Amazing Grace

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It's the end of a pretty rough week. This song seemed appropriate. Hope you like it.

Auld Lang Syne

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Size: 942kb, uploaded 12/31/2022 9:21:14 AM
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Happy New Year All!

Black Mountain Rag

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My current project. I wanted to try a cover of Black Mountain Rag from the Kruger Brothers' CD "Choices". Far from perfect, but it was quite a learning experience.

Bossa Dorado

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My attempt at Bossa Dorado. Apologies to the Rosenberg Trio.

Clarinet Polka

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Another homework assignment. It's got a few rough spots (OK, more than a few), but if I waited until it was perfect, I wouldn't be posting anything for another year. So here goes . . . Hope you like it.

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

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My niece asked me to play this at her wedding this summer. I'll actually be playing backup to a vocalist, so this won't be the arrangement that I play at the wedding. I just wanted to play with the melody and see what I could come up with. I tried to keep it as reverent as I could.

Danny Boy

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It's a quiet Saturday morning here in Winnipeg. The sky is overcast and it's forecast to rain all weekend. Seemed like a nice opportunity to play my banjo and try recording a track. This arrangement is from Jens Kruger's Homespun DVD. Hope I've played it OK.

Eager and Anxious

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Size: 2,912kb, uploaded 9/23/2007 1:37:40 AM
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Thought I'd give this a try. It's still rough. I might re-post it when I've got it cleaned up.

Feliz Navidad

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I meant to try this last year, but I ran out of steam before Christmas. :-)

Foggy Mountain Special

Posted by NMD, written by Earl Scruggs

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My latest project. I've wanted to learn this tune for a long time. Hope it's OK.

For Sephora

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Size: 1,702kb, uploaded 2/17/2007 2:23:23 PM
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Not an assignment this time. I tried this one just for fun. Hope it sounds OK. (Apologies to the Rosenberg Trio) Nestor

Hallelujah

Posted by NMD, written by Leonard Cohen

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Two students of mine asked for arrangements of this song for banjo, so I tried arranging it as a duet.

High Up In the Sky

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Another Jens Kruger tune. I'm not sure to whom I should be more apologetic -- to Jens for my playing, or to Uwe and Joel for replacing their parts with Band in a Box. :-) I hope its OK.

Jingle Bell Rock

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Thought I'd try a Christmas tune. Hope you like it.

Just the Way You Are

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Homework assignment -- to arrange Billy Joel's tune for banjo. Let me know what you think

Like a Spark

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Size: 1,644kb, uploaded 10/31/2009 3:49:35 PM
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Another Jens Kruger tune. It's still rough . . .

Lucky Sevens

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Size: 2,142kb, uploaded 7/21/2007 12:34:01 AM
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This is a swing tune that I've tried to learn from a CD I bought recently. I couldn't get the tune out of my head, so I thought I'd have a try at learning to play it on the banjo. Apologies to the John Jorgenson Quintet. By the way, the JJ Quintet appeared at the Winnipeg Folk Festival a couple of weeks ago, and they were absolutely amazing!

Mystical

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Size: 1,157kb, uploaded 3/25/2008 11:09:20 PM
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Another song by Jens Kruger that I've been working on.

Night Sky

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My attempt at Jens Kruger's Night Sky.

Prelude to Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G

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Yet another homework assignment. Had to transcribe this Bach cello piece from standard notation, and arrange it for the banjo. I'm still struggling with it, but here goes . . .