"1) I use your thimbles only on nylon strings. So there! They are great.
2) No way would I try to publish a banjo repertoire book nowadays without tab. But I would want the tab in its own…"
Classic-Banjo
"Thimbles are being sold and used for clawhammer on steel strings. That is a fairly large demographic at this point.
The weird thing about Rob's book (published 9 years ago) is that…"
"Rob Mackillop has done it (with Mel Bay), you can too. Rob did Baur's "Banjoists Budget", leaving the notation in A and then regular Tab.
I can't imagine many have been…"
Soldier's Chorus (Faust) Arr Ellis, #637
Does anyone have this one laying about that they might scan up?I have the Turner's March #11 but would like to see the full published score Banjo Budget # 637. These march folios can be hit or miss,…See More
"I'll give it a read this evening after dinner."
"I see your point about no-one at Mel Bay knowing how to edit banjo notation. But they would not have to. They would just have to replicate my transcriptions which will need no editing. But they may…"
"I was sort of thinking DIY.
From what little I know (which is not much) Mel Bay, etc, are pretty much anti notation regarding banjo now (at least this is what I have been told). The stance that…"
"Thanks, Joel.
How does one put together the separate tunes into a PDF book? I haven't a clue how to do it. And once done, then what? I already have a relationship with Mel Bay. I…"
"Hi Jody, I think your jigs and reels are a worthy endeavor. I would encourage you to continue until you have a nice number of them and then put them all together in a single book format…"
"The scale that CE seems to have settled on was 26.5"."
