ABF Rally report Sept 29-Oct 3...making lemonade out of a lemon! - Classic-Banjo2024-03-29T10:03:20Zhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/abf-rally-report-sept-29-oct-3-making-lemonade-out-of-a-lemon?commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A187461&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThanks Ray!tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-10-07:2667446:Comment:1876522021-10-07T12:42:18.835ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>Thanks Ray!</p>
<p>Thanks Ray!</p> Don't bother with Johnstone's…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-10-06:2667446:Comment:1876512021-10-06T18:03:30.771ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
<p>Don't bother with Johnstone's "Banjo Bugs Rag", it is in the Music Library here at Classic-Banjo Ning. I've already started tab for it...</p>
<p>"Banjo Bugs March" is typical Weidt (assuming I have a correct copy, it is 'free' from somebody on the internet really trying to monitize old sheet music). I'd like a copy of the original so I can verify.</p>
<p>Weidt always amazes me that he can get a nice tuneful rag out of the banjo without really reaching above the 5th fret (although the…</p>
<p>Don't bother with Johnstone's "Banjo Bugs Rag", it is in the Music Library here at Classic-Banjo Ning. I've already started tab for it...</p>
<p>"Banjo Bugs March" is typical Weidt (assuming I have a correct copy, it is 'free' from somebody on the internet really trying to monitize old sheet music). I'd like a copy of the original so I can verify.</p>
<p>Weidt always amazes me that he can get a nice tuneful rag out of the banjo without really reaching above the 5th fret (although the penultimate and final notes are at the 10th)</p> I think I have both, will pos…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-10-06:2667446:Comment:1875592021-10-06T17:48:34.785ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>I think I have both, will post tonight if I do.</p>
<p>I think I have both, will post tonight if I do.</p> Yes, "Banjo Bugs March" I've…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-10-06:2667446:Comment:1876502021-10-06T15:04:38.283ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
<p>Yes, "Banjo Bugs March" I've seen reference to that. It doesn't appear in the ABF holdings or on the list of works published in the 5-stringer (old excel spreadsheets). You don't have a copy, do you? I found a free score online but I'd rather have a copy of the original (whoever published it, I suspect Jacobs...but it isn't in the Jacobs collections).</p>
<p>I found an old spreadsheet that says Ray Jones has a copy...I'll see if he has a scan. He still ducks in here…</p>
<p>Yes, "Banjo Bugs March" I've seen reference to that. It doesn't appear in the ABF holdings or on the list of works published in the 5-stringer (old excel spreadsheets). You don't have a copy, do you? I found a free score online but I'd rather have a copy of the original (whoever published it, I suspect Jacobs...but it isn't in the Jacobs collections).</p>
<p>I found an old spreadsheet that says Ray Jones has a copy...I'll see if he has a scan. He still ducks in here occasionally.</p>
<p>There's also "The Banjo Bugs Rag" by Jas. Johnstone...under his own copyright...but it looks like a Clifford Essex (or perhaps BMG) publication. It is here in the library and was published in the 5-stringer in 1999 (issue 183).</p>
<p>Sounds like the beginning of a 'theme' for the next Rally... ;-)</p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Joel Hooks said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/abf-rally-report-sept-29-oct-3-making-lemonade-out-of-a-lemon?xg_source=activity#2667446Comment187649"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>A. J. Weidt composed the "Banjo Bugs" but it is about a club by that name.</p>
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</blockquote> A. J. Weidt composed the "Ban…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-10-05:2667446:Comment:1876492021-10-05T19:43:17.685ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>A. J. Weidt composed the "Banjo Bugs" but it is about a club by that name.</p>
<p>A. J. Weidt composed the "Banjo Bugs" but it is about a club by that name.</p> Yes, ALWASY check your room b…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-10-05:2667446:Comment:1875532021-10-05T19:39:15.966ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>Yes, ALWASY check your room before you put your stuff in it. And I mean check every crack and corner! If you have to keep an eye on your luggage then put it in the bath tub before you check the room.</p>
<p>I have made a habit of this since bed bugs came back to the US again and have prevented any problems. In this instance I pulled down the headboard and almost could not believe what I saw... I have not seen a live one before this time. <br></br><br></br>Sadly the venue has not done well during…</p>
