Reuben Reubens Paper Collection Released - Classic-Banjo2024-03-28T11:01:43Zhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/reuben-reubens-paper-collection-released?commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A143470&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHamamatsu city here I come! G…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-01-05:2667446:Comment:1711512021-01-05T15:46:42.504ZByron Thomashttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/ByronThomas
<p>Hamamatsu city here I come! Gotta see that 9 sting banjo in person!</p>
<p>Hamamatsu city here I come! Gotta see that 9 sting banjo in person!</p> Hi Joel, I've taken look and…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-06-07:2667446:Comment:1434702020-06-07T07:42:50.911ZRichard William Inesonhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/RichardWilliamIneson351
<p>Hi Joel, I've taken look and the Col. Collins correspondence seems to have started in 1953, there are letters from W.M.Brewer in the August and October issues in which he mentions criticism of his B.M.G. articles 'The Banjo in America' which Col. Collins published in the 'Five Stringer. at the time.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Joel Hooks said:…</cite></p>
<p>Hi Joel, I've taken look and the Col. Collins correspondence seems to have started in 1953, there are letters from W.M.Brewer in the August and October issues in which he mentions criticism of his B.M.G. articles 'The Banjo in America' which Col. Collins published in the 'Five Stringer. at the time.<br/> <br/> <cite>Joel Hooks said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/reuben-reubens-paper-collection-released?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A143439&page=3#2667446Comment143224"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Hi Richard, I read through the 1960s BMGs this morning and was not able to find anything. I'll try the 50s when I get a chance.</p>
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</blockquote> Hi Richard, I read through th…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-06-06:2667446:Comment:1432242020-06-06T23:58:43.367ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>Hi Richard, I read through the 1960s BMGs this morning and was not able to find anything. I'll try the 50s when I get a chance.</p>
<p>Hi Richard, I read through the 1960s BMGs this morning and was not able to find anything. I'll try the 50s when I get a chance.</p> I may be more confused than u…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-06-06:2667446:Comment:1434672020-06-06T05:13:52.149ZRichard William Inesonhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/RichardWilliamIneson351
<p>I may be more confused than usual but I have a vague recollection of a long correspondence in the readers' letters page of the B.M.G. magazine from Colonel Collins who was still supporting the use of 'A' notation in the 1960s. I cannot remember who won the argument or even if there was a winner.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jody Stecher said:…</cite></p>
<p>I may be more confused than usual but I have a vague recollection of a long correspondence in the readers' letters page of the B.M.G. magazine from Colonel Collins who was still supporting the use of 'A' notation in the 1960s. I cannot remember who won the argument or even if there was a winner.<br/> <br/> <cite>Jody Stecher said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/reuben-reubens-paper-collection-released?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A143439&page=3#2667446Comment143555"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I look forward to reading that 8 (or more) page article, Joel.</p>
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</blockquote> I look forward to reading tha…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-06-06:2667446:Comment:1435552020-06-06T03:37:50.198ZJody Stecherhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/JodyStecher
<p>I look forward to reading that 8 (or more) page article, Joel.</p>
<p>I look forward to reading that 8 (or more) page article, Joel.</p> By 1884 it was common to pitc…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-06-06:2667446:Comment:1435542020-06-06T02:25:31.089ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>By 1884 it was common to pitch the banjo to C (4th string standard tuning). Despite this change in pitch, banjo music in the US continued to be written as if the banjo was pitched to A. </p>
<p>Banjos were strung with gut strings (with rare exception proving the point) until sometime near 1920 when pick played banjos became more popular with steel wire strings.</p>
<p>Since the banjo did not hit major popularity in England until the early/mid 1880s they started publishing music as if the…</p>
<p>By 1884 it was common to pitch the banjo to C (4th string standard tuning). Despite this change in pitch, banjo music in the US continued to be written as if the banjo was pitched to A. </p>
<p>Banjos were strung with gut strings (with rare exception proving the point) until sometime near 1920 when pick played banjos became more popular with steel wire strings.</p>
<p>Since the banjo did not hit major popularity in England until the early/mid 1880s they started publishing music as if the banjo was pitched in C (which it was by that time.. sort of).</p>
<p>I have about 8 pages written for an article in the next "5-Stringer" on this subject where I flog every aspect of it to death.<br/> <br/> <cite>Samurai Banjo said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/reuben-reubens-paper-collection-released?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A143439&page=3#2667446Comment143413"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>This is a guess, but isn't the key A because it's a gut string?</p>
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</blockquote> This is a guess, but isn't th…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-06-05:2667446:Comment:1434132020-06-05T19:24:01.534ZSatoshi Harahttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/SamuraiBanjo
<p>This is a guess, but isn't the key A because it's a gut string?</p>
<p>This is a guess, but isn't the key A because it's a gut string?</p> While it is possible that it…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-06-05:2667446:Comment:1435532020-06-05T12:21:08.961ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>While it is possible that it came from the ABF library (or not, I don't know), it has <em>not</em> been published in the 5 Stringer.</p>
<p>But we appreciate the plug Richard! </p>
<p>While it is possible that it came from the ABF library (or not, I don't know), it has <em>not</em> been published in the 5 Stringer.</p>
<p>But we appreciate the plug Richard! </p> I don't know where this FVE a…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-06-05:2667446:Comment:1434622020-06-05T06:12:25.192ZRichard William Inesonhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/RichardWilliamIneson351
<p>I don't know where this FVE arrangement came from originally, it was in a pile of music somebody gave me some years ago, but it has just occurred to me that it must have appeared in the 'Five Stringer' at some time so I should have acknowledged the FS and the ABF as its source .<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Richard William Ineson said:…</cite></p>
<p>I don't know where this FVE arrangement came from originally, it was in a pile of music somebody gave me some years ago, but it has just occurred to me that it must have appeared in the 'Five Stringer' at some time so I should have acknowledged the FS and the ABF as its source .<br/> <br/> <cite>Richard William Ineson said:</cite></p>
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</blockquote> Thanks so much for this. I h…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-06-03:2667446:Comment:1432172020-06-03T13:34:02.765ZBrett Lowehttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/BrettLowe
<p>Thanks so much for this. I have been researching Banjo in New Zealand and we had a number of banjo orchestras and BMG clubs through out the country. The town I was living in until recently, Paeroa, had a popular Mandoline, Banjo and Guitar Club in the late 1890s until at least the 1914 war. And a number of newspaper reports list some of their programmes. I was especially pleased to see some of the pieces this orchestra featured including their theme tune Goodbye, Dolly Grey. I'd love to…</p>
<p>Thanks so much for this. I have been researching Banjo in New Zealand and we had a number of banjo orchestras and BMG clubs through out the country. The town I was living in until recently, Paeroa, had a popular Mandoline, Banjo and Guitar Club in the late 1890s until at least the 1914 war. And a number of newspaper reports list some of their programmes. I was especially pleased to see some of the pieces this orchestra featured including their theme tune Goodbye, Dolly Grey. I'd love to put on a concert of their material one day. So thanks so much for this.</p>
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