MINSTREL TUNES IN A SCOTTISH TUNE BOOK - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-29T06:32:47Zhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/minstrel-tunes-in-a-scottish?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A19059&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAll my actual banjo music is…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2010-10-13:2477478:Comment:190602010-10-13T17:40:20.000ZIan Bellhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/IanBell
All my actual banjo music is either from Tuckahoe reprints or Tim Twiss' amazing library of PDF files on the BanjoClubhouse site<br />
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<cite>Wayne Shrubsall said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/minstrel-tunes-in-a-scottish?xg_source=activity&id=2477478%3ATopic%3A18821&page=2#2477478Comment19059"><div>Ian,<br></br>I am sure you have the banjo books Joe Ayers reprints for minstrel era banjo, dating from 1855 to 1865. Do you have any of the Septimus…</div>
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All my actual banjo music is either from Tuckahoe reprints or Tim Twiss' amazing library of PDF files on the BanjoClubhouse site<br />
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<cite>Wayne Shrubsall said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/minstrel-tunes-in-a-scottish?xg_source=activity&id=2477478%3ATopic%3A18821&page=2#2477478Comment19059"><div>Ian,<br/>I am sure you have the banjo books Joe Ayers reprints for minstrel era banjo, dating from 1855 to 1865. Do you have any of the Septimus Winner "How to Play________" books from the Nineteenth Century? Most of what i have is for banjo, but there are some collections I have from the later 19th century, and almost all are xerox reprints.</div>
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I am sure you have the b…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2010-10-13:2477478:Comment:190592010-10-13T17:15:03.000ZWayne Shrubsallhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/WayneShrubsall
Ian,<br />
I am sure you have the banjo books Joe Ayers reprints for minstrel era banjo, dating from 1855 to 1865. Do you have any of the Septimus Winner "How to Play________" books from the Nineteenth Century? Most of what i have is for banjo, but there are some collections I have from the later 19th century, and almost all are xerox reprints.
Ian,<br />
I am sure you have the banjo books Joe Ayers reprints for minstrel era banjo, dating from 1855 to 1865. Do you have any of the Septimus Winner "How to Play________" books from the Nineteenth Century? Most of what i have is for banjo, but there are some collections I have from the later 19th century, and almost all are xerox reprints. Wayne - I would check any pla…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2010-10-13:2477478:Comment:190562010-10-13T14:34:28.000ZIan Bellhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/IanBell
Wayne - I would check any place that sells books of fiddle tunes - especially Celtic-related stuff. Scottish import stores too, maybe. I haven't actually seen a Kerr's book in a store in Ontario for some years (but then I haven't really been looking) I just replaced my long-gone copy of Volume 2. by ordering online from <a href="http://www.footstompin.com/collections/books/fiddle_music" target="_blank">www.footstompin.com/collections/books/fiddle_music</a> . It only took about a week for this…
Wayne - I would check any place that sells books of fiddle tunes - especially Celtic-related stuff. Scottish import stores too, maybe. I haven't actually seen a Kerr's book in a store in Ontario for some years (but then I haven't really been looking) I just replaced my long-gone copy of Volume 2. by ordering online from <a href="http://www.footstompin.com/collections/books/fiddle_music" target="_blank">www.footstompin.com/collections/books/fiddle_music</a> . It only took about a week for this to get to me from wherever in the Britsh Isles it was sent.<br />
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<cite>Wayne Shrubsall said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/minstrel-tunes-in-a-scottish?xg_source=activity#2477478Comment19046"><div>Where would a guy get a copy of the Kerr's here in the States?<br/><br/>WS</div>
</blockquote> Where would a guy get a copy…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2010-10-13:2477478:Comment:190462010-10-13T04:43:17.000ZWayne Shrubsallhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/WayneShrubsall
Where would a guy get a copy of the Kerr's here in the States?<br />
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Where would a guy get a copy of the Kerr's here in the States?<br />
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WS I just finished playing "Esse…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2010-10-13:2477478:Comment:190412010-10-13T02:16:09.000ZTim Twisshttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TimTwiss
I just finished playing "Essence of Old Virginny" from the music Ian posted. I like these even more the further I get into them. If it is not a correct interpretation, I apologize, but I am finding something that rings in my soul...a groove we don't do very often in this early music. "Slow" is the tempo marking....too slow?? not sure. Try playing them...you'll be hypnotized by the feel.
