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"Briggs was dead (d. 1854) and the book is somewhat of a "tribute"."

Trapdoor2 replied Jan 12, 2019 to Briggs named quite a few tunes after himself

 3 Jan 12, 2019
Reply by Chris Prieto

"Funnily (at least to me), guitar-style picking has two roots, European and African.…"

Trapdoor2 replied Jun 30, 2018 to Reading musical notation for the various Tutor books

 37 Jul 15, 2018
Reply by M'lou Brubaker

"They're talking about 3-finger (and sometimes 4-finger) picking, exactly like Scrugg…"

Trapdoor2 replied Jun 30, 2018 to Reading musical notation for the various Tutor books

 37 Jul 15, 2018
Reply by M'lou Brubaker

"I attended the very last "Tennessee Banjo Institute" in 1992 and was fascinated by C…"

Trapdoor2 replied Jun 25, 2018 to A Question

 11 Jun 26, 2018
Reply by Mike Bostock

"Errata: m25 should show C-naturals wherever they occur. The original only shows it o…"

Trapdoor2 replied Jun 14, 2018 to Ed Hulse anyone?

 1 Jun 14, 2018
Reply by Trapdoor2

"Here's the other Baur Piece from the LOC site: "Wade Matson's Favorite". I'm getting…"

Trapdoor2 replied Jun 4, 2018 to The Banjoist's Budget

 6 Jun 7, 2018
Reply by Chris Prieto

"A copy of my original is available online here: Banjoist's Budget  I believe Baur pu…"

Trapdoor2 replied Jun 3, 2018 to The Banjoist's Budget

 6 Jun 7, 2018
Reply by Chris Prieto

"My $0.02... The fad of the banjo was distributed primarily by white musicians as a f…"

Trapdoor2 replied Jul 21, 2016 to Early banjo finger style description

 7 Jul 21, 2016
Reply by Trapdoor2

"It has too much empty space for the banjo, in my opinion. Requires instrumentation t…"

Trapdoor2 replied Mar 10, 2016 to Lincolns Funeral March

 6 Mar 10, 2016
Reply by Chris Prieto

"Yah, different composers. The one in the video is also in the LOC...but is by W.J. R…"

Trapdoor2 replied Mar 10, 2016 to Lincolns Funeral March

 6 Mar 10, 2016
Reply by Chris Prieto

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