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Yarney's Ideal..1910..(Negro Sketch)..F.W.Stimson

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Best classic era manufacturer?

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Alfred Weaver from 1910

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John Alvey Turner Banjo for sale in UK 1 Reply

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Laybourn's Hornpipe

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Bradbury Book 2 24 Replies

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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 

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Posted 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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Joel Hooks replied to Austin 's discussion Farland and his injury
"Fred Bacon tremolo, anchor the middle finger."
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Yarney's Ideal..1910..(Negro Sketch)..F.W.Stimson

This tune sounds to me as if it was based on, or is a copy of, an early stroke style banjo tune. I could find no information about the composer. It's a good one and makes a good banjo solo. I've rewritten some parts of the trio and set the key in…See More
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The Irish Foxtrot..1915..Paul Biese aka Percy Hawthorn Sudborough.

This is a well written compilation of a variety of Irish melodies given the ragtime/foxtrot treatment.  Biese was a prolific composer of popular music and songs between 1913 and 1924. I wasn't keen on the original trio so I rewrote bars 30 to 39. My…See More
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Alfred Weaver from 1910

Well, the shield is engraved “R. Veeck Sydney 1910”.  So that could be when Veeck bought it, ordered it, or was given it (a “presentation banjo”!).I picked this up at the Spring ABF rally and it was in pieces.  The heavy rim required a 12 1/16” head…See More
Friday
Joel Hooks replied to thereallyniceman's discussion John Alvey Turner Banjo for sale in UK
"Should make someone a nice playing banjo.  It would be informative to know if the "Luthier" matched the original frets or just used modern guitar fret wire which is much larger.  My "banjo funds" are all tapped out as I…"
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Laybourn's Hornpipe

I first heard this tune in the early 1980s from some musicians from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. 100 years earlier (1881) it had been printed in a Scottish tune book called Kohler's Violin Repository, I found the book around the same time I first heard…See More
Thursday
Jody Stecher replied to Jody Stecher's discussion Bradbury Book 2
"You're right!  And he plays Dance Morisco as well, which the liner notes attribute to Bacon. I have always preferred the zither-banjo side of that LP and had forgotten about these pieces because when I listen to that record I end up…"
Thursday
Richard William Ineson replied to Jody Stecher's discussion Bradbury Book 2
"If I remember correctly, Derek Lillywhite played this on his LP. It's an odd piece to my mind and there are plenty of other sentimental banjo tunes which might be more satisfying to the ear."
Thursday
Joel Hooks replied to Jody Stecher's discussion Bradbury Book 2
"RE: Ballad in Eb,  check out the piece “Reverie in F” by C. Hind, this is in the Barnes and Mullins method found on this site.  They are too similar to just be a coincidence.  Despite giving Parke Hunter credit, I…"
Thursday
Jody Stecher replied to Jody Stecher's discussion Bradbury Book 2
"Pages 36 through 39 Pages 36 and 37 take up the keys of Eb major and C minor.  The exercises are all instructive and useful and each is designed to develop and strengthen specific skills. The next two pages contain "Ballad in Eb",…"
Thursday
Jody Stecher replied to Jody Stecher's discussion Bradbury Book 2
"I still don't understand. Is the instruction  to sound the string with thumb placed between the second finger and the lower frets? I was trying it with the thumb placed between the 2nd finger and the bridge. Neither produces a clear…"
Thursday
Joel Hooks replied to Jody Stecher's discussion Bradbury Book 2
"I have to admit that I have not really spent much time on "artificial harmonics".  Even when I have heard them done well they seem to be lacking.  Spanish guitarists have an advantage in that they have fingernail to pick…"
Thursday
Jody Stecher replied to Jody Stecher's discussion Bradbury Book 2
"From St Johnsbury? I thought he was from Bethel. I've spent time in both places. Been snowed-in in St Johnsbury and flooded-out in Bethel. "
Tuesday
Joel Hooks replied to Jody Stecher's discussion Bradbury Book 2
"From a Marine:"
Tuesday
Jody Stecher replied to Jody Stecher's discussion Bradbury Book 2
"Pages 32 through 35 These next pages were fun and surprising. I also found some incomprehensible instructions, which by now is not surprising.  At the top of page 32 is a section on producing harmonics followed by a waltz using harmonics as the…"
Tuesday
Keith Wilson replied to Keith Wilson's discussion CLOWNE BANJO RALLY
"Great news, NICK AND JAN, look forward to seeing you again ,"
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nick Kelly replied to Keith Wilson's discussion CLOWNE BANJO RALLY
"I shall be there Keith, get that table booked for dinner !"
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