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The Brownie Rag..An Original Stop Time Rag..1905.. Frank Wooster & Max Wilkins
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An Alalabama Jubilee..1900..Cake Walk & Two Step..Ellis R.Ephraim.
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Boiled Owl Rag..1911...Margaret Woodin Couchie
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Vintage Ernest Shackleton 1914 Banjo on EBAY UK ????????? 21 Replies
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Baby Blues..1917..Caroline Stark
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Dancing With Ma Honey..1912..Frank Hoyt Losey.
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Operatic Rag..1914..Julius Lenzberg
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Weaver CE Banjo - How to identify and value - Help please 7 Replies
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Zither Banjo Project 3 Replies
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Paderewski Rag..1910..A Travesty On Paderewski's Celebrated Minuet..Frank.Henry.Klickman
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The Wise Ga-Za-Bo..1905..Frank Clark Keithley 3 Replies
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A Trip Through Dixie..1900..James W. Casey
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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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"Okay, this weekend I finished scanning "the cammeyer box". I know for a fact that there are still many pieces yet to be found in the unsorted boxes. There are a handful of missing standards. For example, "Chinese…"
The Brownie Rag..An Original Stop Time Rag..1905.. Frank Wooster & Max Wilkins
This a very tuneful rag with plenty of variety. I've combined the piano RH and LH for the bass melodies in the first section and changed the key from G to C. Between 1905 and 1907 Frank Wooster published 12 tunes included four rags one of which,…See More
An Alalabama Jubilee..1900..Cake Walk & Two Step..Ellis R.Ephraim.
This a well written Cake Walk and one that could have been written for banjo. I've mixed and matched the piano RH and LH from the piano score to create bass solos in parts 2,4 and 5. For the octave runs, my suggested fingering uses 2nd and 4th…See More
Boiled Owl Rag..1911...Margaret Woodin Couchie
This is a very well written one off rag by a composer about whom I could find no information. The title appears to come from the expression 'As drunk as a boiled owl', not something with which I'm familiar. To make it more banjo friendly, I've…See More
Emile Grimshaw - Chop Suey
"Mic placement depends on what kind of mic is being used, the sonic characteristics of the room (or outdoor space) where the banjo is being played, and what the actual banjo sound is. The latter depends on the player's touch as much as the type…"
Emile Grimshaw - Chop Suey
"Thanks Russ. For me, that just results in distorted audio, unless the audio levels are extremely low. I was more thinking about which part of the banjo the mic should be pointed towards."
"We all had a bit of a laugh about this one. But hang on a moment! Like many of us Hussey had more than one banjo and I'm pretty sure he had a Dallas ZB at one point. It's certainly not the famous one rescued from…"
Emile Grimshaw - Chop Suey
"That's fantastic!I find it's best to bring the mic up as close as possible, so it's just out of reach of your right hand."
Baby Blues..1917..Caroline Stark
The composer of this very catchy tune was the daughter in Law of the ragtime publisher, John Stark. I've written two arrangements, in the first one bars 25-25 are written in a high octave as in the piano score and in the second one I've lowered the…See More
"Hello Everyone,
Thanks so much for all your comments and copies of the music. I'm really looking forward to playng it.
Brett"
"Hello Carrie,
It's a long time since I last contacted you.
I've only just seen your mention of Elizabeth Buchanan. She was one of the most remarkable people ever to frequent the world of the 5-string banjo. She not only…"
Emile Grimshaw - Chop Suey
"Thank you all.
@thereallyniceman it was your recording that prompted me to learn it!"
Emile Grimshaw - Chop Suey
"One of my favourites. Excellent playing with much feeling.
When I played it I just hammered thought it. Very nice indeed and a lovely tone."
"I found it but it looks as if there was no 2nd part published for this one so I can't add anything."
"OK, here's both the notation and tab.
I found one issue with the original: I felt in M54 (7 staves down, last measure on the original) the F should be F#. It certainly sounds better to my old cloth ears.
Since there is a piano score, this might…"
"I'm resetting Tony's fading copy in Musescore. I should have both notation (fingering guides may take longer) and tab in an hour or two...I'll post it here. "
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