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Haye's Clog Hornpipe
What' interesting about this one is in the instructions at the beginning "tune 4th string to "B" an… Tim Twiss Apr 9, 2010 49 views
Ole Tare River
Joel Walker Sweeney Song John Masciale Apr 5, 2010 140 views
Nicodemus Johnson-Reel
Fiddle tune from Ryan's Mammoth Collection. A good lay for the banjo, and a nice motif at the begin… Tim Twiss Apr 5, 2010 85 views
Fairy Dance 2
This is the same tune, no notes compromised, but transposed down to a banjo friendly key for use of… Tim Twiss Apr 3, 2010 37 views
Fairy Dance-Kerr's
This is an old fiddle tune. It may have been (most likely) the source for the song of the same titl… Tim Twiss Apr 3, 2010 63 views
The Battle Cry of Freedom
A Briggs' style arrangement of the tune that so inspired the Union troops. Tim Twiss Apr 1, 2010 170 views
2 Selections from Page 16 of Buckley 1860.
Here is "Lincolnshire Jig", which is "Off To California" (composition credited to Leavitt) complete… Tim Twiss Mar 31, 2010 32 views
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Yankee Doodle-Buckley 1860
Page 17 from the Buckley Banjo Book of 1860. I'm not judging this arrangement....just playing it as… Tim Twiss Mar 30, 2010 36 views
Joe Sweeney's Jig
From the Buckley 1860 Book, and is "Johnny Booker" most likely renamed because of Joe Sweeney's fam… Tim Twiss Mar 29, 2010 77 views
Skiowa Jig
Straight ahead Stroke Style from the Buckley 1860 Book. Tim Twiss Mar 29, 2010 45 views
Jim Crow Jig
Snappy tune from the Buckley banjo Book of 1860. It was published 2 years earlier in the Rice Book… Tim Twiss Mar 29, 2010 82 views
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Parker's Jig
Ladies and Gentlemen, a selection from the Third Gospel of Gut. Tim Twiss Mar 28, 2010 30 views
Prince's Jig and Fairy Dance
These two short pieces come from Buckley's New Banjo Method of 1860. James Buckley and his son G. S… Tim Twiss Mar 27, 2010 102 views
King Of All Reels
From the Buckley Banjo Book of 1860. It's source is found in Ryan's as "Lardner's Reel". A few phra… Tim Twiss Mar 21, 2010 67 views
Cracovienne Quickstep
This is the original, unchanged lead sheet melody for the Cracovienne Quickstep. What is interestin… Tim Twiss Mar 18, 2010 50 views
John Bowlin's Groundhog Strut live :)
Mary Z. Cox & Yazid on Afro/Caribbean drums and John Bowlin 1865 fretless banjo. Mary Z. Cox Mar 17, 2010 124 views
Stroke Instruction-Hard Times
Using the techniques described in Briggs', Rice, and Buckley, a series of Strikes is used and broke… Tim Twiss Mar 17, 2010 98 views
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St. Patrick's Day
Here's one for the day! Fingery and Gordy. Tim Twiss Mar 15, 2010 60 views
Lilliput Polka
Guitar Style piece from the 1886 Analytical Method. This song builds a case for Frank Converse's ab… Tim Twiss Mar 13, 2010 25 views
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