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Early English Banjo

Resources from a research project on the early English banjo 1842-1889 including notation for the recorded tunes uploaded to our youtube research channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2ARp4V-79Qsk0dxbKvqniQ

Royal Navy Hornpipe

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May 07, 2024

6-string banjo tuned eABEG#B. Spratt's original tune structure ABAB. Recorded AABB.

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Crack Shot Galop

February 21, 2024

The notation here is in the keys of A and D as published by Spratt for 6-string banjo tuned eABEG#B. The youtube recording of this tune is transposed into G and C for the 7-string relative banjo tuning gGCDGBD.

Parisot's Hornpipe

February 20, 2024

Steam Up

February 21, 2024

This tune appeared in 'Breakdowns, Dances, Hornpipes, &c. Arranged for the Banjo', E. Panormo, London 1865. The melody arranged by Edward Panormo is a variant of the popular English country dance tune 'Speed the Plough'. The same variant with the same title 'Steam Up' was also published in 'Metzler & Co.'s Tutor for the Banjo', Metzler & Co., London, 1877.

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Early English Banjo: This blog forms a resource sharing space linked to a current and ongoing project researching the social history and repertoire of the early English banjo c.1842-1889. The tunes are recorded on original English 6 and 7-string banjos strung with gut strings that are tuned to a higher pitch than modern standard tuning in accord with English mid-Victorian musical practice. For the majority of recordings pitch is A4=444hz known as Society of Arts pitch. The evidence emerging from detailed study of previously neglected 19th century primary sources is revealing a repertoire far more diverse than the negative stereotyping of American-derived 'minstrelsy'. This popular repertoire reveals the contextual influences and creativity of British composers and musicians as the banjo was adapted and assimilated into Victorian English vernacular contexts. Audio for these tunes are uploaded to: https://www.youtube.com/@earlyenglishbanjo/videos

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