Early Banjo Complete - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-29T15:04:55Zhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/early-banjo-complete?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A129893&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThanks. I enjoy improving and…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-12:2477478:Comment:1297952015-07-12T19:59:55.190ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>Thanks. I enjoy improving and sharing all this. I keep thinking ahead. I do want to revamp the Primer. I have improved with Sibelius and Adobe to create a more uniform format. I also want to really extend the repertoire section.</p>
<p>Thanks. I enjoy improving and sharing all this. I keep thinking ahead. I do want to revamp the Primer. I have improved with Sibelius and Adobe to create a more uniform format. I also want to really extend the repertoire section.</p> I think I have pretty much al…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-12:2477478:Comment:1298992015-07-12T19:35:56.708ZStrumeliahttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Strumelia
<p>I think I have pretty much all of your tutor recordings Tim. It's great to have them when one sees a page of hard-to-interpret tutor scan...with the push of a button one can hear it played! Very very helpful to have this huge resource. :)</p>
<p>I think I have pretty much all of your tutor recordings Tim. It's great to have them when one sees a page of hard-to-interpret tutor scan...with the push of a button one can hear it played! Very very helpful to have this huge resource. :)</p> Thanks Lee.tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-12:2477478:Comment:1298982015-07-12T15:54:02.458ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>Thanks Lee.</p>
<p>Thanks Lee.</p> Tim, if I were to characteriz…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-12:2477478:Comment:1296272015-07-12T15:24:48.230ZLeonidas (Lee) Joneshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/LeonidasJones
Tim, if I were to characterize your efforts, the best description I have is herculean! to be willing to share your knowledge is a wonderful thing, but you go beyond the extra mile, maybe an extra Marathon!
Tim, if I were to characterize your efforts, the best description I have is herculean! to be willing to share your knowledge is a wonderful thing, but you go beyond the extra mile, maybe an extra Marathon! Such kind words. I am gratefu…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-12:2477478:Comment:1298972015-07-12T14:42:58.519ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>Such kind words. I am grateful Mike. I appreciate feedback to know that my efforts in sharing this special genre is on or off the mark. <br></br> <br></br> <cite>Michael Ananian said:</cite></p>
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<p>Thank you!!! Like Barbara, I'm a newcomer to minstrel banjo. I'm also a newcomer to…</p>
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<p>Such kind words. I am grateful Mike. I appreciate feedback to know that my efforts in sharing this special genre is on or off the mark. <br/> <br/> <cite>Michael Ananian said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/early-banjo-complete?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A129894&xg_source=activity#2477478Comment129894"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Dear Tim,</p>
<p>Thank you!!! Like Barbara, I'm a newcomer to minstrel banjo. I'm also a newcomer to music and the banjo. I bought "Early Banjo Complete." I also bought your "Early Banjo Booklet and CD," another fantastic resource. </p>
<p>You've done a huge amount of work for the rest of trying to learn Stroke Style. Without your efforts, I would be at a loss as to how to get started--I don't know of any experts where I live from whom I could take lessons. I guess there's always the internet, but internet resources are scattered and piecemeal at best, not comprehensive and complete like your primers/tutors. Not only are your teaching materials making it possible for me to learn Banjo Style, but they are also teaching me history; "Early Banjo Complete" is also ethnomusicology! It is extremely helpful to have the audio aids, i.e. your demonstrations of technique and the songs. The audio helps me get the proper rhythm and timing of the early banjo licks/techniques and the songs, which for a newcomer to music hugely augments instruction from sight reading and written instructions. I bet Converse would have loved to leave for posterity audio aids for learning this music--if only he could have! You have taken his legacy and complemented it significantly. </p>
<p>In Mountain and Clawhammer Banjo and Old Time Music, for instance, there are lots of manuals and CDs that augment aural and visual/sight-reading instruction traditions. In addition, there are lots of teachers, jamming opportunities, festivals, and banjo camps, here in North Carolina--and across the nation--to learn these styles of music. There is no equivalent apparatus for learning Antebellum banjo. "Early Banjo Complete" seems like the most comprehensive attempt for the beginner and intermediate banjoist to learn early playing styles and music of the banjo. </p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Mike Ananian</p>
