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Jaxon Rag..1908..Edward G.Byers & Lucien G.Dunn 1 Reply
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New Online Classic Banjo Music Library... 9 Replies
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Collins, Broomfield Correspondence on Cammeyer and the Zither Banjo 8 Replies
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Down On The Old Plantation..1899..Bayard Wilson
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Dark Town Coon..1914..Benoit Fidele Poirier
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Fidgety Feet aka War Cloud..1918..James La Rocca & Larry Shields..Original Dixieland Jazz Band
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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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"Banjokes is definitely for tenor banjo."
"This actually added a few pieces to my Morley collection: "Czardas", "Pepper Pot Parade" (1st), "Waltz", "Thumb and Fingertricks", "T.V. Parade", "Solo A", "Riverside Gavotte" and…"
"One small mistake spotted -- the Fandanguillo is by 'Torroba', not 'Tornoba'. (What a wonderful arrangement that is, by the way! Made my day.)"
"I had a look at the Roy Smeck composition "Banjokes" and tried to play it. I think this may be tenor banjo music. The chord formations are obvious and easy on an instrument tuned in fifths, as the tenor banjo is (CGDA). For 5-string…"
"This is fantastic. I recall we had discussed at one point how to get the collection "out there" more publicly, and this is a great solution. "
"Oh my, how wonderful! Thank you so much for doing this. Well, that's my weekend sorted..."
"Excellent, Russ. This collection (if it is the one I'm thinking of) has been passed around surreptitiously for many years. It's about time it got mainstreamed..
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"I can't do much about the scores themselves, but things not being labelled properly, incorrect links or messed up names would be the sort of thing that might be lurking around in the depths!"
"Congratulations and Thank you. What sort of errors, rough edges, or gnarly bits are expected to be found? Digital anomalies? Errors in the scores themselves? A click on a title leading to a different score?"
New Online Classic Banjo Music Library...
Hi all I'd like to introduce a new online music library for the community. You can find it here at:…See More
"In the US (North America), what we call classic banjo was largely a pursuit of the working class. Even our good friend Alfred Farland worked in a wool textile mill before making music his primary occupation.
I've been keeping a running…"
"'Constantly brushing shoulders with each other', is one way of putting it. There was /is an awful lot of snobbery involved in most things in the UK, the banjo world being no exception. I was discussing Len Broomfield's arrangement of…"
Jaxon Rag..1908..Edward G.Byers & Lucien G.Dunn
The composers of this rag both came from Mississippi so I presume the title is a bit of wordplay around the state capitol Jackson. I've kept it in the original piano key of C and have made good use of the 6ths intervals which work well on the banjo.…See More
"The "academics" have long claimed or insinuated that what we call "classic banjo" did not organically develop. The narrative is that there was an industry that was, more or less, forcing classic banjo onto a public that…"
"Well, that was a great set of information to peruse through! Something that I don't understand. How did Farland remain popular if he wasn't playing what people wanted? Or was it that just enough people were interested to keep him relevant?…"
Down On The Old Plantation..1899..Bayard Wilson
This is a very tuneful early cake walk that could have been written for the banjo. I could find no info on the composer. It's one of my current favourites, it's not too challenging and is worth a try...Steve.…See More
"About three years ago I picked up a Windsor Whirle Gem Junior from across the pond. Initially I felt that I made a worse choice of the two banjos being considered. But over the years it has grown on me. I love that it's a lightweight resonator…"
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