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The Terriers March...is it really a Morley arrangement? 22 Replies
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Banjo and mandolin duets? 1 Reply
Started by Steven Watson in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Sam Harris 18 hours ago.
Banjo in New Zealand 1860 - 1940 28 Replies
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Ku-Lukum Rag..1909..Claude P. Christopher & Carl T. Williams
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo on Tuesday.
Kentucky Wedding Knot..1908..A.W.Turner 4 Replies
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Joel Hooks Mar 7.
Banjo restoration 1 Reply
Started by Phil cooper in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Banjowaif Mar 5.
Quality rag..1909..Ella Hudson Day
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo Mar 3.
Still Fretting by Rob Murch...
Started by Russ Chandler in Classic Banjo Mar 2.
The 1912 Farland Method
Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo Mar 2.
Cammeyer Scanning Project. 7 Replies
Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Joel Hooks Feb 25.
The Brownie Rag..An Original Stop Time Rag..1905.. Frank Wooster & Max Wilkins
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo Feb 24.
An Alalabama Jubilee..1900..Cake Walk & Two Step..Ellis R.Ephraim.
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo Feb 23.
Boiled Owl Rag..1911...Margaret Woodin Couchie
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo Feb 14.
Vintage Ernest Shackleton 1914 Banjo on EBAY UK ????????? 21 Replies
Started by thereallyniceman in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Jake Glanville Feb 12.
Baby Blues..1917..Caroline Stark
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo Feb 12.
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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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"Ah, that would explain it. Thanks."
"The Pique arr also goes from C to F. It is in A notation. "
"Some lovely research work there, you guys, well done! Thanks for the music - I'll take it away and see if any of it is playable. At a first glance, I would say that the sainted Bernie Sheaff was the more sensible of the two in going…"
"It took some finding but persistence generally pays off."
"I don't know of any duets, but there are plenty of folios and mandolin club/orchestra arrangements with parts for both mandolin and banjo. I've seen some advertised as "playable with any combination of two or more instruments.""
Banjo and mandolin duets?
Does anyone here know of any from the classic era? I would have thought mandolin with banjo accompaniment would have been used, even if perhaps the balance might have been problematic. But I haven't yet come across any scores in BMG etc. (only…See More
"The signature is that of Bernard Sheaff, I'll have a look for the 1st part tomorrow."
"Thanks, but I hadn't intended this to be a reverse engineering exercise, just to see if I could find an arrangement from the heyday of banjo innovation. I still think it's odd that no-one thought this was worth the effort of a banjo…"
"My copy of Phil's stuff has no file for Boccherini or the Menuet. The first "Bo" file I have is for "Bohee". I think I got my copy from David Wade, many years ago...
I should be able to reconstruct a 1st from the 2nd (and…"
"In a main file called 'Bocherrini' there is a sub-file called 'Menuet'. That's where I found Menuet(second).TIF. It's odd as I would have expected to find it under 'Unknown', which is where a lot of…"
"Tony, what is it filed under in Phil Spier's collection? I can't find it in my copy.
The Boccherini is one of those tunes that is very often mistaken for Mozart. It wouldn't surprise me to find it mis-filed somewhere."
"Boccherini's Menuet
Joel. Firstly, I would like to express my deep admiration and gratitude for all the work you have put into the Internet Archive. It is an immense achievement for one person and I hope you continue adding to it, to the…"
"Joel Besie Campbell was closely associated with Hosea Easton who was a dedicated plugger for Stewart Products writing in annually with claims of how superior his Stewart banjos were to anything else available in Australia. Easton's…"
Ku-Lukum Rag..1909..Claude P. Christopher & Carl T. Williams
This is a very good example of a slow rag/drag. I could find no information about the composers nor the meaning of the tune title. To play the staccato notes in the second part, my suggested fingering is to play all the notes fretted...Steve.…See More
"Walter Jacobs, at this time, published within the construct of club or orchestra playing and often the various parts would work together with each other. In some cases, such as this one, the banjo solo can be a little clunky while filling out…"
"Hi Joel, thanks for that, I took my arrangement from the piano score and have added lots of my own embellishments consequently it's more of a challenge to play than the version in Jacobs....Steve."
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