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Humpty Dumpty Rag (1914) Charles Theodore "Charley" Straight.

This is a peach of a tune and well worth getting your fingers round. I've replaced the triplet grace notes in the original, which were unpl…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

5 Apr 12, 2018
Reply by Jody Stecher

What maker is this?

Hi all, I'm not very active on this forum, yet... :-) but I'm hoping to be able to post a few tunes in the near future. Anyway, there's an…

Started by Pär Engstrand in Classic Banjo

2 Apr 9, 2018
Reply by Pär Engstrand

Pride and Progress

Alright,  So it may be the most mediocre rendition of Joe Morley's a Banjo Oddity ever played, but this morning I was able to play the piec…

Started by david caron in Classic Banjo

11 Apr 9, 2018
Reply by david caron

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
Reply by Eric Womersley

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

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