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Questions about a zyther/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.
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
New bridge Reily Baker banjo 1890
Really loved that old tiny bridge but it was producing a mute tone on the first string due to how wide the string slots were. Gap under the bridge, top wasn't level. Quite a few issues but it felt great. Action was perfect, string spacing perfect for me, height of bridge felt great too, even though its a fraction of the height of modern bridges. So I just bought a cheap two leg bridge, was farr too tall, so I cut the legs off to get it nearer the size I wanted. Sanded down the top with a…
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"The Clifford Essex site (which is a dot com, not a dot net as given in the music library here) does have sheet music for The Banshee. It's a plectrum banjo version but it is not…"
"A search for "Banshee" turns up two entries. One is via Clifford Essex and the other is right here."
"I think I found them. I guess I just had to search Grimshaw rather than the banshee."
"Hmmm yesterday it said that the banshee was not available and only available on Clifford Essex"
"The sheet music for nearly 100 Grimshaw banjo solos are right here in the Music Library. Including the Banshee. "
What happened to all of the Emile Grimshaw scores?
I was looking for the sheet music to the banshee not because I can actually play it but because I just wanted to see if it was available and it isn't. Not even on Clifford essex's site as far as I can see. Does anyone know what happened to it? Can't…See More
"I'm sure Clarke will help me. I can almost play through the piece. It doesn't feel above my level even though I'm a beginner. I have a harder time playing through banjo oddity than this. I did put the phrase into Musescore it just…"
"You have a dotted 8th followed by two 32nd notes.
I'm sorry to be that guy again (not really sorry), but you need to practice counting. 1- 2- 3- 4
A measure is a math puzzle of time.
The dotted 8th note will take three quarts of the beat. …"
"To strum usually means to sweep the thumb or plectrum across several strings at once. I haven't seen any banjo player do this anywhere in Skeleton Dance. My point was that there was one finger per string, that it was not a strum. Your…"
"Thank you! I could read it I just Don't know because I watched a bunch of videos on it and from what I remember, most of them just strum it. I also don't know if notation for banjo back then used the arpeggio symbol."
Happy Nights..1910..March & Two Step...Maurice Levi.
Levi was a bandleader and composer who wrote for musical theatre at the end of the 19th. and beginning of the 20th. centuries. Despite the uninspiring name, this a well written march which makes a good banjo solo. I've kept in the original key of…See More
"It is an open bass string followed by a repeated C major chord played as a rapid arpeggio. String 3,2, 1 at fret 5. Thumb, index, middle. That's how I'd do it anyway. There are a number of banjo YouTube videos of this Banjo Solo. You…"
"Setting aside the historical stuff, the difference from a player's perspective is quite simple—knowing how to do one does not automatically mean you know how to do the other, despite any similarities in technique. "
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THE MIDLANDS BANJO FESTThis year's event will again be held at the Bosworth Hall Hotel in Market Bosworth, Nuneaton CV13…See More
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