"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…"
Classic-Banjo
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…"
Jaunty/Festive Classic banjo music
Hi all! I'm going to be in a stage show this winter and I've been asked to pick a song for a scene that…See More
Some Walter Jacobs Publications Scanned
I scanned and put up some Walter Jacobs music this weekend. Many of these are generally available, but these clear scans include the title sheets. The majority are in A notation.Walter Jacobs…See More
Caliope Rag--1911--Sylvester & Charles Hartlaub
This is the other Caliope Rag, the Hartlaubs spelled it with one letter L on both the score and title page.It's not quite in the same league as Calliope Rag by James Scott but it's a good tune non…See More
