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What is the difference between Scruggs and Classic?

Besides fingerpicks, steel strings and the music they're used for. Someone on Reddit said that I was wrong when I said the right hand posit…

Started by Austin in Classic Banjo

9 Oct 11, 2024
Reply by Ethan Schwartz

Washington Pie.1907..(A Collection of Notes For a Buck Dance)..Theodore Morse.

This is a very good novelty composition with lots of variety. The piano score is written in Bb/Eb, my arrangement is in C/F as it fits the…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

11 Oct 9, 2024
Reply by Joel Hooks

Looking for Dance of the Spooks by Herbert Ellis TBB#401

I am always on the lookout for spooky/horror/supernatural themed banjo pieces. I was looking over the Turner Banjo Budget list and ran acro…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

9 Oct 8, 2024
Reply by Austin

Bridges

I just tried some new configurations of bridges. My Farland now has a Deering bridge. My Clifford Essex currently has a Bridge that was cus…

Started by Austin in Classic Banjo

1 Oct 8, 2024
Reply by Steve Harrison

A confession

I don't tend to like the way tab replaced sheet music. It gets on my nerves. I'm slowly starting to accept that this is the case, but it st…

Started by Austin in Classic Banjo

13 Oct 6, 2024
Reply by Austin

Moon Face..1907..(Characteristic march & Two Step)..Abe Olman

The oriental genre was popular with composers at the early part of the last century. This tune has a Japanese feel as imagined by Olman. It…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 3, 2024

Which came first?

Did stroke style, also known as minstrel style, and classic style come before clawhammer and thumb lead? I'm curious because there are conf…

Started by Austin in Classic Banjo

26 Oct 1, 2024
Reply by Jody Stecher

A discussion about technique

Why is the banjo placed on the right thigh instead of in the middle like a bluegrass player? 

Started by Austin in Classic Banjo

6 Sep 29, 2024
Reply by Jody Stecher

Can you identify this banjo?

We have found a photo of a banjo player playing in Japan in 1912 that shows a clearer picture of his banjo. Can you identify this banjo mad…

Started by Satoshi Hara in Classic Banjo

4 Sep 29, 2024
Reply by Austin

PSA Check your strings!

I had a weird experience this morning with some new strings. I've been playing the new (new to me) set of Nylguts from Joel for the past mo…

Started by Trapdoor2 in Classic Banjo

4 Sep 28, 2024
Reply by Joel Hooks

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