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SS Stewart on Ebay
Nice SS Stewart Universal Favourite on Ebay Uk - scale length is just over 27 inches according to seller
Posted by carrie horgan on August 20, 2020 at 18:40 — 3 Comments
Ragging the Scale - Van Eps Banjo Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZYaoR-h6F8
A different version of Ragging the Scale than the one in the Original Recordings library marked as Van Eps Banjo Orchestra. I wonder who the other musicians were - sounds like plectrum or tenor banjo.
Posted by carrie horgan on July 13, 2020 at 16:00 — 2 Comments
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"I think that is a good decision, Carrie! You would probably be sorry to have sold it, later in life.
I keep all my instruments on the walls or in stands. I like to have them out of their cases to be able to grab them quick. But I also rent a extra…"
"https://www.stand-made.co.uk/guitar-case-storage-racks/double-decker-guitar-case-storage-racks/
My immediate thought was: 'I could buy a banjo for that price!'
I do know someone who is a carpenter so might be worth looking into…"
"Thank you Richard - you know, I think you are right. I think I will hang onto the Zither banjo. After all, I have gone to the trouble of getting it back in playing order. I need to look into some of those Cammeyer pieces -…"
"I have found that hard cases stack pretty well."
"I got my numbers wrong in my enthusiasm for the ZB, it is 128 years since Cammeyer and Prince Eddie were at Sandringham together, Eddie (often known as 'Collar and Cuffs' ) died on the 14th January, 1892, shorty after Cam's…"
"Right. If there's no room to hang it on the wall, glue it to the ceiling! "
"Don't do it Carrie, everybody should have at least one ZB and now is the season when it comes into its own with Cammeyer's 'A Christmas Carol' 'Hurry Little Children, Christmas Morn' and his song 'Santa Claus and…"
"Hi Par - yes, the machine heads needed attention - I recall he had to replace some original wooden blocks to stock them rattling! I'm not sure what else he did but his name is Glen Page (The Banjo Works - used to be called Andy Banjo but…"
"That is a really nice looking zither banjo for sure! Just on the edge of having to much bling, to my taste, but still not crossing that line. I really love those tuning machines.
Unfortunately I can not come up with one sane argument that would make…"
Zither Banjo for sale
I need to create space in my music room and am thinking of selling my Zither banjo as it is not getting much play. It is a high-end George Houghton and sons banjo with beautiful inlays and has no issues - it had machine heads tightened, new skin…See More
Buckwheat Barn Dance (classic-style banjo)
"Thanks Ritchie. You can find the sheet music/tablature and other tunes by Alan Middleton on the Clifford Essex.net website. "
Buckwheat Barn Dance (classic-style banjo)
"Hi Carrie, very nice. Where can I get the sheet music for this?"
"Cool! Yes, that also works well. I'm not so sure the melody has to make sense...but it really ought to work out rhythmically. Dropping out or adding a measure of a traditional format (8 bar,16 bar, etc.) isn't all that uncommon but…"
"After playing it through a couple of times, I find that playing quarter notes, instead of two eight notes and then quarter notes, in the last bar, first section repeat, works quite well. Makes more sence to me than putting a rest in there. On…"
"Every piece of banjo music published by Stewart was in A notation.
I don’t know what the first title published in C in the US was. You would be safe in assuming that if it is sheet music published in the US before 1900 it is in A…"
THE SKATERS WALTZ (Les Patineurs)
"Anthony Peabody saved a lot of the Grimshaw arrangements from a skip some years ago, so if you're looking say, for a 3rd Mandola part or a Domra obligato he's the man to contact."
"The more I play this, the better I like it. I haven't put it into tab yet, so I don't really know how well it lays on the banjo. Still, this thing is full of drunken hiccups, a maudlin interlude, a return to the bar (nearly slipping off…"
"That imagery seems about right to me."
"Yah, I've gotten the first two parts working. There are a couple printer's errors and two inexplicable missing beats in the repeats on the A part. I just added a rest to each.
It is a neat little piece...and I do love playing with this…"
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