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Notation query
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Does anyone know what the note grouping in the attached screenshot is…Continue
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O Come O Come Emmanuel
Another Christmas Song with a sacred rather than secular theme. This can be played quite freely or rubato.…Continue
Started Dec 25, 2023
Merry Christmas - Jingle Bells
Merry Christmas everyone. I've been up for 2 hours waiting for the household to get up this Christmas morning, so I thought I would do an arrangement of Jingle Bells for banjo. I hope you like it.…Continue
Started Dec 24, 2023
Hymn (James H. Jennings Practical Banjo School)
Would anyone know the title of this hymn and the composer? …Continue
Started Nov 17, 2023
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""Nutty" is a bit strong. It's unusual (and ultimately obsolete) for banjo notation, but that particular way of notating multi-note tremolo technique is fairly common in sheet music for piano, guitar, and harp. This particular case is…"
"I tried to post this yesterday but I guess it never posted...
Having looked at the piece, and read the instructions, this is an example of nutty abbreviation. While there is some consistency to banjo notation symbols, one needs to be careful…"
"Okay, sorry missed your post about the piece (mobile version is incomplete).
So this is an a snap with the second finger."
"Context is helpful, perhaps tell us what piece this is.
also it is very clear that you did not read the instructions. The 0 with a ) under is a open string snap, found most often on Converse’s work."
"It looks like a tremelo/shake; you rapidly alternate between the two notes for the duration of the measure. The G# is a pull-off. So it would be played like
A-G# A-G# A-G# A-G# A-G# A-G# A-G# A-G# (32nd notes) "
"The tune is Mulligan Guard, it's in Complete Method For The Banjo by A. Baur."
"Ah! It's the ditty of ditty bum or the bada of bada bing or the billa of billabong. "
"A notation. Tuning is eAEG#B. I would ignore the open note heads and treat it as a pull-off (snap) from A to the open G#. Three flags = 1/32 notes, so it is a 1/16th pickup measure.
What tune? What book is it in?"
Notation query
Does anyone know what the note grouping in the attached screenshot is called and how to play it? I use Sibelius software and have no idea how to enter this and can't look it up because I don't know the technical term for it. I have seen in piano music but this is the first time I have encountered it in a banjo tune.See More
Hymn (James H. Jennings Practical Banjo School)
Would anyone know the title of this hymn and the composer? Hymn%20bjo%20Cmaj%20Tab%20-%20Full%20Score.pdfSadly, it seems to be a feature of tunes published in Banjo Methods that composer and lyricist names are omitted.See More
S. S. Stewart's Banjo & Guitar Journal
I recently trawled through the Library of Congress listing under notated music for banjo and downloaded a tune called "Aesthetic Polka'. When I opened it I was surprised to discover it was actually Volume 1 No.5 of S. S. Stewart's Banjo & Guitar Journal. Here is the link if anyone would like to add it to their collection. https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1882.14007/See More
"If you accept my friend request that will allow me to message you and attach pdfs. I did Albumblatt as well - just the solo banjo parts.I'm in Perth Western Australia, so I've just woken up."
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