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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.
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- 4-STRING BANJO
LINKS:
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- 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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