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WEAVER IDENTIFICATION.

I've just read all of the archived discussions about Weaver made banjos. A few things that I noted were, that he varied the dimensions of…

Started by IAN SALTER in Classic Banjo

42 Mar 10, 2025
Reply by Richard William Ineson

Frank B. Smith's Scale Technique And Tremolo Studies For The Banjo. A and C Notation

Free and in public domain.  I hope folks find it useful. 

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

1 Mar 9, 2025
Reply by Joel Hooks

Music recommendations

I'm in the early stages of planning an informal banjo performance for April/May. At a certain point, I realized I was already working mostl…

Started by Ethan Schwartz in Classic Banjo

14 Mar 8, 2025
Reply by nick Kelly

Is this wishful thinking?

I'm curious if this piece is wishful thinking or if it's possible. I haven't finished adding the fingerings yet, but the most difficult par…

Started by Austin in Classic Banjo

1 Mar 7, 2025
Reply by Ethan Schwartz

Weaver CE banjos

Clifford Essex clearly stated in his adverts in The BMG magazine, that Weaver made the CE Special for them !

Started by Keith Wilson in Classic Banjo

2 Mar 6, 2025
Reply by Joel Hooks

Dynamics and Classic Banjo

A comment by Jody gave me the idea to start a splinter topic on dynamics.  Along with alternate fingering, I was a dynamics ignorer for a l…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

5 Mar 5, 2025
Reply by Jody Stecher

The Colored Ragamuffins..1903..S.R.Henry.

This is a great cakewalk that ideally suits the banjo, it could almost have been written for it. The piano score is written in F/Bb but I'v…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Mar 4, 2025

Ole Virginny Barbeque..1899..Julius E. Andino

Julius Andino was born in Puerto Rico and moved to the US in 1870 to further his musical career. He was a prolific composer and arranger, i…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

2 Mar 2, 2025
Reply by Steve Harrison

BANJO AUCTION

These are a few nice banjos that are coming up soon: https://auctions.gardinerhoulgate.co.uk/catalogue/lot/be4a56a631885adc72f041039972ad…

Started by IAN SALTER in Classic Banjo

16 Feb 25, 2025
Reply by Joel Hooks

Dat Johnson Rag..1910..An Ethiopian Intermezzo. C. E. Matchett & N.Clark Smith.

This is probably the best of my recent ragtime offerings and well worth try. Calbert Earl Matchett was a piano salesman and demonstrator fr…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Feb 25, 2025

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