RE: Oldbeginner - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-29T07:41:27Zhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/re-oldbeginner?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A19951&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAlso check out the videos on…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2011-01-04:2477478:Comment:199512011-01-04T02:10:39.000ZPaul Certohttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/PaulCerto
<p>Also check out the videos on here and at the Banjo Clubhouse. There's no tool more important than your own ears.</p>
<p>Paul</p>
<p>Also check out the videos on here and at the Banjo Clubhouse. There's no tool more important than your own ears.</p>
<p>Paul</p> Thank you John for such wonde…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2011-01-04:2477478:Comment:199482011-01-04T00:28:38.000Zoldbeginnerhttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/oldbeginner
Thank you John for such wonderful information. I will be checking them all out in the cays to come. Thanks again for the information.<br></br>
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<cite>John Masciale said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/re-oldbeginner#2477478Comment19945"><div><p>There are some excellent places to start. The first question is whether you read music, tablature, or both. If you read tab, two great places to start are The Dr. Horsehair/Bob Flesher books. …</p>
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Thank you John for such wonderful information. I will be checking them all out in the cays to come. Thanks again for the information.<br/>
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<cite>John Masciale said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/re-oldbeginner#2477478Comment19945"><div><p>There are some excellent places to start. The first question is whether you read music, tablature, or both. If you read tab, two great places to start are The Dr. Horsehair/Bob Flesher books. <a href="http://www.drhorsehair.com/bookbag.html">http://www.drhorsehair.com/bookbag.html</a></p>
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<p>His <em>Learning Minstrel Banjo</em> and <em>The Minstrel Banjo Stroke Style</em> books are where I first got started. Joe Weidlich's book</p>
<p><em>The Early Minstrel Banjo: Technique and Repertoire</em></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Early-Minstrel-Banjo-Technique-Repertoire/dp/1574241338/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294098463&sr=8-2">http://www.amazon.com/Early-Minstrel-Banjo-Technique-Repertoire/dp/...</a></p>
<p>is also an excellent resource.</p>
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<p>Eventually you will want to look at the banjo instructors</p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Briggs, T. F. (1855 / 1992). <i>Briggs' Banjo Instructor.</i> Boston, Ma / Bremo Bluff, Va: OliverDitson / Tuckahoe Music.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Buckley, J. (1868). <i>Buckley's Banjo Guide.</i> Boston, Ma: Oliver Ditson & Co.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Buckley, J. (1860). <i>Buckley's New Banjo Method.</i> Boston, Ma: Oliver Ditson & Company.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Converse, F. B. (1886). <i>Frank B Converse's Analytic Banjo Method.</i> New York: S. T. Gordon & Son.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Converse, F. B. (1865). <i>Frank B Converse's New and Complete Method for the Banjo, With or Without a Master.</i> New York: S.T. Gordon.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Some of these are available at the banjo clubhouse (see the link on our main menu bar).</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Additional resource that I use are:</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Partner, D., & Sims, E. J. (2008). <i>With My Banjo ON My Knee.</i> Anaheim Hills, Ca: Centerstream Publishing, Inc.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Rice, P. (1858). <i>Phil. Rice's Method for hte Banjo, with or without a master.</i> Boston, Ma: Oliver Ditson & Co.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Sky, P. (2001). <i>Howe's 1000 Jigs and Reels, clog dances, contra dances...</i> Pacific, Mo: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Sky, P. (1995). <i>Ryan's Mammoth Collection - 1050 Reels and Jigs and how to play them.</i> Pacific, Mo: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Weidlich, J. (2004). <i>The Early Minstrel Banjo Technique and Repertoire.</i> Aneheim Hills, Ca: Centerstream Publishing.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Williams, V. (2008). <i>The Peter Beemer Manuscript.</i> Seattle, Wa: Voyager Recordings and Publications.</font></font></span></p>
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</blockquote> There are some excellent plac…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2011-01-03:2477478:Comment:199452011-01-03T23:52:34.000ZJohn Mascialehttp://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/JohnMasciale
<p>There are some excellent places to start. The first question is whether you read music, tablature, or both. If you read tab, two great places to start are The Dr. Horsehair/Bob Flesher books. <a href="http://www.drhorsehair.com/bookbag.html">http://www.drhorsehair.com/bookbag.html</a></p>
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<p>His <em>Learning Minstrel Banjo</em> and <em>The Minstrel Banjo Stroke Style</em> books are where I first got started. Joe Weidlich's book</p>
<p><em>The Early Minstrel Banjo: Technique and…</em></p>
<p>There are some excellent places to start. The first question is whether you read music, tablature, or both. If you read tab, two great places to start are The Dr. Horsehair/Bob Flesher books. <a href="http://www.drhorsehair.com/bookbag.html">http://www.drhorsehair.com/bookbag.html</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>His <em>Learning Minstrel Banjo</em> and <em>The Minstrel Banjo Stroke Style</em> books are where I first got started. Joe Weidlich's book</p>
<p><em>The Early Minstrel Banjo: Technique and Repertoire</em></p>
<h1 class="parseasinTitle"><span id="btAsinTitle"> </span></h1>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Early-Minstrel-Banjo-Technique-Repertoire/dp/1574241338/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294098463&sr=8-2">http://www.amazon.com/Early-Minstrel-Banjo-Technique-Repertoire/dp/1574241338/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294098463&sr=8-2</a></p>
<p>is also an excellent resource.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Eventually you will want to look at the banjo instructors</p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Briggs, T. F. (1855 / 1992). <i>Briggs' Banjo Instructor.</i> Boston, Ma / Bremo Bluff, Va: OliverDitson / Tuckahoe Music.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Buckley, J. (1868). <i>Buckley's Banjo Guide.</i> Boston, Ma: Oliver Ditson & Co.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Buckley, J. (1860). <i>Buckley's New Banjo Method.</i> Boston, Ma: Oliver Ditson & Company.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Converse, F. B. (1886). <i>Frank B Converse's Analytic Banjo Method.</i> New York: S. T. Gordon & Son.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Converse, F. B. (1865). <i>Frank B Converse's New and Complete Method for the Banjo, With or Without a Master.</i> New York: S.T. Gordon.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Some of these are available at the banjo clubhouse (see the link on our main menu bar).</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Additional resource that I use are:</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Partner, D., & Sims, E. J. (2008). <i>With My Banjo ON My Knee.</i> Anaheim Hills, Ca: Centerstream Publishing, Inc.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Rice, P. (1858). <i>Phil. Rice's Method for hte Banjo, with or without a master.</i> Boston, Ma: Oliver Ditson & Co.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Sky, P. (2001). <i>Howe's 1000 Jigs and Reels, clog dances, contra dances...</i> Pacific, Mo: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Sky, P. (1995). <i>Ryan's Mammoth Collection - 1050 Reels and Jigs and how to play them.</i> Pacific, Mo: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Weidlich, J. (2004). <i>The Early Minstrel Banjo Technique and Repertoire.</i> Aneheim Hills, Ca: Centerstream Publishing.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Williams, V. (2008). <i>The Peter Beemer Manuscript.</i> Seattle, Wa: Voyager Recordings and Publications.</font></font></span></p>
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