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Nut and Bridge HeightHello: I've spent the past few weeks building my first minstrel banjo and I'm now ready to make a bridge, file down the nut, and put on the… Started by Jeff Kangas |
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Sep 2, 2009 Reply by Jim Moffet |
Stroke Style banjo sighting on TV...In a bow to popular forum fodder... I was watching "Civil War Terror" on the History channel last night. In one sequence they depicted a m… Started by Trapdoor2 |
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Aug 25, 2009 Reply by Trapdoor2 |
More of that Buckin' Rice stuffI am posting a lot of Rice stuff lately, mostly material I skipped over and never played. Tonight's stop brought me to "Hannah, Hannah, whe… Started by Tim Twiss |
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Aug 23, 2009 Reply by Trapdoor2 |
Marc's "Come Shine Out Peggy" arrangements...Ok, I had an hour (or two) to sit down and see what I could come up with. The attached pdf is three seperate arrangements. First is the ori… Started by Trapdoor2 |
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Aug 23, 2009 Reply by Trapdoor2 |
Getting to know the tuneI was playing in the Briggs' book this morning, looking at "Zip Coon"...never really did it before. Then I got to looking at ""Going Ober D… Started by Tim Twiss |
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Aug 20, 2009 Reply by Tim Twiss |
Different strokes for different folksFrom what I have observed from various stroke publications, similar figures appear in a variety of right-hand fingerings. For example, ---… Started by Rob MacKillop |
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Aug 20, 2009 Reply by Trapdoor2 |
Gourd banjo questionGot my Calkins gourd banjo today, and love it. Seems very well-made, with good-quality parts, and despite the nylon strings (they should ma… Started by Rob MacKillop |
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Aug 20, 2009 Reply by Rob MacKillop |
Video productionI've done some WAV editing for CDs and all. Once I get the minstrel stroke methods to a reasonable expertise I may want to consider uploadi… Started by Ron Stanfield |
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Aug 15, 2009 Reply by Rob MacKillop |
BlogsIt might have escaped your notice, but John has added a Blog tab just to the right of the Banjo Clubhouse link. This means you can add your… Started by Rob MacKillop |
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Aug 14, 2009 Reply by Rob MacKillop |
"Thalberg on the Banjo."(From the "Courier des Etate Unis.") "Thalberg, returned to New York from his triumphant tour in the interior, is reposing gracefully and… Started by Carl Anderton |
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Aug 12, 2009 Reply by Rob MacKillop |
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