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Ragtime Jingles...1916..Al.J.Markgraf

This is a good tune that ticks all the ragtime boxes. All I could discover about the composer is that he was from San Francisco and self pu…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Sep 18

Dance on the flat boat-Uncle Remus March..1884..M.Louis

These tuneful, early compositions, are a bit different from my usual offerings, I would categorize the tunes as Polkas. I could find no inf…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Sep 16

30 More Pieces Scanned

I added more scanned sheet music to the Archive this weekend. I also scanned the Vega Banjos catalogs from 1965 to 1976 if that is of inter…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

2 Sep 14
Reply by Joel Hooks

What is this ornament?

I come across this (see photo) occasionally in classic banjo sheets. This one happens to be from "A Banjo Oddity." Is this indeed intended…

Started by Ethan Schwartz in Classic Banjo

6 Sep 12
Reply by TONY BRYAN

Here Is One For The Boat People

The Old Kearsarge March by W. O. Johnson, arr. George L. Lansing. https://archive.org/details/old-kearsarge-march-w.-o.-johnson-george-l.-…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

2 Sep 10
Reply by Joel Hooks

Scott Joplin's mother

Something that I have often wondered..... do we know what style of banjo playing Scott Joplin's mother played?  I always assumed it was cla…

Started by bud bennett in Classic Banjo

1 Sep 9
Reply by Joel Hooks

The Darkies' Drill (1902)....Agnes Melville

This is a catchy, early cakewalk and only one of three pieces of music published by the composer about whom I've been unable to find any in…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

3 Sep 6
Reply by Joel Hooks

Yankee Doodle Boy (1904)..George Michael Cohan.

This is a tune/song that I posted some years back, it makes such a good banjo solo that I thought it needed a reprise with an updated score…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Sep 5

7 STRING ZITHER BANJO IDENTIFICATION.

Does the design of any parts of this banjo, suggest a possible maker and/or date of manufacture, to anybody? As I've just bought, but not y…

Started by IAN SALTER in Classic Banjo

2 Sep 5
Reply by IAN SALTER

Ham Bones..1912..Homer Denney

This is a great rag composed by the person to whom the previously posted Caliope Rag was dedicated by the Hartlaub brothers. It's challengi…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Sep 4

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