Reel
Sheehan's Reel is well-known in Ireland, the USA, and especially in the Canadian Maritime provinces where it is believed to have been composed on Prince Edward Ireland by Charlie Sheehan, except by those who disbelieve this, arguing that since it is…See More
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