Classic-Banjo

Hi everyone, first a big THANK YOU to this website host for approving my request to becomd a member.

Recently, I bought this zyther/banjo from an estate sale. It is alleged to be from 1900. I do not know the maker and is in a desperate need of repair that I am willing to do. It previous owner did a bad job on it. I would love to share pictures of it before I took it apart and afterwards.

If anyone could help me to upload these picture I would deeply appreciated.

Posted by Jaime riera on August 17, 2023 at 16:06 — 8 Comments

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Steve Harrison posted a discussion

Jasper Johnson'r Jubilee..1899..Paul Rubens

This is a very tuneful early cakewalk, I've rewritten measures 5,6,8 and 56,57 (plus their repeats) to give the tune some extra bounce. The piano score was in F/Bb, I've arranged it for banjo in C/F. My suggested fingering includes elements of…See More

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Austin posted a video

Spanish Fandango week 1

From Winners eureka method page 28.

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Jody Stecher replied to Austin 's discussion Why did Frank Bradbury record the Banshee in E major?

"Listen to the sound of the closed and open strings and you will also be positive. The mood of the piece is difficult or even impossible to convey in E major fingering. C minor/ E flat is a sort of "sound family". The absolute pitch…"

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Austin replied to Austin 's discussion Why did Frank Bradbury record the Banshee in E major?

"Interesting. You're positive he's playing and C Minor E flat major fingering?"

yesterday

Jody Stecher replied to Austin 's discussion Why did Frank Bradbury record the Banshee in E major?

"Actually a bit sharper than that. "

yesterday

Jody Stecher replied to Austin 's discussion How do you separate the music from the racism?

"In the upper right corner of the home page (and other pages ) on this site is a search window. Type in "racism" and then you can read past discussions on the topic."

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Jody Stecher replied to Austin 's discussion How do you separate the music from the racism?

"I think you have answered your own question. "

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Byron Thomas replied to Austin 's discussion How do you separate the music from the racism?

"There are a lot of early pieces for banjo and popular American music (1840's to at least the 1910's) that depicted horrible caricatures of various groups of people. When dealing with this music, I just understand that racist material may…"

Wednesday

Austin posted a discussion

How do you separate the music from the racism?

There are some really racist titles for pieces. How do you separate the racism associated with them from the actual music? Because they are incredibly fun to play.See More

Wednesday

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Daniel Faircloth is now a member of Classic-Banjo

Wednesday

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Jody Stecher replied to Austin 's discussion Why did Frank Bradbury record the Banshee in E major?

"The intro to the Banshee is indeed composed and written in E flat major and the fast part starts off in C minor. 3 flats in the key signature in both cases. The Bradbury playback on youtube I listened to is indeed at E maj/ C# minor.…"

Wednesday

Austin replied to Austin 's discussion Why did Frank Bradbury record the Banshee in E major?

"I don't think this one was tampered with, but you could be right. The banshee I believe starts off in e-flat major."

Tuesday

Joel Hooks replied to Austin 's discussion Why did Frank Bradbury record the Banshee in E major?

"I believe the Banshee is in C minor. Regarding recordings-- don't always trust them. Playback speed might be altered and they are often "cleaned up" (which makes them sound like they are under water)."

Tuesday

Steve Harrison replied to Austin 's discussion Why did Frank Bradbury record the Banshee in E major?

"My theory regarding the keys of why Emaj and A maj are rarely seen in banjo music is one of practicality. In both keys G is sharp and on the banjo, the 3rd and 5th strings are conventionally tunes to G natural. Unless the strings are tuned up…"

Tuesday

Austin replied to Austin 's discussion Why did Frank Bradbury record the Banshee in E major?

"Never mind, I just put nylguts on my banjo so it tuned itself down a half step when the strings stretched lol"

Tuesday

Austin posted a discussion

Why did Frank Bradbury record the Banshee in E major?

I'm curious because I was told the banjo is best at flat keys not so much sharp ones which is why Emile Grimshaw wrote it in Eb. Why would he make this odd choice to shift up from Eb to E?See More

Tuesday

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IAN SALTER replied to Steve Denholm's discussion Can you identify this banjo?

"I haven't read this discussion again, but think it should be relevant to this one. https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/new-arrival?id=2667446%3ATopic%3A141770&page=1#comments"

Jan 9

Jody Stecher replied to Steve Denholm's discussion Can you identify this banjo?

"The usual setup for a zither-banjo with 5 stings is for strings 1, 2, and 5 (the short one) to be very light gauge steel. The third is gut or nylon and the 4th is something like a wound lute string or classical guitar string. My best guess is that…"

Jan 8

Steve Denholm replied to Steve Denholm's discussion Can you identify this banjo?

"Thanks for your reply Byron, it is most helpful. You are right about the steel strings, the empty packets I found in the case are for an electric guitar. Fortunately they are not up to tension so hopefully no harm done. I will order a 7 string set…"

Jan 8

Austin and Byron Thomas are now friends