Jacobs Banjo Collection Vol 3 Clean Scan

[Joel Hooks]

Last night I scanned the Jacobs Banjo Collection #3 so that the print is dark and easy to read and use.

This finally replaces all the older scans that were done by Hal Allert that were very light and difficult to read. 

I've only been able to scan the first 8 collections, #s 9 and 10 are for plectrum and I have not had access to originals to scan. 

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[Russ Chandler]

Just having a look at these - Paganini Waltz in volume 1 is a sweet little tune!

[Joel Hooks]

In 1908 Jacobs bought the Gatcomb catalog and started engraving new plates in C notation, many of those are in this collection.  

These are one of my go to evening reading things.  I like pretty much all of the pieces, some are kinda weird, but for the most part these are great.  Well edited with minimum errors.

[Jody Stecher]

I'm curious about the kinda weird ones. Can you direct me to one or two of them?

Joel Hooks said:

In 1908 Jacobs bought the Gatcomb catalog and started engraving new plates in C notation, many of those are in this collection.  

These are one of my go to evening reading things.  I like pretty much all of the pieces, some are kinda weird, but for the most part these are great.  Well edited with minimum errors.

[Joel Hooks]

Cowboy Capers was one I was playing with last night.  Try it out!  It is like a "indian intermezzo" or something. 

[Joel Hooks]

Ah Sin in Vol 5-- trying to be Chinese but is kind of weird. 

Oh, don't get me wrong, I love them all. 

[Jody Stecher]

Cowboy Capers and Ah Sin are oddly similar in that they each have a surfeit of cuteness which I think is meant to be atmospheric.  I hear the "ChingChongChinaman" thing in Ah Sin. I'm thinking the rhythms of Cowboy Capers are meant to represent the clippity clop of hooves but to me it sounds more like the horse of the old milkman than the cowboy's horse (but of course if T Allen had done his research he'd be attempting to invoke the movement of a bicycle! )

Is the D minor-ness meant to be Amerindian? Probably.    So OK, now I know what you mean by weird.  

[Trapdoor2]

Looks great, Joel!

I agree, these are generally excellent tunes, fun to work thru.