"The chord in the penultimate measure FACF is not playable by normal hands if the 4th string is tuned to C. But if the 4th string is tuned to D we have a garden variety F chord that every bluegrass banjo player knows and plays often. This got…"
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National Colors Rag..1917..Marcella A. Henry.
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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…
ContinuePosted by Deborah Powers on February 7, 2025 at 14:00 — 3 Comments
"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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National Colors Rag..1917..Marcella A. Henry.
Marcella Henry was involved in Axel Christensen's piano teaching schools in Chicago. This tune was taken from Vol.3 of The Ragtime Review, a monthly magazine published by Christensen. I'm not keen on Christensen's style of ragtime, I find it a bit…See More
"Great stuff , hope we can discover the other parts of this course ..... something for the library....
Greetings from Flanders Fields "
"Assuming you are referring to the graphic at the top of the Discussion : in Photoshop I combined the original piano score cover art, a scanned and then "ovaled" photo of Alex, and added some text in a colour matching the deep green border…"
"At least he does not wander off on Theosophical tangents, that might get a little weird.
This course follows a similar format as the Charles Atlas course (coincidentally first published in that same year, 1922), and that one goes off on some…"
"I have one of Bickford's mandolin books and I like it. I have the impression that he has a good understanding of what it is to be a beginner and know nothing. Although he sometimes wanders off on philosophical tangents his actual advice on…"
U. S. School Of Music Banjo Course, Lessons 49 To 96
Here is an interesting work, it is a correspondence course for the banjo. I am fairly certain that it was written by Zarh Myron Bickford. The writing style is similar to his articles and many of the pieces are taken right out of his Banjo Players…See More
"Does anyone (else) remember a 1950s LP series called "Pardon My Blooper"? Misspoken gems from radio and TV were reproduced in the grooves. One of them was " And now... Eddie Playbody will pee for you". "
"Hi Nathanael,
Tell me the width of the nut and if it is the same, or close to that on my Apollo N°1, I'll send you the measurements and maybe you could cut some slots and get a better spacing.
Ian."
"Maybe not, after tasting the "pizza". "
"No judgement on my part regarding Peabody, while not really my thing I totally get it. He was a true entertainer and pretty much changed the general approach of playing plectrum banjo.
I also feel like I would have been all in on…"
"Eddie Peabody is probably why I'm here...
My Dad was the pilot of a Navy transport airplane during the Korean War (he also flew in WWII). He was assigned to a USO type tour taking Buddy Hackett, Anne Blythe and Eddie Peabody around the war…"
"OK. Less weight in the pot than a Tu-ba-phone."
"Sometimes. But for the last few years really fancy Stewarts seems to be the choice. "
The Glad Rag.Ragtime Essence..1910..Richard grant O'Grady
This is another fine rag by O'Grady and I would put it in the same league as The Smiler or Smoky Mokes. I've made quite a few alterations to parts of the trio to make it easier to play on the banjo...Steve.…See More
"All with resonators I presume. "
" Several of the "old timers" at the ABF rallies hold their banjos like Eddie Peabody, between the thighs with the neck pointing up like a cello towards their left shoulder. They got their start on plectrum banjo at Shakey's…"
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