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Following are some 4-string and 5-string banjo related links that may be useful.
Included are some sing-along sites, oldies midi arrangements, and links for kids.
 
 
4-STRING BANJO LINKS:
 
WINELAND BANJO BAND - Music from Northern California Wine Country...

PENINSULA BANJO BAND - Preserving the banjo for over 35 years...

EAST BAY BANJO CLUB - Dedicated to the spirit of playing "Happy" banjo music...

SEATTLE BANJO CLUB - Schedules, photos, chat, and more.....

SACRAMENTO BANJO BAND - Events, Banjo-Rama, photos, recordings.....

OAKLAND BANJO BAND - Porky's Pizza directions, photos, and sound clips...

TORONTO BANJO BAND - Plays the "Oldies" around the Ontario, Canada region...

HAPPY DAYS STRING BAND - "Mummers Music" in the Philadelphia Tradition ...

ST. LOUIS BANJO CLUB VIDEO - Sing-a-long with the "Bouncing Banjo", click on "Banjo Sing Along"....

THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY OLE TYME BANJO BAND - Promoting the four string banjo .....

GULF COAST BANJO SOCIETY - Southwest Florida's Premier Dixieland and Jazz Band....

CENTRAL ILLINOIS BANJO CLUB - Encouraging other people to play the banjo, lots of nice videos....

FOUR STRING BANJO LINKS - Lots of good banjo links and information....

DON STEVISON'S PLECTRUM BANJO PAGE - Includes tenor and guitar tuned info.....

PLECTRUM BANJO PLAYER'S GUIDE - Dave Frey's book and CD's....

THE RESONATOR - Newsletter for Banjos Unlimited, includes Convention schedule...

PATEK STYLE TENOR BANJO - Three-finger picking on the tenor banjo...

NATIONAL 4-STRING BANJO HALL OF FAME MUSEUM - Preservation of the Banjo...

BANJO MOVIE - German Web Site with a nice banjo movie, including sound....

BANJOSEEN WEBSITE - Lots of tenor and plectrum information ......

SEAN MOYSES BANJO ENTERTAINER - Banjo info. and sound clips; Produces Jazz Banjo Newsletter ......

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ CLUB OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - Preservation, and Promotion of Traditional Jazz ......

INTERACTIVE MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF BANJO PLAYERS - Lots of players and photos......

EDDIE PEABODY MOVIE - Watch a clip of Eddie playing St. Louis Blues....

FIRST SWISS BANJO FESTIVAL - Will take place on June 9 and 10, 2006 near Zurich....

DAVE MARTY'S HOME PAGE - Listen to Dave's virtuosity on the plectrum banjo....

MIKE CURRAO'S WEBSITE - Listen and watch Mike play the tenor banjo....

KURT ABELL'S "WASHBOARD WIZARDZ" - Hot arrangements with guitar and banjo....

BURT BUTLER'S JAZZ PILGRIMS - Traditional jazz at its best with banjo...

 

5-STRING BANJO LINKS: 

UNCLE BENS BANJO HOME PAGE - Something for all banjo players....great graphics  

ELFSHOT BANJO - Beginners 5-string information, new site worth checking out.....

JAY BUCKEY MUSIC - How to buy a banjo, lots of free tab, excellent site.....

BILL PALMER'S BANJO SITE - Lots of helpful banjo set-up information....

EUCALYPT BANJOS - Australian banjo web site, lots of variety....

RICHARD HEFNER'S ezBANJO - Excellent clawhammer banjo site, looks like fun.....

THE BANJO HANGOUT - Lots of variety.....5-string tabs, lessons and links....

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BLUEGRASS SOCIETY - See Calendar for local jams and events.........

THE BLUE SAGE TRIO - Folk songs of the west. Free clawhammer banjo tablature and instruction...

JACK BAKER'S - Fretted Instruments School of Guitar and Banjo - Lots of tab and midi files....

