American Emblem..(1923)..Harry James Lincoln

[Steve Harrison]

HJL was a popular and prolific composer whose compositions date from 1900 until 1936. This is the 10th Lincoln tune that I've arranged and the 6th of his marches. It's a corker of a tune and is well worth a look and listen. It would probably have worked better written as a duet using a banjo second however, by using plenty of second voice on the score and bass solos, I've plugged the gaps that would have been played by a second and overall it works very well. The score and midi are in the library.

[thereallyniceman]

Hey Steve, this is a cracker!  A proper Classic Banjo March with loads of oomph!

A must for everyone to try. It could have been written for the banjo.

Here is the audio..  See if you can listen without tapping your feet :-)

AMERICAN EMBLEM arranged by Steve Harrison

As Steve said the score is available FREE in the MUSIC LIBRARY.

[marc dalmasso]

& this one i used to arrange 4 years ago  from a piano ' roll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y0wrMX84fI

[Steve Harrison]

Thanks Ian, Lincoln's other marches come pretty close to this one for playability, Bo Peep march in particular is worth a listen...Steve.

thereallyniceman said:

Hey Steve, this is a cracker!  A proper Classic Banjo March with loads of oomph!

A must for everyone to try. It could have been written for the banjo.

Here is the audio..  See if you can listen without tapping your feet :-)

AMERICAN EMBLEM arranged by Steve Harrison

As Steve said the score is available FREE in the MUSIC LIBRARY.

[thereallyniceman]

Excellent playing and another great March from H J Lincoln. 

It always good to see the Banjo King and Prince of France playing classic banjo. :-)

marc dalmasso said:

& this one i used to arrange 4 years ago  from a piano ' roll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y0wrMX84fI