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- My Vega-Vox Plectrum Banjo
- Vega-Vox-III
Banjo purchased from John Gill About
click here
- Original
Vega-Vox-V Flanges from Barney Bernard About
click here
- Tailpiece
and Bridge by Monte Hendricks
Website click here
- Custom
Armrest by Renee Karnes Website click here
- Custom
Resonator by Brad Roth Videos
click here
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- Following are
some 4-string and 5-string banjo links that may be useful.
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- LINKS
TO MY VIDEOS
- 4-STRING BANJO LINKS
- 5-STRING BANJO LINKS
- SING-ALONG AND MIDI SITES
- CHORD-FINDER LINKS
- USEFUL & HELPFUL LINKS
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- 4-STRING BANJO LINKS: Return to top of page
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- WINELAND BANJO
BAND - Music from Northern California Wine Country...
EAST BAY BANJO
CLUB - Dedicated to the spirit of playing "Happy" banjo
music...
SAN FRANCISCO
BANJO BAND - Banjos in the Bay, sound clips and videos..
SACRAMENTO
BANJO BAND - Events, Banjo-Rama, photos, recordings.....
PENINSULA
BANJO BAND - Preserving the banjo for over 35 years...
SEATTLE BANJO
CLUB - Schedules, photos, chat, and more.....
DALLAS
BANJO BAND - Musical arrangements with harmonies and rhythms...
TORONTO
BANJO BAND - Plays the "Oldies" around the Ontario,
Canada region...
ROSE
CITY BANJOLIERS - Plectrum and tenor banjos, tubas and washboards...
RIVERBANK
BANJO BAND - 4-String banjo music..........
HAPPY
DAYS STRING BAND - "Mummers Music" in the Philadelphia
Tradition ...
ST.
LOUIS BANJO CLUB VIDEO - "Strive to keep this music alive
and well"
LONG
ISLAND BANJO SOCIETY - Playing banjos since 1963....
PATEK STYLE
TENOR BANJO - Three-finger picking on the tenor banjo...
AMERICAN
BANJO MUSEUM - Preservation of the Banjo...
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 ......
REMEMBERING THE
MARIN BANJO CLUB - Banjo Night At Cal's Steak House webpage.........
REMEMBERING
THE MARIN BANJO CLUB - Watch the YouTube video.............
SCOTTY PLUMMER
TRIBUTE TO FRANK VODICH - Watch the YouTube video........
TRIBUTE TO FRANK VODICH
WEBPAGE - Includes sound clips of Frank playing........
CLAY
LANDRAM PLAYS "BILL BAILEY" - Watch the YouTube video........
C.
C. RICHELIEU PLAYS "SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES" - Watch the
YouTube video........
EDDIE
PEABODY WEBSITE BY SEAN MOYSES - Career, Music, Pictures, Videos
and more........
EDDIE
PEABODY BANJO LESSONS PAGE - How to play the plectrum banjo..........
JOHN
GREEN AND AUSTIN FORD TV INTERVIEW - Amador City Banjo Festival
2014........
"4-STRING
BANJO STARS" VIDEO - Features eight well known 4-string banjo
players...........
"4-STRING
BANJO MONTAGE" VIDEO - Lots of well known banjo players and
songs...........
"4-STRING
BANJO PARTY" VIDEO - More of some popular banjo players and
songs..........
RALPH MARTIN
"HOW WE GOT STARTED" - Southern California Banjo Band
(video).....
"BANJOS
SPECTACULAR" - Southern California Banjo Band (video).....
"4-STRING
BANJO BAND REVIEW" - Six Banjo Bands perform (video).....
THE BANJO SNOB -
Ron Hinkle "Toward a more intellectual understanding of the
banjo".........
SCOTT
ANTHONY BANJO LESSONS - Plectrum Banjo Basics, Lessons, Chords,
etc.....
SEAN
MOYSES - Three ways to tune the plectrum banjo (video)...........
DAVE
MARTY'S BANJO WORKSHOP - Right Hand Strumming, Banjo Tips, Sample
Songs.....
EDD
ROSSMAN VIDEOS - Lots of Banjo Band and Performer videos...........
5-STRING BANJO LINKS: Return to top of page
ELFSHOT BANJO
- Beginners 5-string information, new site worth checking out.....
THE BANJO
HANGOUT - Lots of variety.....5-string tabs, lessons and links....
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
BLUEGRASS SOCIETY - See Calendar for local jams and events.........
TUNES
FOR CLAWHAMMER BANJO - Free tablature for 217 tunes by Charles
I. Kelly....
PETE SEEGER
HOW TO PLAY THE 5-STRING BANJO - Movie with graphics.....
SING-ALONG AND MIDI SITES: Return to top of page
PERFESSOR
BILL EDWARDS - Resources, Midi, Lyrics, Lots of great music........
THE
GUITAR GUY - Golden Classics with lyrics and chords ....
STEPHEN
FOSTER SONGS - Midi collection with sheet music & lyrics.........
PUBLIC DOMAIN
SONGS - Midi
collections....
INTERNATIONAL
LYRICS PLAYGROUND - Thousands of lyrics for pre 1980 tunes...
CHORD-FINDER LINKS: Return to top of page
CHORDWIZARD,
MUSIC THEORY WEBSITE - Excellent chord and harmony info.....
4-STRING
CHORD GENERATOR - Find and print out chords for lots of tunings......
CHORD
FINDER - Find simple and advanced chords for various instrument
tunings......
USEFUL & HELPFUL LINKS: Return to top of page
BANJO
HISTORY - All types of banjos are explained.......
BANJOS
BY RENEE KARNES - Handcrafted banjos...
HENDRICKS
BANJOS - Hand-Crafted Instruments for All Playing Levels
PLAYING
5-STRING AND 4-STRING ON SAME BANJO - Video by Jon Miller....
INTRODUCTION
TO READING MUSIC - How to read music notation.....
VISION
MUSIC EYE TEST - Test your music skills, chords, scales, theory,
etc.....
VINTAGE
VIBE GUITARS - Great place for custom pickups for your tenor guitar......
MUSIC
FOR THE NATION - American Sheet Music 1820-1885...
DUKE
UNIVERSITY, HISTORIC AMERICAN SHEET MUSIC - 1850-1920......
BANJO
WORLD - Gallery of banjos and much more.....
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
HOW
TO READ MUSIC NOTATION - Thanks to Mike Moxcey..........
SETTING
A BANJO BRIDGE - Warren Yates and Donnie Little (Youtube Video).....
HOW
TO ADJUST A "TENSIONATOR" BANJO TAILPIECE (pdf) - For
Bearclaw, Richelieu, Oettinger and others....
JIM
BOTTORFF'S YOUTUBE PLAYLIST - Videos of songs which can be found
on this website.......
"CHOREOGRAPHY
FOR THE BANJO" - Ron Hinkle explains Tablature..........
SHEET
MUSIC SINGER - Bringing vintage songs back to life, free sheet
music...........
- Statement by Vess L. Ossman
in a letter to the Editor of "The Cadenza" magazine
- August 8, 1901:
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- "The banjo will
live and become more popular every year, even if the whole world
takes to golf and other games.
- Banjo music is to the
ear what the sun breaking through the clouds on a dark day is
to the eye;
- And to my mind there
is nothing to replace the good, clean, clear tones of the banjo.
- This in defense of the
banjo from one who loves the instrument."
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- Click here to read Ossman's
complete letter as it appeared in Cadenza magazine (pdf)
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