2024-04-20T05:41:35Z https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=Briggs&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2017-06-25:2477478:Video:162320 2017-06-25T14:19:22.064Z Chris Prieto https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/caprieto

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/hard-times-briggs-banjo-instructor"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135365878?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Playing the Briggs on the Sweeney minstrel banjo

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/hard-times-briggs-banjo-instructor"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135365878?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Playing the Briggs on the Sweeney minstrel banjo tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2017-06-10:2477478:Video:162043 2017-06-10T23:29:26.802Z Donovan Murphy https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/DonovanMurphy

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/briggs-remix"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135361685?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Unplanned ending. The absolute madman.

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/briggs-remix"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135361685?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Unplanned ending. The absolute madman. tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-05-01:2477478:Video:144708 2016-05-01T22:32:05.474Z Strumelia https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/Strumelia

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/old-joe-minstrel-banjo-tune-from-briggs-1855"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135360121?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>I'd like to post this as the Beginner Tune of the Month for May 2016...<br></br> Old Joe, a banjo tune from Thomas Briggs' banjo tutor book of 1855. Here played in minstrel 'high bass tuning' in the key of D...tune your minstrel banjo to d-ADF#A. (You can also play this in regular Briggs 'low bass' tuning if you simply avoid hitting the bass string, since the tune…

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/old-joe-minstrel-banjo-tune-from-briggs-1855"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135360121?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />I'd like to post this as the Beginner Tune of the Month for May 2016...<br /> Old Joe, a banjo tune from Thomas Briggs' banjo tutor book of 1855. Here played in minstrel 'high bass tuning' in the key of D...tune your minstrel banjo to d-ADF#A. (You can also play this in regular Briggs 'low bass' tuning if you simply avoid hitting the bass string, since the tune as written does not utilize the bass string)<br /> This is one of the easiest tunes to learn in stroke style/minstrel style banjo, and most of the moves will be familiar to clawhammer players already. But it's a satisfying tune or song for any level of minstrel banjo player. tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-12-21:2477478:Video:121500 2014-12-21T23:26:49.950Z Paul Draper https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/PaulDraper

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/briggs-yankee-doodle-with-variations"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135357012?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />From Briggs' Banjo Instructor, 1855.

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/briggs-yankee-doodle-with-variations"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135357012?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />From Briggs' Banjo Instructor, 1855. tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2014-12-07:2477478:Video:121302 2014-12-07T13:26:34.813Z Paul Draper https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/PaulDraper

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/walk-into-the-parlor-jig-briggs-jig"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135356250?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />The New Salem Serenaders playing two from Briggs, 1855. Ron Gordon - guitar; Paul Draper - banjo.

<a href="https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/walk-into-the-parlor-jig-briggs-jig"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3135356250?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />The New Salem Serenaders playing two from Briggs, 1855. Ron Gordon - guitar; Paul Draper - banjo.