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City Swells (A Fashionable Intermezzo)..1904..Hijalmar Frithiof Neilsson

This is one of three compositions by a composer about whom little is known. Over 90% of it is played out of first position and is not too c…

Started by Steve Harrison

0 Jun 27

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

1 Jun 25
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PRETTY BELLE WALTZ, by Walter Stearns...A to C notation...again.

I like waltzes. They're rarely difficult. Here's one with some interesting harmonies, esp. in the Trio with a bit of duet tremolo. PRETTY B…

Started by Trapdoor2

1 Jun 25
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Emma Mazurka...A Notation to C Notation

Here's a really easy, first position Mazurka from the pen of Walter Jacobs. Published by Thompson & Odell in 1893. No brain-strain, jus…

Started by Trapdoor2

0 Jun 24

Sid Turner Plays 'Chansonade'

'Chansonade?'  Well, not really. That's the title his old friend Tarant Bailey Sr. used a few decades ago, when he introduced this piece on…

Started by Shawn McSweeny

4 Jun 23
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Tension

What tension do you keep your banjo heads at? I'm thinking of tightening the head a little bit. I bought a drum dial just for that 

Started by Austin

0 Jun 22

New strings/ New transcription

The 5th peg on my Windsor Grand Solo banjo keeps slipping so I've been playing my Eric Stefanelli banjo more and more. As my classic banjo…

Started by Jody Stecher

47 Jun 22
Reply by Trapdoor2

Soldier's Chorus (Faust) Arr Ellis, #637

Does anyone have this one laying about that they might scan up? I have the Turner's March #11 but would like to see the full published scor…

Started by Joel Hooks

0 Jun 18

Ossman`s 'Ragtime Medley' Transcribed

The Clifford Essex score for 'Ragtime Medley' doesn't represent Ossman's remarkable c. 1898 Columbia performance - found here : https://w…

Started by Shawn McSweeny

11 Jun 16
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The Tremolo Trot..1914..Charles Lukyth Roberts

My previous attempts to upload this were thwarted by Ning doing 'essential' site maintenance. Hopefully this will be 3rd. time lucky! It's…

Started by Steve Harrison

0 Jun 15

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