Forum Discussions - Classic-Banjo

This is a very well written early cake walk. I could find no info on the composer but as this was published in Canada I will presume he was a Canadian composer. The piano score was written in G, I've arranged it in C as it fits the banjo more easily. I've combined elements of the Piano RH and LH by making use of second voice and in the bass solos in the third section, I've mo...

From Joel's archive of J. H. Jennings sheet music (which is in A notation), I've transcribed it to C notation and Tab...with an mp3 file for your listening pleasure.

This is a fun, easy piece. The mp3 is played too fast for the notated "Moderato" but I couldn't stand waiting for it to get along, so it is running around 144bpm...more like Allegro. Play it as you like!

Here is a fresh scan of the Morley tutor.  This has been digitally available for as long as digitized books have been circulated, but I figured I'd scan a copy anyway for the Internet Archive.

What I do have to add are the issues of Keynote leading up to, and announcing, the publication of the Morley tutor.  And as it turns out, timing of publication ...

I personally am very fond of title sheets.

Here is At Sunset complete with title sheet. (my original is black and white)

https://archive.org/details/at-sunset-emile-grimshaw/

This tune was originally written for guitar and appears in a guitar folio published by W.C.Stahl. It's a pretty tune that works on banjo and isn't too challenging to play. I've padded it out by adding extra repeats. I've given it the alternative title of 'Son of Sun Flower Dance'!....Steve.