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29 Frets?
Well, I can't say that I've ever seen a 29-fret banjo!
This is from the J. H. Jennings collection Joel has on his Internet Archive site. "Derby Day Galop de Concert". To his credit, he does include an alternate three measures that aren't in the cheese-slicer/nosebleed section. ;-)
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Permalink Reply by Joel Hooks
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Cammeyer described Farland's concert with "many notes stopped on the vellum itself". I presume that was the case here.
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Permalink Reply by Trapdoor2
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I thought the same...I don't recall ever seeing it notated with fret numbers.
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Permalink Reply by Jody Stecher
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Could this fingering past the highest fret be the reason or one of the reasons that Farland banjos were fitted with a metal head instead of an animal hide? On the fretted fingerboard the sound is the result of contact of flesh, metal and gut (fingertip, fret, and string). On a metal banjo head the same three elements would be in contact with each other.
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