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Le Banjo Gottschalk for Banjo 7 Replies

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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 

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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?

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Austin replied to Joel Hooks's discussion Le Banjo Gottschalk for Banjo
"I agree however I really like the piece. And arranging piano pieces for the banjo seems to be done a lot. Le banjo is actually very harmonically safe. Just F sharp or G flat fits pretty well on the piano, so that's probably why he chose that…"
1 hour ago
Joel Hooks replied to Joel Hooks's discussion Le Banjo Gottschalk for Banjo
"I don't get it either."
9 hours ago
Richard William Ineson replied to Joel Hooks's discussion Le Banjo Gottschalk for Banjo
"What puzzles me is why anybody would want to play a piece of music on the banjo which is an arrangement of a piano piece which was intended to sound like a banjo (an impossibility). Why not just play a piece of music written especially for the…"
15 hours ago
Austin replied to Joel Hooks's discussion Le Banjo Gottschalk for Banjo
"Also I have to add, that piece looks like a beast of an arrangement"
23 hours ago
Steve Harrison posted a discussion

Down In Old Arkansas (1911)..Percy Wenrich

This is another well written and tuneful two step from Wenrich. The piano score is written in G/C but my arrangement in C/F fits the banjo much better. In bars 23,25,31 and 33 I've added a second 'echo' triplet which works well. My suggested…See More
yesterday
Austin replied to Joel Hooks's discussion Le Banjo Gottschalk for Banjo
"Also it's a very popular showpiece as an encore in concert music"
yesterday
Austin replied to Joel Hooks's discussion Le Banjo Gottschalk for Banjo
"It's just camptown ladies with variations"
yesterday
Jody Stecher replied to Joel Hooks's discussion Le Banjo Gottschalk for Banjo
"And this is what I posted to that earlier thread: The composer called it a fantaisie grotesque.  It's just a bunch of ripples set in the apparantly bizarre key of six sharps. That's F sharp. When tried on a piano it quickly becomes…"
yesterday
Joel Hooks posted a discussion

Le Banjo Gottschalk for Banjo

Rather than hijack Steve's discussion on his arrangement, I figure I should start a different one. Austin recommend that Steve arrange Le Banjo by Gottschalk.  While I don't want to discourage anyone from doing anything, Gottschalk's piece is one…See More
yesterday
Joel Hooks replied to Steve Harrison's discussion Montana Girl (1911)..Percy Wenrich.
"So was I."
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IAN SALTER posted a discussion

IDENTIFY THIS BANJO

Does anyone recognise this banjo? I know that some ordinary banjos had machine tuners, but I don't know who made them.See More
yesterday
Jody Stecher replied to Steve Harrison's discussion Montana Girl (1911)..Percy Wenrich.
"To be clear, I'm talking about Le Banjo, not Montana Girl."
yesterday
Jody Stecher replied to Steve Harrison's discussion Montana Girl (1911)..Percy Wenrich.
"The composer called it a fantaisie grotesque.  It's just a bunch of ripples set in the apparantly bizarre key of six sharps. That's F sharp. When tried on a piano it quickly becomes apparent that the mostly pentatonic score can be…"
yesterday
Joel Hooks replied to Steve Harrison's discussion Montana Girl (1911)..Percy Wenrich.
"For some reason this seems to be the pièce de résistance idea… but it is not a great piano piece and even less interesting arranged for banjo (which many people have done already).  Yeah, yeah, I know all the theories…"
yesterday
Austin replied to Steve Harrison's discussion Montana Girl (1911)..Percy Wenrich.
"You should try to arrange Le Banjo by Gottschalk. I was going to attempt it and I kind of succeeded somewhat, but I have to figure out the variations because on Banjo they'd be very different from piano"
Sunday
Steve Harrison posted a discussion

Montana Girl (1911)..Percy Wenrich.

This is a catchy Two Step/Cake Walk, it's not too challenging to play and has a nice bass solo in the trio. It's another of those tunes that could almost have been written for banjo. The sections which I've marked at 5B could be played out of first…See More
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Austin replied to Austin 's discussion Is it possible I could start adding some arrangements?
"Mind you I need to figure out how to use it"
Saturday
Austin replied to Austin 's discussion Is it possible I could start adding some arrangements?
"That's true, but I have notation software that can engrave a lot better"
Saturday
Joel Hooks replied to Austin 's discussion Is it possible I could start adding some arrangements?
"Bradbury’s notation…."
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