2026-05-20T00:49:25Z https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/video/listForContributor?screenName=1wg1uh91y994k&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2025-06-04:2667446:Video:208976 2025-06-04T12:49:53.970Z Joel Hooks https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde

<a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/dance-of-the-moths-caprice-a-j-weidt-1914-classic-banjo"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13571118678?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>One of the "tools" I use for practice is the "voice memo" app on my phone. I record myself and then listen to it on the way to work (it is a short commute) to try and hear ways to improve.<br></br> <br></br> I liked the way this one turned out. I've been working on dynamics and voicing more.<br></br> <br></br> Sorry there is no video as this was originally done…

<a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/dance-of-the-moths-caprice-a-j-weidt-1914-classic-banjo"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13571118678?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />One of the "tools" I use for practice is the "voice memo" app on my phone. I record myself and then listen to it on the way to work (it is a short commute) to try and hear ways to improve.<br /> <br /> I liked the way this one turned out. I've been working on dynamics and voicing more.<br /> <br /> Sorry there is no video as this was originally done for my own amusement. Though I sort of like this format and might continue to post recordings this way if I like the way the turn out.<br /> <br /> I am playing my "new" Weaver engraved 1910. tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2025-05-08:2667446:Video:208412 2025-05-08T19:25:52.459Z Joel Hooks https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde

<a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/the-house-rabbit-by-gavin-rice-featuring-the-palmyra-banjo"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13551744485?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>This is the sort of fun we have at the ABF rallies. BTW, my first time playing a "cello banjo"-- Gavin handed me the score and the banjo and said "you are playing this".<br></br> <br></br> The House Rabbit, composed by Gavin Rice , 2023. Arranged for banjo club by Gavin 2025.<br></br> <br></br> The Palmyra Banjo Quartet: Gavin, Conductor and Banjeaurine…

<a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/the-house-rabbit-by-gavin-rice-featuring-the-palmyra-banjo"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13551744485?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />This is the sort of fun we have at the ABF rallies. BTW, my first time playing a "cello banjo"-- Gavin handed me the score and the banjo and said "you are playing this".<br /> <br /> The House Rabbit, composed by Gavin Rice , 2023. Arranged for banjo club by Gavin 2025.<br /> <br /> The Palmyra Banjo Quartet: Gavin, Conductor and Banjeaurine<br /> <br /> Sam Harris, 1st Banjo<br /> <br /> Aaron Jonah 2nd Banjo<br /> <br /> Joel Hooks, Cello/Bass Banjo tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2024-11-01:2667446:Video:203992 2024-11-01T14:34:37.894Z Joel Hooks https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde

<a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/hallowe-en-dance-walter-burke-1920-classic-banjo"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13095046673?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>As far as I have been able to discover, this is the only “Classic era” banjo piece that is expressly Halloween themed. There are plenty of supernatural themed pieces but no others that mention Halloween by name.<br></br> <br></br> Performed on an early Alfred Weaver with metal fingerboard and Labella Nylon strings.<br></br> <br></br> This number also appears as “Pajama…

<a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/hallowe-en-dance-walter-burke-1920-classic-banjo"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13095046673?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />As far as I have been able to discover, this is the only “Classic era” banjo piece that is expressly Halloween themed. There are plenty of supernatural themed pieces but no others that mention Halloween by name.<br /> <br /> Performed on an early Alfred Weaver with metal fingerboard and Labella Nylon strings.<br /> <br /> This number also appears as “Pajama Dance” in the “Mel Bay Banjo Method” by Frank C. Bradbury from 1967. tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2024-10-31:2667446:Video:204058 2024-10-31T23:24:58.475Z Joel Hooks https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde

<a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/jack-o-lantern-breakdown-herbert-j-ellis-classic-banjo-shorts"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13093428081?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Jack O Lantern Breakdown, Herbert J. Ellis. Number 14 from “Turner’s 60 Breakdowns, Jigs &amp; Hornpipes For The Banjo”.Played on an Alfred Weaver banjo with metal fingerboard.

<a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/jack-o-lantern-breakdown-herbert-j-ellis-classic-banjo-shorts"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13093428081?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Jack O Lantern Breakdown, Herbert J. Ellis. Number 14 from “Turner’s 60 Breakdowns, Jigs &amp; Hornpipes For The Banjo”.Played on an Alfred Weaver banjo with metal fingerboard. tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2024-10-28:2667446:Video:203793 2024-10-28T18:06:48.711Z Joel Hooks https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde

<a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/angel-s-lullaby-c-s-delano-1902-classic-banjo-tremolo"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13076226087?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Classic banjo solo featuring the “tremolo” technique from 1902.Played on a Clifford Essex Metal Hoop Special made about a decade after this piece was published.<br></br> <br></br> This was my 4th take and my finger was getting…

<a href="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/video/angel-s-lullaby-c-s-delano-1902-classic-banjo-tremolo"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13076226087?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Classic banjo solo featuring the “tremolo” technique from 1902.Played on a Clifford Essex Metal Hoop Special made about a decade after this piece was published.<br /> <br /> This was my 4th take and my finger was getting tired.