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All of you are right.

Hi, So, over the past week and half, i've erased everything that I know about classic banjo and began working from scratch with the Frank…

Started by david caron in Classic Banjo

8 Aug 5, 2018
Reply by Cyndy Richardson

I Got The Blues (1908)...Antonio Maggio

This is considered to be the earliest published blues with 'blues' in the title. The background to the tune and its composer is an interest…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

1 Jul 28, 2018
Reply by Trapdoor2

Barnes and Mullins Zither banjo tailpiece

Where can I find a tailpiece that works on this zither banjo.

Started by Brice Alms in Classic Banjo

2 Jul 28, 2018
Reply by Brice Alms

Clifford Essex "Crystablel" Nylon Strings.

I got a near complete set of "vintage" CE nylon string envelopes (complete with rusty wire strings inside for some reason) with a banjo I r…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

1 Jul 27, 2018
Reply by Richard William Ineson

How common are Zither Banjos?

I found a barnes and Mullins No2 Zither Banjo at a local antique shop here in southern Illinois that I'm going to buy soon. I started to th…

Started by Brice Alms in Classic Banjo

1 Jul 27, 2018
Reply by Jody Stecher

Semper Fidelis (1888)..John Philip Sousa.

As there were only two marches by Sousa in the Library, I decided to arrange another of his classic marches for banjo. The piano score was…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

6 Jul 26, 2018
Reply by Richard William Ineson

Are there classic banjo tab instruction books?

I am learning classic banjo and all the books I have seen are notation. Are there tablature instruction books?

Started by Brice Alms in Classic Banjo

18 Jul 25, 2018
Reply by Richard William Ineson

National Banjo Method by Geo. Dobson 1886

If you are like me, you often lay awake at night wondering if George Dobson ever took all of his old books, pulled random sections out of t…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

5 Jul 24, 2018
Reply by Cyndy Richardson

Request for Piano Accompaniment Sheet Music

Hello Beloved Classic Banjo Community! I recently found a pianist in my city who is interested in playing accompaniments to some of the cla…

Started by Aaron Jonah Lewis in Classic Banjo

10 Jul 22, 2018
Reply by thereallyniceman

A register of surviving Parslow banjos built from 1880 to 1919

I have just had a message from site member Ed Parslow letting me know of the work he has been doing on the history and whereabout of banjos…

Started by thereallyniceman in Classic Banjo

4 Jul 22, 2018
Reply by Edward Marshe Parslow

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