"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…"
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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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"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…"
"Also I have to add, that piece looks like a beast of an arrangement"
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
"Also it's a very popular showpiece as an encore in concert music"
"It's just camptown ladies with variations"
"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…"
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
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Does anyone recognise this banjo? I know that some ordinary banjos had machine tuners, but I don't know who made them.See More
"To be clear, I'm talking about Le Banjo, not Montana Girl."
"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…"
"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…"
"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"
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
"Mind you I need to figure out how to use it"
"That's true, but I have notation software that can engrave a lot better"
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