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Joel Hooks - Posted - 08/27/2025: 05:49:33
Here is what I believe to be George L. Lansing's last method for regular banjo (there was a later tenor banjo method) from 1918.
This is a pretty decent method for learning banjo, though it does lack some explanation. It would make a great companion to the Mel Bay Banjo Method.
What I like is that Lansing starts the student off right away with alternate fingering. There are some good solos included too.
If you don't know who George L. Lansing was, and you are interested in banjo history, you should find out. Lansing composed some of the most popular and best selling/widely circulated banjo music. One of his compositions was recorded by the first woman to record on the banjo (Shirley Spaulding).
Lansing composed and arranged an unbelievable amount of music for the banjo.
(PS: Leo Catlin was a nom de plume of Lansing's, and there might have been other names he used).
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