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Banjo Tune Index
Banjo Book List
History
magazines, catalogs, lyrics, tabs...
Used Banjos
Banjo-L newslist
A Short Story
Banjo Tune Index
About 20 years ago in Hawai'i, I indexed all the tunes in the numerous 5-string banjo tab books I'd collected, and I published that list as the "Banjo Tune Catalog." I've added many additional books since then, and the result is this on-line Banjo Tune Index (BTI), with over 3,800 tabs listed from over 90 songbooks. (Thanks to Paul Hawthorne and others for sending me new listings!)
Banjo Tune Index (BTI)
More Tabs:
Check Banjo NewsLetter's Tablature Index 1973-1996 for tabs that have appeared in BNL, and Phil Mann's Banjo Tablatures and Bluegrass Information for more tabs on the Web. There's a tab index at the Lazarus Methuselah website, for currently-in-print clawhammer banjo books, including the tabs at Gordon Banks' Dwight Diller Banjo Tab WWW Page, and more tabs at AcuTab Banjo Transcriptions...
Banjo Book List
The Banjo Book List started to develop as I looked for more books for the BTI. Over 250 books, ranging back into the 19th century, it's mostly songbooks and banjo methods, but limited only to the concept "5-string banjo". Please let me know if you have something to add or correct.
Banjo Book List
History
American Banjo Makers
(for more info on classic manufacturers, see Joe Bethancourt's An Encapsulated History of Classic Banjo Manufacturers)
Thumbnail History of the Banjo by Bill Reese.
Basic but Essential Sources for a History of the Banjo by Bill Reese.
magazines, catalogs, lyrics, tabs...
- Banjo NewsLetter
Digital Tradition: Folk Song Full Text Search
Lark in the Morning catalog
Elderly Instruments catalog
AcuTab Banjo Transcriptions
Deering Banjo Co.
Chris Grotewohl - Under the Influence Celtic and Original Music on the 5-string Banjo (about the CD/cassette)
Banjos by George Wunderlich at Wunder Banjo Company.
Banjo Strings at JustStrings.com
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Check out John Bernunzio's Bernunzio Vintage Instruments for a great list of classic instruments. And he's also got used banjo books, and back issues of Banjo NewsLetter, etc., and old and reprint catalogs...
Used banjos for sale at Mandolin Brothers Ltd: open-back 5-strings, 5-string resonator banjos, tenors and plectrums.
Second-hand 5-strings at Hobgoblin Music (UK).
New! Banjo-L Homepage for info about the Banjo-L newslist.
A short story
Learning from the Banjo by S. Trussel (1990)Download Crescendo midi player.
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