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Jody Stecher
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Historical question about banjo strings
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jody Stecher Sep 7, 2025.
St Louis Tickle: New Arrangement for 3 banjos
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jody Stecher Aug 29, 2025.
Three voice arrangement for The Tantalizer
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C Minor Banjo Medley
"The typo of 1892 instead of 1892 was corrected on Youtube but not here. Such is Ning-ness."
City Point Jig (Classic-style banjo)
"I've posted a video demonstrating the obstacles I've encountered in learning to play both these C minor tunes. At present it's a "curate's egg" (parts of it are excellent, or passable anyway). Maybe I should have…"
C Minor Banjo Medley
My first steps in learning to play two 19th century banjo tunes, "The Egyptian Fandango" (Horace Weston, 1892) and "City Point Jig" (John C, Wild, 1887).
"The options of Discussions, Comment Wall, Blog, and maybe other hidden or obscure ways of posting wordshas caused a bit of chaos and confusion. That could be streamlined and made simple. Being able to contact a member privately is a feature worth…"
"Joel,
Sure, a title indicating a place might work. Good point about "parlor" being period-specific and the problem with using such terminology.
I think you are overstating the influence of Karen Linn (that's the actual…"
"Got it. Thanks. Let's all think about a viable URL. Something will occur to someone."
"Doesn't that depend on the identity of the "very standard and well understood technology stack" that Russ will use? Not that I have a glimmer of an idea what a "stack" is, in this context.
This present site has…"
"That seems like a viable contender. Best one, so far."
"Brainstorming here:
Classic Banjo Harbor/Harbour
Banjo Center/Centre
Banjoland
Banjeroony
Banjoronium
classic banjoness
Classic Banjo Central
Classic 5-string"
""Ning" had no associations attached to it.
I agree that those already participating in the genre aren't going to care what the new site is called.
My concern is not so much to attract new people (which might entail clickbait),…"
"There is a context to my argument. A prejudice exists against classic banjo music. There is a perception amongst a portion of bluegrass and old-time players that classic banjo music is morbidly rule-bound, un-creative, boring, and dead. My…"
"There is a history of "parlour banjo" as a term. There never was a a term "hangout banjo" so there is no underlying identification in the mind of visitors to BHO. I suspect people would see "banjo parlour" and…"
"Thank you Russ for wasting no time in getting things going. It's a big undertaking, I know. I'm sure you'll do a superb job.
Ethan and Russ, I think anything that combines "banjo" and "parlour" will…"
City Point Jig (Classic-style banjo)
"Marc, your latest version is set in C minor but has retained the words "A minor" from the original A notation."
"Thank you Ian. Thank you Russ. This is welcome news, indeed."
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Banjo Benches at San Francisco Airport!
I was taking a flight out a new terminal at San Francisco the other day and was surprised and amused to see the shape of some comfortable new benches with a new shape. Off topic because they look like plectrum banjos? No indeed, these are Zither Banjo Benches! I'm afraid my mobile phone takes horrible quality pictures but at least the shape was captured. The wave of the future?
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ContinuePosted on November 17, 2011 at 4:06 — 5 Comments
Farland Metal banjo head on ebay
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 20:50 — 2 Comments
clear photos of the missing banjo
Note the copper bass string, the red binding around the pot and the inlay "The Cammeyer Vibrante Royal" These are distinctive.
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 22:16
Comment Wall (24 comments)
- At 4:06 on April 7, 2009,
Trapdoor2 said…
- Jody, regarding the banjo I'm playing in my videos: that's one of Bob Flesher's "Cotillion" (12") models; my main axe for about 6 yrs. Thanks for the kind remarks, I've gone from archtop Stelling "shrill" to "tubby" over the years (in more ways than one!). I have a fiberskyn head on it, Aquila Nylgut strings and one of those Cole 5-footed bridges. I have a small collection of banjos but the Flesher gets all the playing time these days.
- At 5:54pm on March 14, 2010, Joel Hooks gave Jody Stecher a gift…
- At 8:11 on August 19, 2010,
Liz McElwain said…
- Thanks, Jody. Hope to be able to meet you over the Didmarton weekend.
- At 17:08 on September 11, 2010,
Anthony Peabody said…
- I enjoyed meeting you at Backwell, and I am afraid that I assumed that you were a newcomer to Banjo, so please erase from your hard drive any superfluous and quite unnecessary advice. You don't need any encouragement either. I was the bass banjo at the end of the line, filling in the blanks, and wishing I could play better. So you see, you encorage me!
Anthony Peabody
- At 17:48 on December 22, 2010,
Eric STEFANELLI said…
Thanks Jody, to add me as a friend, i am deeply honored !
I would be to give you some piece of information about my banjos making, give me please your e-mail, mine is : eric.pat-luths@orange.fr .
About your music, many people in France like bluegrass & old timey music, and play it, there is many bands, many american banjo players come to France every years to teach, and have many pupils, there is summer country festivals...i was myself a pupil of Tony Trishka in 1978 and and Ben Eldrige in 1982/83, but we can speak about it by mail. Classic banjo is unknow or very few people know this kind of banjo music.
Eric
- At 14:09 on August 3, 2011,
Pam Tointon said…
Thank you Jody I enjoyed that. Nice to hear an original composition, but well beyond me yet as a beginner I'm afraid.
regards Pam
- At 12:51 on October 18, 2011,
Neil Angus Goodwin said…
- Thankyou for the info, that might explain why it is the only Cammeyer I have seen with the metal bands.
- At 23:51 on March 5, 2012,
allan ideson said…
thanks jody for your input.ime a guitarist .i have good instruments ...this banjo .has a lot of volume .also the neck and fingerboard are a work of art .after all these years the neck is straight .....no truss rod.when i master the beast ill put some tunes on ....thanks...allan
- At 21:34 on March 8, 2012,
skip sail said…
hi Jody,met you on your australian tour,we talked Fred Macdowell and Robert Petway and jammed a bit on some fingerpicked blues at Camperdown. Thanks for the welcome to the forum! Skip
- At 7:32am on May 14, 2012, thereallyniceman gave Jody Stecher a gift…
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