For enthusiasts of early banjo
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The Bold Privateer
Guitar Style piece from the 1871 book by Frank Converse..."The Banjoist". Played on a Luscomb. Tim Twiss Aug 20, 2012 75 views
The Ripple Clog Hornpipe
Another take....better equipment. Tim Twiss Aug 19, 2012 47 views
Hungarian Polka
Converse 1871, using Hybrid style of play. Tim Twiss Aug 19, 2012 60 views
Ripple Clog Hornpipe
Done from the camera on my laptop. Not good, but my camera was left at the store...too lazy to go g… Tim Twiss Aug 18, 2012 31 views
La Favorite with guitar backup
Totally a cheeseball way of doing it, but I wanted to hear the harmony on top of this melody. Perha… Tim Twiss Aug 16, 2012 62 views
McFlanagan's Jig
1871, played "Banjo Style"..i.e. Stroke. The highly ornamented piece comes from the Frank Converse… Tim Twiss Aug 16, 2012 97 views
La Favorita
Frank Converse arrranged a bit of opera for the banjo. Here is a piece from the 1871 book "The Banj… Tim Twiss Aug 15, 2012 46 views
Gaetano Donizetti & Antonino Pasculli - La favorita - "Silenzio! Silenzio!" (Burkhard Glaetzner & Ileana Cotrubas)
A charming cabaletta for soprano from Donizetti's "La favorita". Check in at :45. This is the secti… Tim Twiss Aug 15, 2012 69 views
Clog Hornpipe
Taken from Frank Converse's book "The Banjoist" 1871, played "Banjo Style". Relative humidity 59%,… Tim Twiss Aug 13, 2012 100 views
Drowsy Maggie
From the Converse 1871 book, "The Banjoist". Played fingerstyle on a Luscomb banjo. Tim Twiss Aug 11, 2012 106 views
Doug Chambers Berkeley, CA June 24, 2012
Shot this at the Berkeley, CA Juneteenth Celebration. Berkeley banjoist, Douglas Chambers showed up… James Hartel Aug 10, 2012 138 views
Star Spangled Banner
In the spirit of the Olympics....courtesy of one of the first songs in the Frank Converse 1871 book. Tim Twiss Aug 6, 2012 120 views
Shamisen Playing 2005
This is me playing the Shamisen at Mt. Osorezan, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. 2005. The Shamisen is th… Genford Brewington Aug 6, 2012 116 views
"Early Black Banjo Piece"
For the provenance of this tune, and for the tab by Jim Dalton, go to http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com… Paul Draper Aug 6, 2012 207 views
Listen to the Mockingbird
The 1855 tune by Septimus Winner aka Alice Hawthorne....accompanied by that well balanced little gu… Tim Twiss Aug 5, 2012 128 views
Clotilde Polka
Converse1871. Fingerstyle on the Luscomb banjo. Tim Twiss Aug 4, 2012 58 views
Corninthian Hornpipe
Converse 1871. Played Stroke style on the Bell banjo. Tim Twiss Aug 4, 2012 86 views
Children of Haymon.wmv
Finger style piece from the 1871 book "The banjoist" by Frank Converse. Tim Twiss Aug 2, 2012 100 views
Fairy Dance & Where Did You Come From
The first is from Buckley's New Banjo Method, 1860; the second is from Phil Rice's Banjo Instructor… Paul Draper Aug 2, 2012 102 views
Scotch Bag Pipe Air
More - from the Converse 1871 Book "The Banjoist" Tim Twiss Jul 31, 2012 51 views
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