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World's Exposition March

from Hamilton's Banjo Folio in 1890'
https://archive.org/details/HamiltonsBanjoFolio/mode/2up
The Banjo I played is an "American beauty" made by T.B.Rogers made around 1905 in Chicago.
"World's Exposition March" Imagine...

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Comment by carrie horgan on August 30, 2020 at 12:46: Great - nice to hear both banjo parts played together.

Comment by Trapdoor2 on August 30, 2020 at 15:08: Bravo! Well done!

This is the first time I've heard one of the pieces from this Folio actually played. I have always thought that the Hamilton Folio was a time capsule waiting to be opened. Since I bought it 20yrs ago (or more, I can't remember), I've only seen one other copy. Very glad Joel got it scanned...the original is so fragile, it is barely hanging together.

This is one of Joel's "transitional" Bb tuning schemes: fBbFAC (just a whole tone lower than gCGBD and just a half tone higher than A notation's eAEG#B). Still read out of A notation.

I like it and I'll put it in the queue to translate into C Notation (and Tab, of course).

Comment by thereallyniceman on August 30, 2020 at 17:24: Thank you so much Satoshi! That was a beautiful piece of music played with such great feeling.

5***** from me and now I will listen to you again.

Comment by John Cohen on October 7, 2020 at 0:44: Excellent playing. What a beautiful banjo.