"the suggestion that Samson Easton, Hosea the banjoist's father, had something to do with Easton learning the banjo would challenge the idea that Horace Weston did not read, or perhaps read well. Samson was a general music and dance…"
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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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" I think the fingering choice in the first measure of the Trio does not need correcting. I like it."
"I'll intersperse my responses (in boldface) within your remarks, Jody."
"Ah! Thank you, Ian."
"Thanks! You're covered in sawdust. Until a few minutes ago I was covered in coffee. My grocery shopping took me near Peet's Coffee so I stepped in to buy a pound, a quantity which gets you a free cup of whatever they're…"
"Ellis used the phrase 'left hand fingers hammering down' when describing the Slur, on p.34 of his 'Thorough School For The Six Or Seven-Stringed Banjo'.
In his 'Dallas' Modern School' he wrote 'hammering…"
"Obvious answer: because I haven't played thru it yet.
Generally, I'll follow the suggested fingering and positions. If there are none, I'll give it my best shot and expect to fix it later when I've actually got a banjo in my lap.…"
"In 1925 Stent is using the term "hammer" to indicate a two note slur going upward in pitch. 23 years later Pete Seeger used the term "hammer-on" in his banjo instruction book. By the time another 20 years had passed…"
"And just for fun, here's "Extacy" in a little bit clearer form (plus Tab and an mp3). I've simply put it in AABA-Trio-ABA form...which is how I have interpreted the original directions."
"This is a lot of food for thought! Thanks Tony!
When it comes to what Stent borrowed from Stewart for his own banjo method, nothing in particular is standing out to me that isn't already standard technique by this point in time. The 2nd half of…"
"Right. So we've got H East-on and H West-on. What about Hiram North-on and Hezekiah South-on? Or their grandfathers who had the same names?"
"For the Weston people here, this casts doubt on the story that Weston became a banjoist when a guitar broke while he was performing, Samson Easton who may have taught both his son and Weston, taught music and dance through standard…"
" Just an aside., Hosea Easton the minister, civil rights activist, and theologian and theorist of both Native American and African American rights who began his life in Massachusetts and spent his last decade or so in the Hartford era,…"
"Stent was an associate of Hosea Easton and was the formal leader of the American Banjo club based in Sydney (it imight have been the US banjo club). He was closely associated with Hosea Easton. Easton who was from Hartford Connecticut…"
"I don't have any information on the individuals mentioned but thanks to recent post and the work of Joel we can now see a piece that looks to be written by Hosea Easton from the book Correct Elements of Playing by W.J. Stent, Schottische…"
Pick and fingers, anyone?
I was just looking through "Banjo Method - Correct Elements of Playing" by W.J. Stent. It's available on Mr. Hooks's fabulous Internet Archive page. It's not the easiest tutor book to follow, the text is all handwritten.... It covers fingerstyle and…See More
Echoes from The South..1905..A.J.Weidt
I came across this tune as a guitar duet. I've combined both parts in my arrangement for banjo. I'm sure that somewhere in Banjo land there is already a banjo version. It's not too challenging to play as most of it is played out of first…See More
"Thanks for making all of this historic banjo paper available to the world Joel. A mighty task. Most of this stuff has been kept secret for many years with access to it given to only a very few privileged persons. Regarding the Cammeyer records, I am…"
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More than we few on this forum appreciate what you have preserved and will come to appreciate it in the future."
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