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Question About the Grimshaw Tutor Copyright

I am curious about the status of copyright on the Grimshaw tutor and the exercises book. In the US works that were published pre 1923 are n…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

4 Jun 19, 2017
Reply by Trapdoor2

Unusual banjo alert!

Whoa!  Here's something you don't see everyday. An open back Cammeyer banjo with carved heel, scalloped bezel, and unusual inlays.  I wonde…

Started by Jody Stecher in Classic Banjo

3 Jun 18, 2017
Reply by Jody Stecher

Keystone Rag (1921)...Willie Anderson

This is an interesting composition coming as it does on the tail end of ragtime. It's very much in the style of some early 1920s jazz and t…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

3 Jun 15, 2017
Reply by Trapdoor2

Fred Van Eps Classic Style as it should be :-)

I love his playing... maybe one day I will get there... I mean to 10% as good as he was, of course! This is not as "frantic" as much of…

Started by thereallyniceman in Classic Banjo

6 Jun 14, 2017
Reply by Trapdoor2

Ragtime Episode FVE--Ish

This is from the 5-Stringer #83 published 1960. Ragtime_Episode_83_1960.pdf It is about as close as you are going to find.  It is the versi…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

32 Jun 12, 2017
Reply by Daniel PEARCE

Sensation (A Rag) (1908)..Joseph Lamb

Ian requested this and when you have a listen you'll realize why, it's a great piece of ragtime. My arrangement was taken from a score that…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Jun 11, 2017

Rigamarole Rag (1910)..Edwin F. Kendall

I think Kendall may have been influenced by St Louis Tickle when he wrote this, I can hear similarities in parts, nevertheless, it's a good…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Jun 10, 2017

S.S. STEWART PHILADELPHIA BANJO MAKER EXTRAORDINAIRE

I came across this article from the website of  “Australian Postal History and Social Philately”     I wonder how I got there as well, and…

Started by thereallyniceman in Classic Banjo

5 Jun 9, 2017
Reply by Trapdoor2

Piano MIDI for 'A Banjo Oddity' ?

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone out there has a MIDI file of the piano accompaniment to Morley's 'A Banjo Oddity' that they would…

Started by Andy Chase in Classic Banjo

2 Jun 5, 2017
Reply by thereallyniceman

Mr Jollyboy Tempo

According to my score Grimshaw's Mister Jollyboy has two tempos. That gloriously melodramatic introduction is noted at M.M. 48 then the res…

Started by Russ Chandler in Classic Banjo

8 May 31, 2017

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