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A SERIOUS THANK YOU, and a bit of an explanation and a bit of self pity ;-)

Over the last 18 months my family has been dogged by bad health :-(( I spent the previous Christmas knocking on the "Pearly Gates" after su…

Started by thereallyniceman in Classic Banjo

25 Mar 24, 2017
Reply by Jody Stecher

Euphonic Sounds (1909)...Scott Joplin

This the least like anything else  that Joplin has written. There isn't a conventional LH bass line as is normally heard in his ragtime com…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 23, 2017

Rosebud (1905)..Scott Joplin

Joplin named this tune as Rosebud and describes it as a two step. It is often called The Rosebud march as it is in typical 6/8 march time.…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 23, 2017

Gypsy Love Remix

I have always loved Gypsy Love by Bernard Scheaff and had arranged it for 3 banjos some time ago. But after we recorded Dengoso by Nazareth…

Started by Hal Allert in Classic Banjo

2 Mar 20, 2017
Reply by marc dalmasso

Fred Turner, another superb Classic Banjo player I have never heard of!

I have recently come across this excellent recording made by a player called Fred Turner. I must admit that I do not know anything about hi…

Started by thereallyniceman in Classic Banjo

3 Mar 19, 2017
Reply by David Wade

Classic Banjo Radio

Hello friends. I just wanted to let you know I have added almost 100 new songs to the Classic Banjo Radio station. The complete collection…

Started by Hal Allert in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 19, 2017

Bidding is already up to One Penny

This contraption, possibly a Farland banjo mute, just appeared on eBay. I can't tell how it works or IF it works but I'm calling attentio…

Started by Jody Stecher in Classic Banjo

11 Mar 19, 2017
Reply by Jody Stecher

The Favorite (1904)...Scott Joplin

I wasn't familiar with this one until I began the arrangement and I've grown to quite like it, I've rewritten some of the bars in the final…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

2 Mar 19, 2017
Reply by Steve Harrison

Sunflower Slow Drag (1901)..Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden

This is another of Joplin's collaboration with Scott Hayden and one of his more popular tunes. I've lowered the final part by an octave to…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 17, 2017

Removing nickel plating

Hi, I wonder if anyone has detailed  instructions for removing old nickel plating from brass banjo hardware and sanding/polishing in prepar…

Started by Ruari McLennan in Classic Banjo

5 Mar 16, 2017
Reply by thereallyniceman

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