I just finished playing "Essence of Old Virginny" from the music Ian posted. I like these even more the further I get into them. If it is not a correct interpretation, I apologize, but I am finding something that rings in my soul...a groove we don't do very often in this early music. "Slow" is the tempo marking....too slow?? not sure. Try playing them...you'll be hypnotized by the feel. Point taken Rob - I shall.
R…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2010-10-11:2477478:Comment:190202010-10-11T22:39:20.000ZIan Bellhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/IanBell
<br/>Point taken Rob - I shall.
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<cite>Rob MacKillop said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/minstrel-tunes-in-a-scottish?xg_source=activity#2477478Comment19019"><div>Tell him yourself: nigelgatherer@mac.com - I'm sure he'd love to hear from you.</div>
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<br/>Point taken Rob - I shall.
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<cite>Rob MacKillop said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/minstrel-tunes-in-a-scottish?xg_source=activity#2477478Comment19019"><div>Tell him yourself: nigelgatherer@mac.com - I'm sure he'd love to hear from you.</div>
</blockquote> Tell him yourself: nigelgathe…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2010-10-11:2477478:Comment:190192010-10-11T21:16:21.000ZRob MacKillophttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/RobMacKillop
Tell him yourself: nigelgatherer@mac.com - I'm sure he'd love to hear from you.
Tell him yourself: nigelgatherer@mac.com - I'm sure he'd love to hear from you. I like him already, Rob. Soun…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2010-10-11:2477478:Comment:190182010-10-11T19:56:41.000ZIan Bellhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/IanBell
I like him already, Rob. Sounds like he's on the side of the angels. Thank him for me if you see him!<br />
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<cite>Rob MacKillop said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/minstrel-tunes-in-a-scottish?xg_source=activity#2477478Comment19017"><div>Nigel is a great guy. Runs a mandolin mini orchestra and a beginners traditional music session in a pub. Committed.</div>
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I like him already, Rob. Sounds like he's on the side of the angels. Thank him for me if you see him!<br />
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<cite>Rob MacKillop said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/minstrel-tunes-in-a-scottish?xg_source=activity#2477478Comment19017"><div>Nigel is a great guy. Runs a mandolin mini orchestra and a beginners traditional music session in a pub. Committed.</div>
</blockquote> Nigel is a great guy. Runs a…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2010-10-11:2477478:Comment:190172010-10-11T19:03:39.000ZRob MacKillophttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/RobMacKillop
Nigel is a great guy. Runs a mandolin mini orchestra and a beginners traditional music session in a pub. Committed.
Nigel is a great guy. Runs a mandolin mini orchestra and a beginners traditional music session in a pub. Committed. Tim - In answer to your quest…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2010-10-11:2477478:Comment:190162010-10-11T18:41:34.000ZIan Bellhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/IanBell
Tim - In answer to your question. Although they share many tunes with Ryans, I've always thought of The four Kerr's "Merry Melodies" books as a collection unto themselves. That said, I've never sat down to actually compare the 1200 or so total tunes in Kerr's with the 1050 in the American book. They're both from exactly the same era. I think you'll find Kerr's has a lot more strathspeys and Scottish reels. Both collections contain a lot of the same "Billboard 100" Irish standards. (The same…
Tim - In answer to your question. Although they share many tunes with Ryans, I've always thought of The four Kerr's "Merry Melodies" books as a collection unto themselves. That said, I've never sat down to actually compare the 1200 or so total tunes in Kerr's with the 1050 in the American book. They're both from exactly the same era. I think you'll find Kerr's has a lot more strathspeys and Scottish reels. Both collections contain a lot of the same "Billboard 100" Irish standards. (The same ones everybody still plays!) Kerr's has fiddler's adaptations of operatic melodies and flavour of the month waltzes from that era.<br />
I love Kerr's #1 above all. All the old-timers up here knew this book and it's what I learned much of my basic Scots/Irish repertoire from (once I figured out how to read music - in my 20s) I must be on my fourth copy - having given the others away to people who were just finding their way into this kind of music.<br />
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Here is a link to a complete list of all the tunes in all the Kerr's book that someone put up on his website (Bless his heart) You could o some "window shopping" here before you order. <a href="http://www.nigelgatherer.com/books/kerr/kreel.html" target="_blank">http://www.nigelgatherer.com/books/kerr/kreel.html</a>