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Ragging The Waves..1917..Joe Rosey

This is a cleverly written mishmash of popular nautical themed tunes. not much is known about the composer other than two other pieces publ…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Nov 6, 2023

Southern Jollification...1890..Charles Kunkel

This is a must do tune. The composer has made a good attempt at simulating stroke style banjo. It was composed for Patrick Sarsfield Gilmor…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Nov 3, 2023

Hosting Server Outage 2nd November 2023

Our hosting server is currently off-line so many features of the website will not work correctly. I can't do anything to fix this so please…

Started by thereallyniceman in Classic Banjo

5 Nov 3, 2023
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Alan Middleton 1927-2023

Looks like Alan passed yesterday. I am a big fan from afar. At some point in my classic banjo journey I stumbled across a download of his "…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

2 Nov 1, 2023
Reply by Ray Jones

Old Cammeyer banjo

Whoa!  I just stumbled upon this nice looking creature. A link in the evolutionary chain? A one-off Cammeyer experiment? https://www.mando

Started by Jody Stecher in Classic Banjo

2 Oct 31, 2023
Reply by Joel Hooks

Zither: no tunnel

Hello folks. I have acquired a zither banjo with a 5 peg headstock and no tunnel. There's a pip on the 5th fret but it's not clear to me ho…

Started by Malachy Robinson in Classic Banjo

6 Oct 29, 2023
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Harriman Cake Walk (Fox Trot)..1915..Leland Stanford Roberts aka Lee S. Roberts.

Roberts was a prolific composer and president of the QRS Music Roll Company for which he recorded many piano rolls. This jaunty CW/Fox trot…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 25, 2023

Life In Louisiana

This is my take on the tune and how I play it, it differs in parts from the original as I've made one or two amendments of my own...Steve.

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

6 Oct 24, 2023
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Question about "Life In Louisiana" Grimshaw

The "copy" of this piece I have is the same as in the music library.  It looks as if the repeat dots have been added in.  Does anyone have…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

3 Oct 21, 2023
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The Last Patrol, Parke Hunter

Listening to the original recordings section I came across Mansell's playing of Hunter's "The Last Patrol".  Does anyone have the score to…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

15 Oct 19, 2023
Reply by Richard William Ineson

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