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All these different Bradbury Discussions

I mentioned on one of Jody's posts that I thought these would be more useful in one place.  I suppose I did not clearly enunciate what I me…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

2 Apr 23
Reply by Jody Stecher

Minor scales and chords in Bradbury

Smooth sailing through the G major pages and most of Sidewalks of New York. The two measures beginning with C natural and G sharp together…

Started by Jody Stecher in Classic Banjo

0 Apr 22

Moving ahead in Bradbury

Moving forward in Bradbury, I  found the A minor instruction to be useful and good prep for Mountain Polka, which is arranged to incorporat…

Started by Jody Stecher in Classic Banjo

4 Apr 22
Reply by Jody Stecher

Human Hand?

How can a single human hand play the last two measures of the top line of "Accompanying Melody" in Grimshaw's "The Banjo And How To Play It…

Started by Jody Stecher in Classic Banjo

18 Apr 21
Reply by Jody Stecher

Bradbury snap and Pajama Dance

One virtue of this book that is that.... so far..... with each subsequent musical exercise or titled banjo solo Bradbury adds just enough n…

Started by Jody Stecher in Classic Banjo

2 Apr 21
Reply by Jody Stecher

Huh?

Continuing my comparison of the tutor books of Bradbury and Grimshaw: My 1960s copy of Bradbury volume 1 arrived today and I have begun pla…

Started by Jody Stecher in Classic Banjo

10 Apr 20
Reply by Jody Stecher

The Shuffling Coon..1897..John Rastus Topp

Stylistically, especially from bar 41 onward, this tune sounds very much like a stroke style banjo tune that Monroe Rosenfeld may have hear…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Apr 19

CE Popular on Ebay

This Clifford Essex banjo is in need of some TLC https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/405763221179?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&

Started by Banjowaif in Classic Banjo

7 Apr 18
Reply by Banjowaif

The perfect method part 2

Something stuck with me the last time I posted about the fact that I wanted to write my own method eventually. "What more could be said on…

Started by Austin in Classic Banjo

41 Apr 16
Reply by Joel Hooks

Bradbury warning. Buyer Beware

I've been reviewing/playing basic exercises these days, using both Grimshaw's "The Banjo and How To Play It" and the Bradbury books. I have…

Started by Jody Stecher in Classic Banjo

0 Apr 15

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