<p>Yes, ALWASY check your room before you put your stuff in it. And I mean check every crack and corner! If you have to keep an eye on your luggage then put it in the bath tub before you check the room.</p>
<p>I have made a habit of this since bed bugs came back to the US again and have prevented any problems. In this instance I pulled down the headboard and almost could not believe what I saw... I have not seen a live one before this time. <br/><br/>Sadly the venue has not done well during the last two years and was very run down compared to what it was before. It is sad because the owner was always very good to us. <br/><br/>I would be surprised if there was not a rag with that title. They were just part of life before WW2.</p> Excellent! Who else is in? …tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-10-05:2667446:Comment:1873402021-10-05T19:36:51.969ZJody Stecherhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/JodyStecher
<p>Excellent! Who else is in? Your idea of taking an existing framework reduced to rests is intriguing. I had envisioned starting from scratch, but this other way is viable. First we need to decide if it is to be a rag, waltz, cakewalk, march, polka, or what. </p>
<p>js<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Trapdoor2 said:…</cite></p>
<p>Excellent! Who else is in? Your idea of taking an existing framework reduced to rests is intriguing. I had envisioned starting from scratch, but this other way is viable. First we need to decide if it is to be a rag, waltz, cakewalk, march, polka, or what. </p>
<p>js<br/> <br/> <cite>Trapdoor2 said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/abf-rally-report-sept-29-oct-3-making-lemonade-out-of-a-lemon?commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A187464&xg_source=activity#2667446Comment187464"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I certainly like silly. I'm game. How does one write collaboratively online? I can generate a blank staff to get us started. The Musescore software is free, so anyone who would want to just download the file could do so...</p>
<p>A fun exercise is to take a common work, "Maple Leaf" for instance, and re-pitch all the notes to create a new work. The original is downloaded and all the notes reduced to rests (the original title is removed so it becomes an "unknown"). Then, you start fresh with an existing rhythm basis, all you got to do is toss notes in that are the same value of the rest they replace.</p>
<p>Or, we can just post a few measures at a time here and I can stitch them together as they come in (years in the making...)<br/> <br/> <cite>Jody Stecher said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/abf-rally-report-sept-29-oct-3-making-lemonade-out-of-a-lemon?xg_source=activity#2667446Comment187648"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>What I had in mind was a collaboration of as many members of this forum and/or ABF who are interested in spending a bit of time on something silly. <br/> <br/> <cite>Trapdoor2 said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/abf-rally-report-sept-29-oct-3-making-lemonade-out-of-a-lemon?commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A187550&xg_source=activity#2667446Comment187550"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>LOL, there was an off-broadway musical-comedy called "Bedbugs!!!" I suppose one could find the music and alter it into something raggy...the Wiki article sez it was rock 'n' roll.</p>
<p>I'm a lousy composer. Lyricas, I can write. Music...nope. I wrote a couple of Jigs once but later found that they were just poorly remembered standards...which turns out to be a fairly common source of new 'traditional' music. I have listened to so much music, anything i put down would probably be plagiarism...</p>
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</blockquote> I certainly like silly. I'm g…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-10-05:2667446:Comment:1874642021-10-05T18:25:09.869ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
<p>I certainly like silly. I'm game. How does one write collaboratively online? I can generate a blank staff to get us started. The Musescore software is free, so anyone who would want to just download the file could do so...</p>
<p>A fun exercise is to take a common work, "Maple Leaf" for instance, and re-pitch all the notes to create a new work. The original is downloaded and all the notes reduced to rests (the original title is removed so it becomes an "unknown"). Then, you start fresh with…</p>
<p>I certainly like silly. I'm game. How does one write collaboratively online? I can generate a blank staff to get us started. The Musescore software is free, so anyone who would want to just download the file could do so...</p>
