Frank B. Converse's Banjo instructor, without a master : containing a choice collection of banjo solos, jigs, songs, reels, walk arounds, etc., progressively arranged, and plainly explained, enabling the learner to become a proficient banjoist without the

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Juba -- Calabash dance -- Cane brake reel -- Original essence of old Virginny -- Oh Susanna -- Yankee Doodle -- Cotton pod walk around -- Hoop de dooden doo : or Rattlesnake jig -- Coon hunt walk around -- It will never do to gib it up so -- The boatman's dance -- Bee gum reel -- Matt Peel's walk around -- Rumsey's jig -- Luke West's walk around -- Bully for you -- Walk into the parlor -- Boston jig -- Hyde's favorite -- Union cockade -- Callowhill jig -- My love is but a lassie -- Butler's j... Show moreJuba -- Calabash dance -- Cane brake reel -- Original essence of old Virginny -- Oh Susanna -- Yankee Doodle -- Cotton pod walk around -- Hoop de dooden doo : or Rattlesnake jig -- Coon hunt walk around -- It will never do to gib it up so -- The boatman's dance -- Bee gum reel -- Matt Peel's walk around -- Rumsey's jig -- Luke West's walk around -- Bully for you -- Walk into the parlor -- Boston jig -- Hyde's favorite -- Union cockade -- Callowhill jig -- My love is but a lassie -- Butler's jig -- Lanagan's ball -- O'Flarharty's wake -- The charcoal man -- Whole hog or none -- Operatic jig -- Brighton jig -- Arkansas traveler Show less

A notable tutor by a widely popular performer. In this and other companion works, Converse introduced the 'guitar style' of arpeggiated up picking on the banjo, laying the groundwork for subsequent classical styles, as well as the intricate picking of later generations.

Banjo -- Methods -- Self-instruction
Banjo -- Instruction and study
Banjo -- Studies and exercises

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