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Thank you!!! Like B…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-12:2477478:Comment:1298942015-07-12T12:36:28.990ZMichael Ananianhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/MichaelAnanian
<p>Dear Tim,</p>
<p>Thank you!!! Like Barbara, I'm a newcomer to minstrel banjo. I'm also a newcomer to music and the banjo. I bought "Early Banjo Complete." I also bought your "Early Banjo Booklet and CD," another fantastic resource. </p>
<p>You've done a huge amount of work for the rest of trying to learn Stroke Style. Without your efforts, I would be at a loss as to how to get started--I don't know of any experts where I live from whom I could take lessons. I guess there's always the…</p>
<p>Dear Tim,</p>
<p>Thank you!!! Like Barbara, I'm a newcomer to minstrel banjo. I'm also a newcomer to music and the banjo. I bought "Early Banjo Complete." I also bought your "Early Banjo Booklet and CD," another fantastic resource. </p>
<p>You've done a huge amount of work for the rest of trying to learn Stroke Style. Without your efforts, I would be at a loss as to how to get started--I don't know of any experts where I live from whom I could take lessons. I guess there's always the internet, but internet resources are scattered and piecemeal at best, not comprehensive and complete like your primers/tutors. Not only are your teaching materials making it possible for me to learn Banjo Style, but they are also teaching me history; "Early Banjo Complete" is also ethnomusicology! It is extremely helpful to have the audio aids, i.e. your demonstrations of technique and the songs. The audio helps me get the proper rhythm and timing of the early banjo licks/techniques and the songs, which for a newcomer to music hugely augments instruction from sight reading and written instructions. I bet Converse would have loved to leave for posterity audio aids for learning this music--if only he could have! You have taken his legacy and complemented it significantly. </p>
<p>In Mountain and Clawhammer Banjo and Old Time Music, for instance, there are lots of manuals and CDs that augment aural and visual/sight-reading instruction traditions. In addition, there are lots of teachers, jamming opportunities, festivals, and banjo camps, here in North Carolina--and across the nation--to learn these styles of music. There is no equivalent apparatus for learning Antebellum banjo. "Early Banjo Complete" seems like the most comprehensive attempt for the beginner and intermediate banjoist to learn early playing styles and music of the banjo. </p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Mike Ananian</p>
<p></p> I agree that the linear forma…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-12:2477478:Comment:1297942015-07-12T02:32:00.172ZRichard Katzhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Richardkatz
I agree that the linear format is difficult. How about re-designing the site? Take a look at <a href="http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewforum.php?f=6" target="_blank">http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewforum.php?f=6</a>. It is extremely well layed out and easy to navigate. Just a suggestion.
I agree that the linear format is difficult. How about re-designing the site? Take a look at <a href="http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewforum.php?f=6" target="_blank">http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewforum.php?f=6</a>. It is extremely well layed out and easy to navigate. Just a suggestion. The trouble with this site is…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-11:2477478:Comment:1297922015-07-11T14:52:41.737ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>The trouble with this site is the linear nature of a discussion. Coming in midway IS confusing. Constantly restating the obvious is obnoxious. Not sure what to do. </p>
<p>The trouble with this site is the linear nature of a discussion. Coming in midway IS confusing. Constantly restating the obvious is obnoxious. Not sure what to do. </p> I haven't bought it yet, and…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-11:2477478:Comment:1297082015-07-11T14:49:51.241ZStrumeliahttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Strumelia
<p>I haven't bought it yet, and others who read or come new to the site as newbies may not have bought it yet either, yet be reading this. But that's cool, I certainly hear what you are saying- please feel free to delete my posts on this as they probably only distract from this thread. I'll butt out now! :)</p>
<p>I haven't bought it yet, and others who read or come new to the site as newbies may not have bought it yet either, yet be reading this. But that's cool, I certainly hear what you are saying- please feel free to delete my posts on this as they probably only distract from this thread. I'll butt out now! :)</p> At the point one is reading t…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2015-07-11:2477478:Comment:1297912015-07-11T14:42:10.633ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
<p>At the point one is reading this, they have already purchased it. It is a document on the drive. They know what they bought. I just wanted to explain my concept and purpose in doing the work.</p>
<p>At the point one is reading this, they have already purchased it. It is a document on the drive. They know what they bought. I just wanted to explain my concept and purpose in doing the work.</p>