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7 comments on “Fletcher and his banjos”
marc.dalmasso Says:
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 @12:30:31 PM
I see a regular banjo , a banjeaurine , a piccolo and may be a A scale banjo (right ) . your greatgrand father was certainly a classic banjo player
You might post in the " other styles of playing " ; it is interesting
wffletcher Says:
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 @2:43:49 PM
You just gave me a bevy of information,,, thank you so much!!!
Mike Moss Says:
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 @5:21:30 AM
You should definitely post this on Classic-banjo.ning.com, we play the same kind of banjo music as your great grandfather did and we're always interested in learning more about the great performers of the past. Thanks for sharing.
wffletcher Says:
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 @5:27:46 AM
thank you I will
what is considered classic banjo??
from only a piano player
Mike Moss Says:
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 @5:42:29 AM
It is a genre of fingerstyle banjo that originated in the late 1800s and in which a variety of music is played -- mostly ragtime and popular music, as well as plenty of original music written for the banjo. Some people mistakenly call it "classical" banjo but actually we don't often play classical music in this style. It was wildly popular from the 1880s to the 1910s -- the so-called "banjo craze" -- and there were plenty of truly great performers and recording artists at the time: Fred Van Epps, Vess L Ossman, Olly Oakley, A A Farland, Joe Morley... you will find plenty of information on the site.
wffletcher Says:
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 @5:46:48 AM
thank You mike
Gwen
marc.dalmasso Says:
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 @7:03:23 AM
I can just echoe to what said Mike ,. Is it possible to post the beautiful picture you used for your avatar on the Ning forum . Quickly , this kind of banjo ' style vanished in the USA when came the microphone , electricity & jazz ( 1910 ) ; vanished later in UK ( ' bout 1950 ) ; And we are all in the research for everything about our old " maestros "
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