I've been playing around with a 7 string banjo for about 6 months now and I'm am now looking for some 7 string sheet music. I'm currently working through what is available for the scan of  Ellis' Thorough School for the 6 or 7 String Banjo which is missing pages but is still a pretty solid Tutor. I already found posting with The Devil Still Pursues Her and Horace Weston's Grand March which are both great pieces if anyone ever wants to tackle them on the 7. Grand March is looking to be a little demanding especially when I'm playing on a fretless but I love Weston's compositions. Anyways, any help in locating some pieces would be greatly appreciated.

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Comment by Richard William Ineson on December 19, 2020 at 9:29

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Comment by Richard William Ineson on December 19, 2020 at 12:21
'Banjo Gems has ten pages (some may be missing) there are four pages of variations on 'Home Sweet Home' and five pages of what are described as 'Dance Tunes'. 'Columbia Breakdown', 'The Star Jig', 'Cherokee Breakdown' 'The Detroit Breakdown ' (Didn't they make cars in Detroit? 'Walk along John'. Cameron's suppository, sorry repository has about twenty pages of music, mainly composed by Ballantine but there are also some arrangements of well known songs,'Comin' Tho' the Rye' 'YeBanks and Braes', 'Ellen Bayne'. etc.My scanner will not scan these crumbling pages.
Comment by thereallyniceman on December 19, 2020 at 13:49

W.E. Ballantine Banjo Gems.

My copy is a bit rough but I have added it to the JOURNALS and ALBUMS page

JOURNALS and SONG ALBUMS

Comment by Richard William Ineson on December 19, 2020 at 15:52
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne PC (29 April 1829 – 6 February 1893), known as E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen, was a British Liberal and later Conservative politician.
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Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne.
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Comment by Byron Thomas on December 21, 2020 at 15:59

Thank you all so much for the assistance! This has truly been a wealth of information to be able to read. Does anyone have science to explain extra bass string reducing the power and brilliance of the top strings? I'm wondering if this would have had the same effect on early guitar banjos or if it was just a thing of preference. Does the drum head of a banjo just lend clearer tone to shorter frequencies?

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