"Useful. These are scans of the copies in the Bodleian. I took a look at them while there a few months ago. It's almost a complete run, I think a few were issues missing..."

"Fantastic, thanks Marc. The extra section indeed fits comfortably on the fretboard. I'll definitely be adding it from now on!"

"Just for fun, I've taken Bernard Sheaff's "Gavotte" and added back in the missing part (Trio?). I basically went out and found notation for BWV 1006 (a violin partita in Emaj), transposed the "Gavotte en Rondeau"…"

"Thank you all, I'm pursuing your suggestions as I write. I have gone through many of the methods, but I don't recall seeing Green's method or the relevant pages in Barnes & Mullins 'Banjo School' -- both of which look…"

"Joel also posted this treatise on tremolo a while back. It is a very concise instruction on a variety of tremolo styles. I highly recommend the study of this book. Sostenuto (Tremolo for Banjo) Method : B. Sheldon Green : Free Download, Borrow, and…"

"Then I recend.  I will say that a little tremolo goes a long way in my opinion. Pretty much all methods published after about 1880 will have something about tremolo, some better than others.  If I remember correctly, I did the…"

"Steven, If you haven't already done so, read the tremolo instructions on p.58 of Herbert J Ellis' 'Advanced School' tutor book and also, the use of finger tips and nails in the instructions for the right hand on p.10. On p.43 of…"

"I have 2 thoughts. If you hold the tremolo finger parallel to the vellum and perpendicular to the string it is going to be awkward and the difference in sound between down and up will be extreme. If when playing tremolo you don't change the…"

"Joel, I should clarify that I play without nails on both guitar and banjo. The unevenness is from the fact that the upstroke of the tremolo is with flesh alone, while the downstroke uses the back of the nail. I wondered if perhaps the nail is…"

"Having long fingernails, modern classical guitar school style, will likely produce an uneven tone.  I expect that there is a good reason why the Spanish guitar version of tremolo, alternating ring, middle and index, took control post Segovia…"

"Thanks Jody, I'll give the middle finger a try, as it were. I don't experience pain or awkwardness, it just sounds bad. Especially as the back of the nail and the fingertip have such different sounds -- it sounds uneven as I strike up and…"

"For single finger tremolo every teacher, printed tutor, and tradition I have encountered prescribes the index finger. It doesn't work for me. It is awkward at best, painful at worst. But if I use the middle finger there are no…"

"Thanks both! Bach like this, the pieces that dance more, seem to work especially well on these banjos. I've been looking at a Chopin nocturne transcription by Farland (not the famous nocturne!) and it's not working for me at the moment. It…"

"The Bullard Prelude is —obviously – very well done, but for my taste the long sustain and natural echo of the banjo setup does not cooperate with the music well.  Classic banjo setup and non-metallic strings does the job better I…"

"Steven, what a delight! I remember waking up one morning in 1992 at the Tennessee Banjo Institute and walking over to the Lodge. I could hear the Gavotte being played inside. I opened the door and John Bullard was sitting in front of the fireplace…"

"This is the first rendition of Bach I've heard on banjo that I've liked. For once it doesn't seem like a gimmick or a mismatch. It just works.  Well done!"