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Easy Pickin's (1902)..Egbert Anson Van Elstyne

This is a very tuneful early cake walk, the front cover features a banjo player but whether the pickin's in the title refers to the playing…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Apr 6, 2018

Car-Barlick-Acid (1903)..Clarence C. Wiley

Hal Alert posted an arrangement for this great early cakewalk a while back. He arranged it for two banjos and set it in the key of G. Follo…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Apr 5, 2018

Raggy Rag (1909) Floyd Willis

This is a very melodic medium paced rag that's well worth a listen. It's well written and ticks all the ragtime boxes. The score and midi a…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 31, 2018

Learning to Read Sheet Music

David posted in the rag thread I started, asking me how, as a beginner, I am learning to read music. And he also asked for some beginner so…

Started by Cyndy Richardson in Classic Banjo

19 Mar 29, 2018
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Mandy's Broadway Stroll (1898) Thomas M. Brody

This is a delightful early cake walk in which TMB has made use of some interesting syncopation. The original score was written in Eb and in…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 26, 2018

Rob Murch's new Banjo !

I had an email for our friend Rob Murch letting me know about the new banjo that he has had built for him. "Based on his Weaver"... well yo…

Started by thereallyniceman in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 26, 2018

Pitter-Patter Rag (1910)...Joseph Michael Daly

Despite its uninspiring title, this is rather a good ragtime tune and one of my current favourites. In bars 38 and 39, Daly has used 4 octa…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 19, 2018

The London Banjo Team

I am trying to find out the names of the London Banjo Team and whether they were the same as the Pierrot Banjo Team, whom I believe evolved…

Started by Uncle Tacko! in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 18, 2018

(Slightly) nerdy moment of the day

But I figure that people here will relate. I just received my new bridge from Joel Hooks in the mail. I can't wait to get home from work to…

Started by david caron in Classic Banjo

1 Mar 15, 2018
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Rag-Bag (1909)..Harry James Lincoln

This is described as a ragtime gallop and is another well written tune by Lincoln. The piano score was written in Eb, to get it to fit the…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 14, 2018

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