"Just scanned a period arrangement in A notation by Walter Jacobs.
https://archive.org/details/darkies-drill-two-step-and-cake-walk-agnes-melville-jacobs-hildreth/"
Classic-Banjo
Yankee Doodle Boy (1904)..George Michael Cohan.
This is a tune/song that I posted some years back, it makes such a good banjo solo that I thought it needed a reprise with an updated score. The song was featured in G.M.Cohan's musical 'Little…See More
"When it arrived I removed the head assembly and discovered that the maker was Geo. P. Matthew.
In the photos, the numbers stamped on the hoop, were 2 6 9, the last three digits of the number on…"
Ham Bones..1912..Homer Denney
This is a great rag composed by the person to whom the previously posted Caliope Rag was dedicated by the Hartlaub brothers. It's challenging to play in parts but worth the effort...Steve…See More
"I don't know who built it but it looks like it may be a composite of parts. While 6 grooves in the nut suggests 6 long strings, the absence of the customary tunnel for the short string…"
7 STRING BANJO IDENTIFICATION.
Does the design of any parts of this banjo, suggest a possible maker and/or date of manufacture, to anybody?As I've just bought, but not yet received it, I can't look for maker's marks or numbers. It…See More
"Thank you both for the suggestions! I appreciate the help. I'm going to give Hot Corn a try. As far as stroke style studies, I've been doing pretty decently. I haven't been through the…"
"There is lots of great tunes prior to 1879, more than you could shake a banjo thimble at, but I can't think of any that are specifically "holiday themed" (I am presuming Christmas is…"
"I think you are chronologically safe with Hot Corn. ("Pop Corn" in Bradbury). See my conversation with Joel Hooks about this by entering "corn" in the search box. Joel…"
"Pre 1870 is pretty limited. The "explosion" of published music starts to pick up velocity with the first sheet music for banjo published about 1878/79.
This link should populate my…"
