Second time around

[John Masciale]

OK, let's try this a second time around.

[Trapdoor2]

I'm in! Too bad you couldn't snag all the old stuff from Rob and just ressurect the site as it was.

===Marc

[Jim Dalton]

Hope it "takes" this time.

Thanks for doing this.

Jim

[Brian Glass]

Though I am relatively new at this, I really do appreciate the minstrel banjo sight. Thanks for bring it lo life again.
Brian

[John Masciale]

I haven't been doing too much composition lately. I've rather been digging into a variety of songs like Cottage by the Sea, Hallelu Band, and the Raging Canal. I've also been working on improving my overall playing.

Hallelu band is fun because Converse included a banjo part in the sheet music. I find it to be challenging. Playing songs can be interesting because you have to work out a banjo part, which can be creative work.

Right now I'm scratching my head over Lynchburg Town. The scores that I have found for this do not match any of the recordings that I have heard, and when I compare the common fiddle scores for Lynchburg Town in Converse's 1865 publication it does not match very well at all. You can see what I mean in the attached file.

[John Masciale]

Here is that comparison, last time I added a file it was huge. There is a lot of clashing between the Converse part and the vocal, playing these to parts against one another sounds awful. If I were to try to sing the published melody line it would sound awful with the Converse part.

[John Masciale]

Unfortunately that link did not work. If you can think of another way of getting me that pdf I'd appreciate it.

[Paul Certo]

I'm baack! Glad the site is back, and happy to see y'all.
Paul