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Brigg's Favorite Jig
From the "Green" Converse book of 1865. Intended for "fingerstyle" banjo playing, signaling the tra… Tim Twiss Aug 17, 2010 69 views
Original Essence of Old Virginny
Converse Yellow Book of 1865. Tim Twiss Aug 15, 2010 57 views
Juba-Yellow Converse
Movements, Combinations...or Juba. This is a "Must Play" for beginners. Tim Twiss Aug 15, 2010 108 views
Cane Brake Reel
From the Yellow Converse Book of 1865. The third tune in the book. Tim Twiss Aug 15, 2010 46 views
Calabash Dance-Yellow Converse
The second tune in this book. Shadows of earlier Rice material. Tim Twiss Aug 15, 2010 116 views
Oh Susanna
Another single note addition to this part of the Yellow Converse Book of 1865. Simple to play. Tim Twiss Aug 15, 2010 80 views
Yankee Doodle-Yellow Converse
Here is something uncommon in the banjo tutors...a straight melody with no thumb string added for d… Tim Twiss Aug 15, 2010 19 views
Cotton Pod Walk Around
If I were to play a typical Stroke tune...a short one to represent the style, I might pick this. Ce… Tim Twiss Aug 15, 2010 96 views
Hoop De Dooden Do
Or, "Rattlesnake Jig". Yellow Converse 1865. Tim Twiss Aug 15, 2010 106 views
Coon Hunt Walk Around
Yellow Converse 1865 Tim Twiss Aug 15, 2010 52 views
It Will Never Do To Gib It Up So
From the Yellow Converse. This is an arrangement, basically "Briggs'" style, of the old Minstrel tu… Tim Twiss Aug 15, 2010 39 views
The Boatman's Dance
Dan Emmett tune arranged for solo Stroke Style banjo in the style of Briggs'. From the Yellow Conve… Tim Twiss Aug 15, 2010 106 views
Bee Gum Reel
One of my favorites. Yellow Book by Converse, 1865. I bet if he remade this one in the later years,… Tim Twiss Aug 14, 2010 100 views
Rumsey's Jig
Similar to Ramsey's Jig in the Green Converse Book of 1865. Tim Twiss Aug 14, 2010 106 views
Matt Peel's Walk Around
From the Little Yellow Converse Book of 1865. Ths song shares a title in the Green Book, but is a d… Tim Twiss Aug 14, 2010 33 views
Luke West's Walk Around
Oddly enough, the themes of this one are found in "Matt Peel's Walk Around" in the Green book. The… Tim Twiss Aug 14, 2010 94 views
Bully For You-Yellow Converse
Virtually unchanged from the Green Book version, except in title-it is "Bully For All" in that book… Tim Twiss Aug 14, 2010 61 views
Walk Into The Parlor-Yellow Converse
Similar to the versions in Briggs' 1855 and the Green Converse 1865. Certainly the same feel and mo… Tim Twiss Aug 14, 2010 59 views
Boston Jig-Converse
From the Yellow Book of 1865. This is different than the Boston Jig found in the Buckley 1860. It i… Tim Twiss Aug 14, 2010 65 views
Union Cockade
Yellow Converse 1865. Tim Twiss Aug 14, 2010 33 views
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