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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

6 Nov 9
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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

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

2 Nov 6
Reply by Byron Thomas

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

88 Nov 5
Reply by Austin

Salut D'Amour (Love's greeting)..New Arrangement..Sir Edward Elgar.

My home town is Malvern in Worcestershire and I live a few miles from the birthplace of one of England's greatest composers. Elgar lived in…

Started by Steve Harrison

2 Nov 5
Reply by Steve Harrison

Notation query

Does anyone know what the note grouping in the attached screenshot is called and how to play it? I use Sibelius software and have no idea…

Started by Edward Bettega

9 Nov 4
Reply by Edward Bettega

Ballantine Tutor from 1884 (for you 6 and 7 stringers)

Here you go.  The orignial is tiny, the size of an American "dime novel" from the same period, 6 1/4" x 8 1/4". Enjoy. https://archive.or

Started by Joel Hooks

1 Nov 3
Reply by Byron Thomas

Left hand thumb tension, and Barred slurs

Does anyone have any tips for relieving left hand thumb tension wen you're double jointed? Also, barring and pulling off with The second an…

Started by Austin

0 Oct 30

Coon Gine Baby..sheet music

Here's a print out from Sounds From Georgia..pages 56-59...Steve.

Started by Steve Harrison

1 Oct 30
Reply by Byron Thomas

Coon-Gine Baby..1893..Carl Lexhoizt aka Charles Astin.

This tune is one of 20 featured in a collection called Sounds From Georgia composed and published by Charles Astin. It's a compilation of n…

Started by Steve Harrison

3 Oct 29
Reply by Steve Harrison

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