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Turner's Further Instructions Of The Banjo by Aug. C. Clark
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Freaks Of Blackville..1899..Charles W. Dalbey
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Just a bit of Surf Music...a duo from Mr. Jennings.
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Morley's Tutor, Published August 1929
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At Sunset (Grimshaw) with Title Sheet
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Dance Of The Owls..1902..J.H.Jennings 2 Replies
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Nancy Tooley's Cake Walk..1899..J.H.Jennings 5 Replies
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1913 Medley Blues..1913..Alexander Mark Valentine Jnr.
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Good Gravy rag.(A Musical Relish)..1913..Harry Belding.
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The Ragtime King.(A symphony in Ragtime).1899..Mike Bernard..aka..Michael Barnet Brown.
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Alabama Hoe Down..1899..R.J.Hamilton
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Did “A” tuning actually sound like “C”? 8 Replies
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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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"Hi Trapdoor, I have a couple of Cammeyer's (probaby mostly arranged and written out by Sheaff) pieces which have been orchestrated for several banjos and which probably date to around WW1. Would you be willing to transcribe them so that…"
"I went thru your upload and downloaded a bunch of titles...as usual.
I saw one "club" title, "Flights of Fancy" and went thru the "A notation" to "C Notation" process. Some of these "club" pieces are…"
"I was at a bit of a loss regarding the number of frets on my banjo as I have more than one. Most, of course, have 22 frets, but my bespoke unique open-back has 25 and my 1930's German open-back has 24.
Black jake of Norwich, England."
"For some silly reason, I didn't even think of an extended fretboard on a regular banjo. I have several, but they're on banjeaurines."
"Here's a 29 fret Farland Beveled wood top banjo thats been on ebay for a bit.
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"Support the cattle industry, Boil your old hide heads for soup!"
"I haven't seen one off of a banjo, so those pix are pretty cool, Joel. I didn't know the edges were slit...makes it much easier to hand build. Of course, with the proper beading equipment, you could roll one of these in just a few minutes…"
"I also have an unused label that I could scan if one wanted to add the label. It is printed on tissue paper and Farland wrote in a letter that he did not glue them on but just stuck them to the wet white paint. "
"The patent reads more like an instruction sheet on how to make the heads than a normal claim.
It starts with "of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains…"
"I played a steel-head Farland many years ago. It sounded like a Banjo. As I recall, they were "killed" steel...which would make it very easy to mfg. using hand tools. I imagine it would be very unforgiving of rim-size variation."
"Farland went deaf in later years. I have a theory that he had hearing issues and the loud and bright tone of a regular banjo did not sound good to him.
Annealed steel heads, always on mutes, leather plectrums, tremolo= dull and soft…"
"Could this fingering past the highest fret be the reason or one of the reasons that Farland banjos were fitted with a metal head instead of an animal hide? On the fretted fingerboard the sound is the result of contact of flesh, metal and gut…"
"I thought the same...I don't recall ever seeing it notated with fret numbers."
"Cammeyer described Farland's concert with "many notes stopped on the vellum itself". I presume that was the case here. "
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