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W.E Temlett Zither-Banjo 7 Replies
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Historical/original concert programs 8 Replies
Started by Pär Engstrand in Classic Banjo. Last reply by IAN SALTER 11 hours ago.
Turners 60 breakdowns, jigs and hornpipes. 2 Replies
Started by IAN SALTER in Classic Banjo. Last reply by IAN SALTER on Saturday.
Short(er) scale banjos 6 Replies
Started by Pär Engstrand in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Jody Stecher on Friday.
Crazy Banjo 1 Reply
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RECOMMENDATION FOR BEGINNER'S. 5 Replies
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Cammeyer Valentine 3 Replies
Started by Pip in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Hans Straub Jan 12.
Policy King (1905)..Charles .B. brown.
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo Jan 11.
Old Crow Rag (1909)...George Botsford. 2 Replies
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Steve Harrison Jan 11.
mel bays banjo method Frank Bradbury 4 Replies
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Clifford Essex Imperial on eBay
Started by Pär Engstrand in Classic Banjo Jan 8.
BMG library 10 Replies
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Does anyone know about the Austrian banjo player John Gorman who was in Japan around 1910? 2 Replies
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the trio 6 Replies
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I am back !!! Whistling Rufus
Started by nick stephens in Classic Banjo Jan 3.
The Pianofiends Rag (1909)..George Botsford..As played and featured by Jesse Laskey's Pianofiends.
Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo Jan 1.
Fascination Waltz (1904) 16 Replies
Started by John Green in Classic Banjo. Last reply by steve leuschner Jan 1.
Possible Clifford Essex? 18 Replies
Started by Andrew 'blind boy' Butler in Classic Banjo. Last reply by carrie horgan Dec 30, 2019.
Farland Banjo strings. Questions for the historians. 6 Replies
Started by Jody Stecher in Classic Banjo. Last reply by Trapdoor2 Dec 28, 2019.
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1880s A Tilley banjo value
Would anyone have an idea of a half decent A tilley 5 strings value . One for sale here in Canada for 350 canadian. it had the first five frets replaced with a brass plate otherwise not bad. thinking it may be a good player for classic.
Posted by steve leuschner on January 9, 2020 at 0:46 — 9 Comments
Guage 20 Nylon Strings
Hi! Can anybody help please? I have trawled the internet for guage 20 nylon strings and can't find ANY! Nylon strings are hard to find and Andy banjo used to sell singles but no guage 20s anymore. Where have they gone? .... as part of a set or on their own they seem the best to me for 1st and 5th string Classic playing, so any help would be great!
Posted by Daniel PEARCE on December 31, 2019 at 23:38 — 2 Comments
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Jake Jeremy Glanville replied to Pär Engstrand's discussion W.E Temlett Zither-Banjo"This is a very interesting banjo. It is by W E Temlett, the son of William Temlett an aclaimed English banjo maker, who, in my view, was almost certainly one of the first to use the term 'zither banjo'. Father and son fell out…"
IAN SALTER replied to Pär Engstrand's discussion Historical/original concert programs"Hi Par,
In a recent post of mine, the subject of historical recreation was touched upon, with comments from Jody and Joel. My idea appears to be similar to yours, in that only the music of a certain period in time is played. In my case, I have set…"
"Thanks a bunch, Richard.
I tried tremolo on non adjacent strings for a minute just now. Doesn't seem that impossible actually. I just put the right distance between index and middle finger and went for it. How it's supposed to be done, I…"
Richard William Ineson replied to Pär Engstrand's discussion Historical/original concert programs"All of the many kinds of tremolo are explained in Hunter's book, including, I think, tremolo on non adjacent strings."
"If a fast moving melody was played on the string in between it could work ....maybe... if the tremolo notes did not change quickly. OR the notes are actually on adjacent lower strings fingered on upper frets. OR it's a…"
"Never mind. I wont go that way. Sure, I like an occasional tremolo but not all the time! (like I would be able to play the rest "non-tremolo" stuff...lol)
Looking at some of his music, some of it doesn't look humanly possible. How…"
"Hi Joel,
thanks for your reply.
Yeah, I was afraid it wouldn't be that easy... I did start looking in to some Magazines and found pretty quick mentionings of banjo solos being played in different concerts but that's not really what…"
"The best way is to read period magazines. For American publications try the Crescendo (available from the university of Rochester online) or the Cadenza (New York Public Library digital collections).
You likely won’t find a set list. Most of…"
Historical/original concert programs
Hi all,back at practicing classic banjo since a few weeks, I notice my approach is a bit haphazardly, one tune here and one tune there, without any clear goal. To change that I thought it might be a good idea to reproduce a banjo concert/recital…See More
Emile Grimshaw's beginner exercise 14
This lovely piece belongs to the amazing (and sometimes hard to follow) banjo tutorial of Emile Grimshaw. Also, it's a small exercise in order to link to a n...
IAN SALTER replied to IAN SALTER's discussion Turners 60 breakdowns, jigs and hornpipes."Hi Ian,
Thanks for that information. It isn't the one I'm looking for, but it is a good collection of tunes to work through.
The one that I lost has 60 pieces by Herbert Ellis and includes the 'Melon Jig' that Andy Chase…"
"Yes it has 22 frets. And yes this banjo is anything but "normal". I do see short scale 5 string banjos from time to time. One of my students has one. I think the scale is about 23 inches. I can't say I like how it…"
"Yeah, I've looked with confusion on that one as well.... :-)"
"Hi Jody,
thanks for your replies (and the video. Really good playing!)
I am hoping to find an even shorter scaled banjo, maybe 25.5 inches, unless the tone would suffer from that. Or at least try one first, before deciding. Maybe I just need to…"
"If you use the "Search Classic-Banjo" search box, at the top RHS of the home page, and do a search for "jigs and hornpipes" you will find Joel's post of…"
IAN SALTER posted a discussionTurners 60 breakdowns, jigs and hornpipes.
I had to do a factory reset on my tablet and wasn't able to save the Turner book. I have searched the archives but can't find it. Can someone please tell me where it is or post a link? Thanks.Kind regards, Ian.See More
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