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What are people practicing?

It's been a while since I learned a new classic Banjo Solo. Instead I've been reviewing my existing repertoire, and seeing if there are som…

Started by Jody Stecher in Classic Banjo

29 Sep 21
Reply by Ethan Schwartz

The swing feel

Been working on the skeleton dance by Norton Greenop, but am having a hard time getting the swing feel down when practicing with a metronom…

Started by Austin in Classic Banjo

4 Sep 20
Reply by Joel Hooks

Saving a banjo?

Has anyone else felt the obligation to buy an old banjo just so someone else doesn't give it a life of steel strings and finger picks that…

Started by Austin in Classic Banjo

9 Sep 19
Reply by Jake Glanville

Rare Antique 19th Century Banjo by Windsor Taylor Circa 1895

Jake Glanville sent me a message of a what appears to be very high quality ZB on UK Ebay: "Don’t know if you or any other ZB freaks saw thi…

Started by thereallyniceman in Classic Banjo

5 Sep 19
Reply by Jake Glanville

John Willis RIP

Sad news today, folks: John Willis, banjoist, concertinerist, composer, canoeist, gold prospector, distiller of the dark arts passed away t…

Started by David Wade in Classic Banjo

9 Sep 19
Reply by Joel Hooks

Uncle Zeke's Medley Rag ..1912..Bertha Stansfield

This is one of 8 tunes published by the composer. There is a biography on ragpiano.com which is worth a read. This is a well written rag an…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Sep 18

Skeleton Dance

Ok so first of all, sorry for all the posts recently, but I was overcome with excitement when I finished the first part of my arrangement o…

Started by Austin in Classic Banjo

11 Sep 17
Reply by Trapdoor2

Any composers here?

I'm curious if anyone's writing new pieces for classic banjo. I like to compose and am going to write some once I actually become skilled e…

Started by Austin in Classic Banjo

1 Sep 17
Reply by Austin

Paul Eno's plantation symphony

I know I shouldn't even attempt to learn this piece yet, but it's really good and doesn't seem that difficult. I'm not sure if there are ma…

Started by Austin in Classic Banjo

4 Sep 15
Reply by Austin

Charleston..1923..Cecil Mack & Jimmy Johnson

Here's another of my experimental scores to see what can be achieved on classic banjo, it's not strictly classic but a fun piece to play. I…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Sep 15

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