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"Very often the piano line would carry other instrumental lines as well, such as a ba…"

John Masciale replied Jul 17, 2011 to Repertoire of the Minstrel Barlow:

16 Sep 1, 2015
Reply by Joy Hildebrand

"Silas,   I've had a similar response from the public.  They often look to find moder…"

John Masciale replied Jul 17, 2011 to Repro Qualifiers

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Reply by Bell Banjos

"Why Joel, if they could have, they would have - wouldn't they?"

John Masciale replied Jul 17, 2011 to Repro Qualifiers

44 Jul 22, 2011
Reply by Bell Banjos

"oops...  Of course not.  Part of the exercise here is to get past our own conception…"

John Masciale replied Jul 17, 2011 to Repro Qualifiers

44 Jul 22, 2011
Reply by Bell Banjos

"Here it is as a pdf:"

John Masciale replied Jul 16, 2011 to Repertoire of the Minstrel Barlow:

16 Sep 1, 2015
Reply by Joy Hildebrand

"That is a huge list.  I can't believe that you don't know anything about any of thes…"

John Masciale replied Jul 16, 2011 to Repertoire of the Minstrel Barlow:

16 Sep 1, 2015
Reply by Joy Hildebrand

"That is something every player has to answer for themself.  I think we have to agree…"

John Masciale replied Jul 16, 2011 to Repro Qualifiers

44 Jul 22, 2011
Reply by Bell Banjos

"I would also suggest a D/G or E/A tuning.  I've seen some  banjos that meet these re…"

John Masciale replied Jul 16, 2011 to Repro Qualifiers

44 Jul 22, 2011
Reply by Bell Banjos

"Certainly a bent hoop.  The mult-ply issue can be interesting.  I think that if the…"

John Masciale replied Jul 16, 2011 to Repro Qualifiers

44 Jul 22, 2011
Reply by Bell Banjos

"    It's important to speficy the era.  Let's talk 1850s/1860s.   Let's talk about s…"

John Masciale replied Jul 16, 2011 to Repro Qualifiers

44 Jul 22, 2011
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