For enthusiasts of early banjo
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Alexandra Park
From Kerr's Merry Melodies for the Violin...c. 1870. This one holds together well just as written. Tim Twiss Apr 20, 2013 74 views
Doon the Water
Sketching one from Kerr's. Tim Twiss Apr 20, 2013 58 views
The Town Crier
Kerr's Vol 4. I like choosing tunes that have something fun or interesting about them as they relat… Tim Twiss Apr 19, 2013 47 views
Johnny Get Your Gun.
Fiddle tune I learned this morning in response to Tim Twiss' "tune of the week". Paul Draper Apr 18, 2013 108 views
Johnny Get Your Gun
From Kerr's Vol 4. Ha, false start...I thought of doing a pull off from F# to E after I started. St… Tim Twiss Apr 18, 2013 108 views
Tiddlediwinks Polka
This is a fiddle peice from the mid / late 19th Century. So many pieces were adapted from sources l… Tim Twiss Apr 17, 2013 37 views
Gourd Banjo Angeline The Baker
Played on a gourd banjo I made I know its a 1850ish tune,, but my arrangement may have been to mod… Steve Jeter Apr 17, 2013 188 views
Les Sylphedies
From Tim and Al.....playing as we do, once a week. Always on the alert for a gig, or the need of th… Tim Twiss Apr 16, 2013 68 views
Take Your Foot Out Sand, Stick It in the Mud
I don't know anything about this tune. I got it from Clarke Buehling's CD "Out of His Gourd". Paul Draper Apr 16, 2013 258 views
Miss Susan Cambell's Monzies
A spirited reading of the tune from Kerr's Merry Melodies Vol 3. Tim Twiss Apr 14, 2013 35 views
Boston Jig
This one was really hard to record. Or, maybe it was just hard to play correctly! Regardless, the R… Valerie Diaz Leroy Apr 14, 2013 178 views
Mrs Francis Wemyss
From Kerrr's Merry Melodies. This adaptation for gourd banjo came right after....you guessed it "Ca… Tim Twiss Apr 14, 2013 58 views
Jim Along Jocie on my new Bell Stichter banjo
This is the very first tune I played on my brand new minstrel banjo, made especially for me by Terr… Strumelia Apr 13, 2013 231 views
Right out of the box... Stichter minstrel banjo by Bell Banjos
Love it that I simply tipped up the bridge right out of the box and it was ready to play in minstre… Strumelia Apr 12, 2013 158 views
Boston Jig on Tackhead Banjo
O a homebuilt JETER banjo Steve Jeter Apr 12, 2013 122 views
Captain Francis Wemyss
A little scotch Strathspey on the gourd banjo anyone? Tim Twiss Apr 11, 2013 54 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
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