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The Banjo as a sacred instrument 3 Replies
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Tico Tico No Fuba.(Sparrows in the corn meal).1917..Zequinha de Abreu
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Arranging music for the banjo 6 Replies
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Ideal Desfeito..1919..Zechina De Abreu
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo on Friday.
Fun Things We Can All Enjoy 2 Replies
Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Byron Thomas on Thursday.
Classic style composing and arranging 88 Replies
Started by Byron Thomas in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Austin on Wednesday.
Salut D'Amour (Love's greeting)..New Arrangement..Sir Edward Elgar. 2 Replies
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Steve Harrison on Wednesday.
Notation query 9 Replies
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Ballantine Tutor from 1884 (for you 6 and 7 stringers) 1 Reply
Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Byron Thomas Nov 3.
Left hand thumb tension, and Barred slurs
Started by Austin in Classic Banjo Oct 30.
Coon Gine Baby..sheet music 1 Reply
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Byron Thomas Oct 30.
Coon-Gine Baby..1893..Carl Lexhoizt aka Charles Astin. 3 Replies
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Steve Harrison Oct 29.
Hawkes & Son's Simplicity Instruction Books The Banjo
Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo Oct 29.
Gatcomb Musical Gazettes
Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo Oct 29.
You and a Canoe 'chord' change! 16 Replies
Started by Daniel PEARCE in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Daniel PEARCE Oct 28.
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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…
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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"Indeed. It's an exploration of the timbral properties of the banjo. It's a study of texture rather than Melody. My approach Is attempting to shape that chaos into something. It proves what's possible and I will not stop until I have…"
Tico Tico No Fuba..1917..Zequinha de Abreu
This is a major revamp of my original arrangement. I've changed the key to Emin/Emaj. and I've lowered the Emaj part by an octave which makes it slightly less challenging to play. My suggested fingering leans towards melodic style in parts and makes…See More
"Here is another one of my easy arrangements of a well known tune which will be played today, in the UK. It's very effective on the banjo when accompanied by someone playing the bass part (not included here)."
"I have a Vega to-be-phone banjo... (Tu-ba-phone). Is that what you mean?"
"But sometimes it is a good thing to-be-phone(y)."
Ideal Desfeito..1919..Zechina De Abreu
This is a new arrangement of a tune I posted some time back and is another piece that demonstrates the versatility of the banjo when arranging music for a variety of different genres. Abreu was a Brazilian composer, his most well known tune being…See More
"Last year I had what I thought was a case of antiphony but when I opened it there was a saxophony inside it. Of course I've always been anti-phony myself, preferring honest folk."
"I sympathise, I had a bad case of cultural appropriation a few years ago which baffled a lot of people."
"I saw my ethnomusicologist when I had a case of antiphony, he prescribed a cream that cleared it right up."
Arranging music for the banjo
All I can say is that I'm glad that I'm a poor country boy who never knew that playing the banjo might involve 'a non eurocentric point of view', 'antiphony', 'call and response' etc. and I must make it clear that I am not an 'ethnomusicologist'…See More
"It's been hard not to follow. I've been checking for the past few months. I've been excited to tackle the Home Study Lessons for banjo! Plus, The Orchestral Banjoist and Amstrong's Harmony for Fretted Instruments are both very…"
"This is monumental. It's not just pushing buttons on a copy machine. It takes work and dedication. Than you."
Fun Things We Can All Enjoy
Unless you have been hiding under a pile of scooped fingerboard cutoffs, you have been following along with the great Joel Hooks Obsessive Scanning Project.Last night I ripped off a handful of A. J. Weidt pieces. While most of these are well known…See More
""Replacing "antiphony" with "call and response" is not doing anything to raise awareness of "hidden" (again, not really; lots of work has been done on this, you just aren't aware of it) black influence on…"
"Good idea, Ethan. Let's put an end to this nonsense. I'm done as well. No point in talking to a wall. "
"This will be my last reply as this whole thing is clearly a waste of time and a distraction from what could otherwise be a productive and practically useful discussion about arranging for the banjo.
1. This hypothetical distinction assumes…"
"Byron, I *think* Austin means treating a single banjo as an orchestra, bringing out different tone colors and doing this at once by a single player.
This was not the norm in during the "Golden Age" of recording of classic…"
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