Forum Discussions - Classic-Banjo

There's a recording of this tune in Original recordings played by Charles Mansell and I've included a recording by the Arthur Pryor band with this post. I took my arrangement from the piano score and I've had to rewrite/amend parts of it to make it more suitable for banjo. In the section from bar 85 to 92 I've replaced the grace note triplets in the piano score with full trip...

This is a lively one off rag  about which I could find no info regarding the composer. I've made one or two alterations and changed the octave in parts to make it more banjo friendly...Steve.

I found this rag after seeing Steve's arrangement of "April Fool Rag", then watching a young man play it on the piano...after which, I watched him play "The Trouble Maker".

It sounded good and, having some experience at bein...

This is an excellent example of ragtime music and one of the best I've seen/heard for some time. It's tricky to play in parts but if you follow my suggested fingering which is a mix of classic and melodic styles, it should all make sense (at least it does to me!). The final part demonstrates that there is life above the 12 the fret!.....Steve

This is well written tune with some interesting syncopation and chord sequences. From the title cover, I presume that The Colonial Glide must be the name of a dance....Steve.

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