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I have deleted the account registered by "Erica Woodward".  If you have received any message from this spambot please ignore it. Sorry that…

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A BIG thank you for your donations to Classic-Banjo.ning.com

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  Classic Banjo Ning is run to benefit its members with free music scores, discussions, tuition and much, much more! Browsing visitors too…

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Fred Bacon's "The Banjoist" Magazine, Complete Run

For many years only a single issue (no 7) of Fred Bacon's "The Banjoist" was available, but it was being sold on a website by a certain "Mu…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

2 23 hours ago
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Sonhando Amor (dreaming of love) Tango Brasiliero..1912..Zequina de Abreu

This another of my arrangements of a tune that would not normally be associated with the banjo. I've combined both the piano LH and RH usin…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

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Water Sprites or L'Avalanche (Stephen Heller, Op. 45, No. 2) Arr Shirley Spaulding

In her own hand. Link for download: https://archive.org/details/water-sprites-or-lavalanche-stephen-heller-op-45-no-2-shirley-spaulding/ A…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

2 on Tuesday
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CUNINGHAME MANUSCRIPTS?

I've received the following email from a friend; can anyone help? Hi Ian, I wonder if I can enlist your help again? One of the now sadly n…

Started by IAN SALTER in Classic Banjo

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The Banjo as a sacred instrument

The Banjo started life as the m'Banza, A Kikongo word describing a communal gathering place. This word was first documented by the Portugue…

Started by Austin in Classic Banjo

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Tico Tico No Fuba.(Sparrows in the corn meal).1917..Zequinha de Abreu

This is a major revamp of my original arrangement. I've changed the key to Emin/Emaj. and I've lowered the Emaj part by an octave which mak…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 on Sunday

Arranging music for the banjo

 All I  can say is that I'm glad that I'm a poor country boy who never knew that playing the banjo might involve 'a non eurocentric point o…

Started by Richard William Ineson in Classic Banjo

6 on Sunday
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Ideal Desfeito..1919..Zechina De Abreu

This is a new arrangement of a tune I posted some time back and is another piece that demonstrates  the versatility of the banjo when arran…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Nov 7

Fun Things We Can All Enjoy

Unless you have been hiding under a pile of scooped fingerboard cutoffs, you have been following along with the great Joel Hooks Obsessive…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

2 Nov 6
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Classic style composing and arranging

I listened to the Gordon Dando's Classic Banjo documentary a while back on Chris Sand's youtube channel and it's a real treat. Within the v…

Started by Byron Thomas in Classic Banjo

88 Nov 5
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