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All Videos Tagged jig (96)
Whelpley's Jig
From Buckley's Banjo Method, 1860. I'm dropping the triplet from the 8th measure because there's so… Andy Chase Jul 5, 2014 108 views
Whelpleys' Jig
From the Buckley 1860 book. Paul Draper Jun 30, 2014 102 views
General Burnside's Jig
From the Buckley, 1868 book. This rather cheerful tune kept trotting through my head last Sunday wh… Paul Draper Jun 29, 2014 89 views
Brighton Jig.
From Frank Converse's 1865 book "Banjo Instructor, Without a Master". Paul Draper May 16, 2014 108 views
Cedric Watson & Jon Stone "Brigg's Corn Shucking Jig"
Briggs' Corn Shucking Jig" from the Briggs 1855 banjo tutor. Afro-jig minstrel tune. Cedric Watson May 13, 2014 106 views
Lotus Jig
Thanks to Ian Bell for introducing me to this tune from Septimus Winner's New American School for t… Paul Draper Apr 29, 2014 156 views
Green Corn & Bryant's Jig
Whiling away a winter afternoon with Rice (1858) and Buckley (1860). Paul Draper Jan 26, 2014 124 views
Phil Rice's Excelsior Jig
Phil Rice's Excelsior Jig, 1858. One of those tunes where the thumb does most of the work. The "x"s… Paul Draper Jan 6, 2014 116 views
Green Corn - Hard Times - Old Virginny Jig
Rice - Briggs - Rice. I've been playing my gourd banjo a lot these days, tuned up to the A/E tuning. Paul Draper Dec 5, 2013 100 views
Spring Jig.
Converse, the green book, 1865. Paul Draper Nov 26, 2013 70 views
Antietam Jig
From Converse's Method for the Banjo, 1865. Scenes from Antietam Early Banjo Gathering, 2012. Paul Draper Oct 11, 2013 114 views
Nine O'Clock Bell Jig
From Buckley's 1868 book. Paul Draper Sep 22, 2013 79 views
Harper's Jig & Kentucky Juba
The 1st is from Buckley (not exactly as written); the 2nd from Converse. Paul Draper Sep 18, 2013 120 views
Tom Briggs' Jig
From Dan Emmett's manuscript which Bob Winans posted at http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/photo/tom-bri… Paul Draper Jul 3, 2013 142 views
Harper's Jig & Kentucky Juba
The first is from Buckley, the second from Converse; played here on a friend's Geo. Dobson "Victor… Paul Draper May 24, 2013 112 views
Cotton Pod Walk Around / Briggs' Jig.
The first from Frank Converse's 1865 "Yellow Book"; the 2nd from Briggs' Banjo Instructor, 1855. Paul Draper Apr 11, 2013 118 views
Lincolnshire Jig
From Buckley's New Banjo Method, 1860. The banjo is set up with minstrel nylgut strings, tuned to e… Paul Draper Mar 2, 2013 102 views
Tiger Jig.
From Buckley's Guide for the Banjo, 1868. I "discovered" this one a couple of days ago when I stumb… Paul Draper Feb 22, 2013 148 views
Antietam Jig
From Frank Converse's Method for the Banjo With or Without a Master, 1865. The banjo is in D, I'm p… Paul Draper Jan 28, 2013 112 views
Corn-husking Jig.
From Buckley's New Banjo Method, 1860. Paul Draper Jan 15, 2013 82 views
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