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30 More Pieces Scanned 2 Replies
Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Joel Hooks yesterday.
What is this ornament? 6 Replies
Started by Ethan Schwartz in Classic Banjo. Last reply by TONY BRYAN on Saturday.
Here Is One For The Boat People 2 Replies
Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Joel Hooks on Thursday.
Scott Joplin's mother 1 Reply
Started by bud bennett in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Joel Hooks Sep 9.
The Darkies' Drill (1902)....Agnes Melville 3 Replies
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Joel Hooks Sep 6.
Yankee Doodle Boy (1904)..George Michael Cohan.
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo Sep 5.
7 STRING ZITHER BANJO IDENTIFICATION. 2 Replies
Started by IAN SALTER in Classic Banjo. Last reply by IAN SALTER Sep 5.
Ham Bones..1912..Homer Denney
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo Sep 4.
Jaunty/Festive Classic banjo music 4 Replies
Started by Byron Thomas in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Byron Thomas Sep 2.
Some Walter Jacobs Publications Scanned
Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo Aug 31.
Caliope Rag--1911--Sylvester & Charles Hartlaub
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo Aug 29.
"IN A DIXIE DELL" Percy M. Jaques, 1909
Started by Trapdoor2 in Classic Banjo Aug 28.
Donkey Laugh, A Musical Horseonyou by Howard Whitney 6 Replies
Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Trapdoor2 Aug 28.
A little Scanning This Weekend. 8/24/2026 2 Replies
Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Joel Hooks Aug 25.
ABF Fall Rally Oct. 8-10, 2026
Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo Aug 25.
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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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"Oh man, "Bloomer March"! That will go into the queue immediately..."
30 More Pieces Scanned
I added more scanned sheet music to the Archive this weekend.I also scanned the Vega Banjos catalogs from 1965 to 1976 if that is of interest to anyone. https://archive.org/details/@joel_hooksSee More
Frank B. Converse - The Dream | Steven Watson, banjo
A mazurka from Converse's 1886 Analytical Banjo Method.Played on Farland banjo c. 1910.***Personal website: https://stevenwatsonmusic.com/Website dedicated t...
Pretzel Pete
Pretzel PetePerformed by Chris Sands and Elias SibleyComposed 1906 by Hampton Durand (1887-1964) and first recorded as a banjo solo by American virtuoso Vess...
"I had never thought of playing it as two notes. I saw the first four bars of the coda as a repeated sequence, mostly playing a melody on the first string with the fourth finger. The first bar starts with a short slide of the fourth…"
"I think that both ways are orthodox, but I tend to go with the stutter version. There are exceptions, but I am with Marc and like the sort of staccato and deliberate sound without the ringing. "
"I tend to want grace notes not to ring and thus, rarely use the 5th for them. I haven't played "A Banjo Oddity" in years, so I had to check my video. I play them with the thumb and middle finger of the right hand. This is simple…"
"It seems like a strange way to notate it, but I suppose it makes sense musically. Now, does anyone else catch the grace note on the 5th string, or is that just me?"
"I have always played these as written, a quick grace note followed by the main note. Yes, it sounds like a stutter."
"Hi Ethan,
On p.7 of Morley's tutor, one of the two examples of grace notes, shows an E to E, similar to the B to B in your attachment."
What is this ornament?
I come across this (see photo) occasionally in classic banjo sheets. This one happens to be from "A Banjo Oddity." Is this indeed intended to be a grace note on the same tone (producing a kind of stuttered attack), or are we meant to assume it is…See More
"In a similar them, here is Sheridan's Ride:
https://archive.org/details/sheridans-ride-willis-w.-harriman"
"That would be me!
Being from the South, the original USS Kearsarge has a storied history. In the American Civil War, it was deployed to intercept and eliminate the most successful Confederate raider, the CSS Alabama, which had wreaked havoc among…"
"What did you read? Did you check the citations? What did the author offer for primary documentation or accounts?
"Southern Folk Tunes" is a very vague. "
Scott Joplin's mother
Something that I have often wondered..... do we know what style of banjo playing Scott Joplin's mother played? I always assumed it was classic banjo, but I was just reading something that mentioned she sang and played southern folk tunes, so I am…See More
Here Is One For The Boat People
The Old Kearsarge March by W. O. Johnson, arr. George L. Lansing.https://archive.org/details/old-kearsarge-march-w.-o.-johnson-george-l.-lansing…See More
"Just scanned a period arrangement in A notation by Walter Jacobs.
https://archive.org/details/darkies-drill-two-step-and-cake-walk-agnes-melville-jacobs-hildreth/"
Yankee Doodle Boy (1904)..George Michael Cohan.
This is a tune/song that I posted some years back, it makes such a good banjo solo that I thought it needed a reprise with an updated score. The song was featured in G.M.Cohan's musical 'Little Johnny Jones' in 1904 and later in the film 'Yankee…See More
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