<p>A fun exercise is to take a common work, "Maple Leaf" for instance, and re-pitch all the notes to create a new work. The original is downloaded and all the notes reduced to rests (the original title is removed so it becomes an "unknown"). Then, you start fresh with an existing rhythm basis, all you got to do is toss notes in that are the same value of the rest they replace.</p>
<p>Or, we can just post a few measures at a time here and I can stitch them together as they come in (years in the making...)<br/> <br/> <cite>Jody Stecher said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/abf-rally-report-sept-29-oct-3-making-lemonade-out-of-a-lemon?xg_source=activity#2667446Comment187648"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>What I had in mind was a collaboration of as many members of this forum and/or ABF who are interested in spending a bit of time on something silly. <br/> <br/> <cite>Trapdoor2 said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/abf-rally-report-sept-29-oct-3-making-lemonade-out-of-a-lemon?commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A187550&xg_source=activity#2667446Comment187550"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>LOL, there was an off-broadway musical-comedy called "Bedbugs!!!" I suppose one could find the music and alter it into something raggy...the Wiki article sez it was rock 'n' roll.</p>
<p>I'm a lousy composer. Lyricas, I can write. Music...nope. I wrote a couple of Jigs once but later found that they were just poorly remembered standards...which turns out to be a fairly common source of new 'traditional' music. I have listened to so much music, anything i put down would probably be plagiarism...</p>
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</blockquote> What I had in mind was a coll…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-10-05:2667446:Comment:1876482021-10-05T17:49:14.036ZJody Stecherhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/JodyStecher
<p>What I had in mind was a collaboration of as many members of this forum and/or ABF who are interested in spending a bit of time on something silly. <br></br> <br></br> <cite>Trapdoor2 said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/abf-rally-report-sept-29-oct-3-making-lemonade-out-of-a-lemon?commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A187550&xg_source=activity#2667446Comment187550"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>LOL, there was an off-broadway musical-comedy called…</p>
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<p>What I had in mind was a collaboration of as many members of this forum and/or ABF who are interested in spending a bit of time on something silly. <br/> <br/> <cite>Trapdoor2 said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/abf-rally-report-sept-29-oct-3-making-lemonade-out-of-a-lemon?commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A187550&xg_source=activity#2667446Comment187550"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>LOL, there was an off-broadway musical-comedy called "Bedbugs!!!" I suppose one could find the music and alter it into something raggy...the Wiki article sez it was rock 'n' roll.</p>
<p>I'm a lousy composer. Lyricas, I can write. Music...nope. I wrote a couple of Jigs once but later found that they were just poorly remembered standards...which turns out to be a fairly common source of new 'traditional' music. I have listened to so much music, anything i put down would probably be plagiarism...</p>
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</blockquote> LOL, there was an off-broadwa…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-10-05:2667446:Comment:1875502021-10-05T17:45:03.331ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
<p>LOL, there was an off-broadway musical-comedy called "Bedbugs!!!" I suppose one could find the music and alter it into something raggy...the Wiki article sez it was rock 'n' roll.</p>
<p>I'm a lousy composer. Lyricas, I can write. Music...nope. I wrote a couple of Jigs once but later found that they were just poorly remembered standards...which turns out to be a fairly common source of new 'traditional' music. I have listened to so much music, anything i put down would probably be…</p>
<p>LOL, there was an off-broadway musical-comedy called "Bedbugs!!!" I suppose one could find the music and alter it into something raggy...the Wiki article sez it was rock 'n' roll.</p>
<p>I'm a lousy composer. Lyricas, I can write. Music...nope. I wrote a couple of Jigs once but later found that they were just poorly remembered standards...which turns out to be a fairly common source of new 'traditional' music. I have listened to so much music, anything i put down would probably be plagiarism...</p>