Ideal method for the banjo : contains simple and clear instructions, and a large number of operatic and other popular airs : carefully selected from the latest publications and arranged with special reference to the instrument

Oliver Ditson & Co.

Boston (Mass.)

Includes some voice and banjo duets.

Buckley's jig -- Hark, de banjo's ringing -- One and twenty -- Jumbo jig -- Rise up, Ephriam -- Twickingham Ferry -- Polka waltz -- Ten little Injuns jig -- Banjo dance -- Angels meet me at the cross road -- Grandmother's arm chair -- Little brown jug -- Freedman's go-down -- I'm getting a big boy now -- Billee Taylor -- Shepherd boy -- Fatinitza march -- Torpedo and the whale -- Hard times -- Boat dance -- Larda dah! -- Hub jig -- Widower's jig -- Walk around -- Silver spoons -- Wilson's clo... Show moreBuckley's jig -- Hark, de banjo's ringing -- One and twenty -- Jumbo jig -- Rise up, Ephriam -- Twickingham Ferry -- Polka waltz -- Ten little Injuns jig -- Banjo dance -- Angels meet me at the cross road -- Grandmother's arm chair -- Little brown jug -- Freedman's go-down -- I'm getting a big boy now -- Billee Taylor -- Shepherd boy -- Fatinitza march -- Torpedo and the whale -- Hard times -- Boat dance -- Larda dah! -- Hub jig -- Widower's jig -- Walk around -- Silver spoons -- Wilson's clog dance -- Nancy Jane -- Over the garden wall -- Kutschke : heel and toe polka -- Tyrolean dance -- Bird in hand polka -- Old folks at home : Swanee River -- Sweet by and by -- Racquet galop -- Japanese young man : patience -- Little old cabin in the lane -- Scotch lassie Jean -- Angel Gabriel -- Grand harmonic waltz -- Spanish fandango -- Fandango -- Pretty as a Picture -- Oh, I'se so wicked -- Whip-poor-will's song -- Ellie Rhee : or, Carry me back to Tennessee -- Listen to the mocking-bird -- Enoch Arden : or, I'll sail the seas over Show less

First edition. One of numerous instruction books issued by the popular songwriter, and one of the scarcer ones.

Banjo -- Methods
Banjo -- Instruction and study
Banjo -- Studies and exercises
Banjo music

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