Date of my flush fret?

Started by IAN SALTER in Classic Banjo

Pigeon Wing Rag (1909)..Chas. L. Johnson.

A classic piece of ragtime from CLJ that ticks all the boxes. I've kept it in the original key of CF as it works well on banjo. The score a…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

Beedle-Um-Bo..(1908)...Raymond Birch aka Chas. L. Johnson.

CLJ triumphs again with this very listenable (and playable) slow drag. The Piano score was in F Ab, for the banjo I chose D F. The key chan…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

Tutor books in England, 1880s.

Hello to everyone. Can anyone tell me which tutor book I would most likely have purchased to begin learning to play my new banjo, if I had…

Started by IAN SALTER in Classic Banjo

Fine And Dandy (1908)..Chas. L. Johnson

This is a nice melodic two step, CLJ has used made use of grace notes to good effect. It wasn't possible to play the chromatic triplet grac…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

Peanuts, A Nutty Rag (1911)..Ethel Earnist aka Chas. L. Johnson.

This is best described as a novelty rag, it has some unusual and interesting variations and remains in the key of C throughout. I had to re…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

Rust spots on vellum...

Greetings gentlemen, I am in a bit of predicament here and need some kind advice please. After fitting a high quality Stern Tanning Co. th…

Started by Texican65 in Classic Banjo

Melody Rag (1911)..Raymond Birch aka Chas. L. Johnson.

This is another gem from the pen of CLJ. I had to do major surgery on the second part to arrive at something that was playable on the banjo…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

Early Ossman recording interest...

Hi fellas,      I'm interested in trying to find early examples of how Vess' banjo sounded when he first started recording, perhaps when h…

Started by Texican65 in Classic Banjo