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Chocolate Drops (1902)..Harry Von Tilzer

The arrangement for this catchy cake walk was requested by Joel Hooks. It suits the banjo very well and I've transposed it from Bb to C for…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 30, 2017

Colonial Rag (1914)..Ernest R. Ball & Julius Lenzberg

This is a very well written piece of music with plenty of variety in style. The second part is of particular interest with the inventive wa…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 30, 2017

Rare fretless 6 string on eBay

When I say 6 string, it has friction pegs for 5 main strings with a 6th octave peg part way down the neck as per normal 5 string banjo. Som…

Started by Jem Bowkett in Classic Banjo

1 Oct 26, 2017
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The Lion Tamer Rag(1913)..Mark Janza aka Albert Frederick Marzian.

This is a real tour de force of a tune and definitely one for the banjo pickers and those with a strong constitution. It's described as a '…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 24, 2017

That Dixie Rag (1912)..Victor Moulton aka R.G.Grady.

This is a good tune that ticks all the ragtime boxes. I've incorporated the bass linking runs into the main melody for the final part which…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

2 Oct 22, 2017
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Honeysuckle (1914)...Chas. L. Johnson.

This is my final arrangement of the CLJ tunes, the front cover of the score shows it as a Tango or One-Step. I think Johnson was cashing in…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 20, 2017

Tiger Rag (1917)..Dominic James 'Nick' La Rocca (The Original Dixieland Jazz Band)

Back in the 1960s I frequented a jazz club called the Salutation Stomp held each Friday at the Salutation Inn in my home town of Birmingham…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 18, 2017

Unwanted Harmonic

When I tune my Windsor Popular number 1 to open G tuning, I've started to hear a sympathetic harmonic coming from the 4th string whenever I…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

4 Oct 17, 2017
Reply by Steve Harrison

MBF

Saturday October 14th 2017 Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire DE65 5GP    All styles of banjo playing : Plectrum, Tenor, Irish, Bluegra…

Started by David Wade in Classic Banjo

3 Oct 15, 2017
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Pink Poodle (One step) (1914)..Chas. L. Johnson

This is one of CLJ's lesser known tunes, it's not one of his best in my opinion but does have some nice touches here and there. From the se…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

2 Oct 15, 2017
Reply by Steve Harrison

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