For enthusiasts of early banjo
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Leavit's Polka 01:21
Fingerstyle from Buckley's. Finally getting harmonics on the 7th. Tim Twiss Feb 28, 2010 29 views
Isabella Doane Schottische
Another fiddle transcription that could have very easily been in a banjo book in the 19th Century. Tim Twiss Feb 24, 2010 43 views
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Hattie Schottische
This is straight off the page of a fiddle song. "Banjoized" with various techniques, it settled dow… Tim Twiss Feb 23, 2010 62 views
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Don't Mind Steven
Tune from the Rice Book of 1858. Never seen it anywhere else. Accompaniment played pretty much as w… Tim Twiss Feb 22, 2010 48 views
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J. Mullen's Schottisch
One of the "crazy tunes in the back of the Buckley". It is a straight ahead tune, as seen in a viol… Tim Twiss Feb 22, 2010 34 views
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Pull The Stopple Out.
Some good old drinkin' lyrics set to the tune of "Coming Through The Rye," as sung by Frank Convers… Carl Anderton Feb 21, 2010 122 views
Leaning On The Garden Gate
An original by the great Frank Converse from the Analytical Method of 1887. Guitar Style...elevatin… Tim Twiss Feb 20, 2010 104 views
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Stroke Instruction for Fretless Banjo - Technique from Rice 1858
This is a lesson covering the basic right hand technique of Stroke Style Fretless Banjo, using the… Tim Twiss Feb 19, 2010 360 views
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Bully For All
This comes from the Converse Method of 1865. What makes this interesting is looking at a later piec… Tim Twiss Feb 19, 2010 132 views
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Jordan-Converse 1887.
Frank Converse's interpretation of a tune he published 20 years prior. Basically the same tune with… Tim Twiss Feb 17, 2010 35 views
Calabra Waltz
Fingerstyle piece from the "Green Book" of 1865 "New and Complete Method for the Banjo With or With… Tim Twiss Feb 17, 2010 99 views
Walk Into The Parlor
Essential Stroke tune...this one is in the front of the Converse Book of 1865. Basic and solid, str… Tim Twiss Feb 15, 2010 100 views
Jersey Lightning-Jig
From Ryan's Mammoth Collection. A fiddle song directly adapted to banjo. Tim Twiss Feb 14, 2010 61 views
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Cupid's Dream Waltz
From the Fingerstyle section of the Green Converse book of 1865. Tim Twiss Feb 13, 2010 39 views
Rail Road Polka
Sometimes that appliance will give you the perfect groove. My printer does it too, but it doesn't l… Tim Twiss Feb 13, 2010 35 views
Rail Road Polka
A take from 2009. Tim Twiss Feb 13, 2010 30 views
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Gettysburg Banjo Outtakes 2-Rail Road Polka
From the Gettysburg files...summer of 2009. Tim Twiss Feb 13, 2010 53 views
Dr. Hecock's Jig
From the "back of the Buckley Book" 1860. This different from the version in the Emmett Manuscript.… Tim Twiss Feb 13, 2010 100 views
Buckley-Back and Front
Here are 2 pieces from the Buckley 1860. The first one "The Bunch Jig" is from that mysterious grou… Tim Twiss Feb 10, 2010 56 views
Mrs. McCloud's Reel 01:06
From the Phil Rice Banjo Instructor of 1858. The fingering is well thought out and marked. The move… Tim Twiss Feb 8, 2010 81 views
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