TUNES FOR CLAWHAMMER BANJO - Free tablature for 217 tunes by Charles I. Kelly....

HETZLER'S FAKEBOOK - Lots of banjo and fiddle midi tunes sorted by keys...

 

SING-ALONG AND MIDI SITES:

DON FERGUNSON'S TIN PAN ALLEY - Sing-Along Play-Along site plus other links...

PERFESSOR BILL EDWARDS - Resources, Midi, Lyrics, Lots of great music........

"PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN" - Sing along with lots of old tunes ....

THE GUITAR GUY - Golden Classics with lyrics and chords ....

HIT PARADE WINNING TUNES - From the Lucky Strike Radio Show 1935- 1955...

HIT PARADE "LUCKY STRIKE EXTRA" SONGS - From the Radio Show....

SMICK AND SMODOO'S WORLD - More Oldies with midi and lyrics.........

STEPHEN FOSTER SONGS - Midi collection with sheet music & lyrics.........

FAVORITE FOLK SONGS - Collection with chords, lead sheets, and more.........

GEORGE FORMBY SONGS - Lots of midi format arrangements.........

GEORGE GERSHWIN SONGS - Midi arrangements of Gershwin Tunes.....

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ TUNES - Chord charts and melody notation.....

PARLOR SONGS - Sheet music from the 1800's to 1920's with midi.....

INTERNATIONAL LYRICS PLAYGROUND - Thousands of lyrics for pre 1980 tunes...

MIDIS 'N' LYRICS - Lots of old favorites with lyrics...

THE INK SPOTS WEB SITE - Sing-along with the recordings of the Ink Spots...

 

CHORD-FINDER LINKS:

CHORDWIZARD, MUSIC THEORY WEBSITE - Excellent chord and harmony info.....

"FRETBOARD" - Chord and note finder for Handheld/PDA devices, lots of string instruments......

4-STRING CHORD GENERATOR - Find and print out chords for lots of tunings......

CHORD FINDER - Find simple and advanced chords for various instrument tunings......

UKULELE CHORDFINDER AND PLAY-ALONG - Animated chord fingering.....

 

KIDS:

FUN MUSIC FOR KIDS - San Francisco Symphony interactive site....

 

USEFUL LINKS:

BANJOS BY RENEE KARNES - Handcrafted banjos (she's holding my 5-string)...

INTRODUCTION TO READING MUSIC - How to read music notation.....

VISION MUSIC EYE TEST - Test your music skills, chords, scales, theory, etc.....

VANBASCO'S MIDI PLAYER - Free Midi player with tempo and key change controls....

MUSIC TEACHER DATABASE - International database for banjos and other instruments..

VINTAGE VIBE GUITARS - Great place for custom pickups for your tenor guitar......

FRETTED INSTRUMENT GUILD OF AMERICA - FIGA website for beginners to professionals...

MUSIC FOR THE NATION - American Sheet Music 1820-1885...

ROLL SCANNING - MIDI files from piano rolls, lots of old tunes....

DUKE UNIVERSITY, HISTORIC AMERICAN SHEET MUSIC - 1850-1920......

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LIBRARIES - Links to other sheet music sites.....

BANJO WORLD - Gallery of banjos and much more.....

PARLOR SONGS - In search of American popular song, midi collection.....

UCLA MUSIC LIBRARY - Digital archives of Popular American Music.....

LESTER S. LEVY SHEET MUSIC COLLECTION - Digital archives of American Music.....

DISMUKE'S ELECTRONICALLY RECORDED PHONOGRAPH RECORDS - 1920s & 1930's

BANJO MOVIES - British banjo player and band movie clips, select "British Pathe" and search for "Banjo"....(excellent)

THE #1 SONG ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY - Look up a #1 song on a specific date in history.....

BARBER SHOP SONGS - Jack Baird Music Library with mp3 recordings.....

A JAZZ ANTHOLOGY - Here old time jazz on line with mp3 recordings......

 


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