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This particular page was created 18/08/2003 and last updated 21/05/2005
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 Some other interesting sites.
  • tenorguitar.com
      All about the tenor guitar
  • Frailer Yahoo group
      A group for anyone interested in playing or listening to clawhammer banjo. Or for anyone who builds or collects open back 5-string banjos.
  • Musica Viva - The Free Sheet Music Directory - banjo category
      Links to sites with banjo sheet music.
  • FolkBlues
      "FolkBlues.Com is a place for those interested in "acoustic music" (folk, blues, bluegrass, Celtic, Cajun, or whatever else might be included) to find and share information, and to enjoy the music we all love. We will not try to "reinvent the wheel," doing what others have already done, often quite well.  Instead, the site will try to pull resources together, in a way which makes it easy to find the things you are interested in, and which might help you discover that which has so far eluded your interest."
  • The slide guitar
      My special slide guitar site.
  • Banjolele Yahoo group
      Here's a place for Banjo Uke players to meet Technical questions, player get togethers etc.
  • Cookietinbanjo Yahoo group
      The place for discussion of designing, building, and adoration of Cookie Tin Banjo's, Guitar's, Sitar's, Dobro's, Mbira's, and any other instrument you can create with a cookie or popcorn tin!
  • Jazz Banjo Magazine
      An online magazine with lots and lots of info about the banjo in jazz music. Hard to navigate simply because it's so big, but well worth the effort.
  • New Time Banjo
      A monthly series of intermediate-to-advanced frailing banjo workshops by Patrick Costello. Strongly recommended for non-frailing banjoists too!
  • 4shelties
      A great 4 string banjo web directory.
  • Blues Mandolin
      Blues on the mandolin? Is that possible???
  • Banjo-L Homepage
      Home page for the Banjo-L maillist and a huge banjo resource site. Mainly about the fivestringer, but with a little bit of into for everybody.
  • Blues And Jazz Five String Banjo Yahoo group
      Yahoo group for those who want to play blues and jazz on a fivestring banjo.
  • Angie's Banjo Teachers.com
      Need a banjo teacher? Angie knows where to find one.
  • Terry's Banjo And Bluegrass Page
      A really nice - and often overlooked - banjo resource site. The banjo tutor includes a comprehensive presentation of the pentatonic and the blues scale on the five-string banjo: definitely something a blues banjoist ought to know!
  • Banjomakers Yahoo group
      A group for those interested in 18th- and 19th-century banjo construction techniques.
  • Fretless Clawhammer Banjo
      Information about the really old-fashioned fretless banjo - even instructions how to build one!
  • Banjoguitar Yahoo group
      Yahoo group for 6 (long) string banjo-guitar players.
  • The Blues Banjo
      Everything about playing the blues on the banjo.
  • Frailingbanjo Yahoo group
      For the discussion of frailing (clawhammer, down-picking) style banjo. Also for discussing other old-time styles.
  • The Irish Banjo
      Everything about the banjo in Irish/Celtic music. This is one of my own sites, and I'm working on it right now. Still a bit sketchy.
  • The Blues Harmonica
      Everything about the blues harmonica - not just for the blues, but for other kinds of music as well.
  • Folk of the Wood: 6-String Banjo vs 5-String Banjo
      An interesting discussion about the pros and cons of two of the different banjo types for blues playing.
  • Match Box Blues
      A really great new blues Yahoo group.
  • 4-string Chord Finder
      Find chords for any four stringed instrument. The chords are automatically generated and you only get one (not always the best) alternative for each, but it's still a very valuable resource.
  • Online Guitarist
      My guitar resources site.
  • Trubaduoen Roar og Frank
      Home page of the duo I play in.
  • Hopefully helpful hints for the novice banjo player
      As the title says.
  • Mandolin Player
      All about the mandolin and related instruments.
  • Tenorbanjo Yahoo group
      For players of Tenor banjos and fans of Tenor Banjo Music.
  • Fretted Friends Yahoo Group
      As the name says - a really friendly group for everybody who plays any kind of fretted instrument.
  • Banjo Junkyard Yahoo group
      The banjo hardware group. For swapping banjo parts and information about the best places to buy strings, picks, necks, heads, cases, stands and more.
  • The Banjo, the 1800s and the Blues
      Very interesting about the early connection between the banjo and the blues
  • Musica Viva - The Banjo Archive
      The banjo section of my free sheet music site. Sheet music and tabs for banjo.
  • Patek style tenor banjo
      Fivestring banjo style on the tenor. Patek has some really interesting and original ideas about tenor banjo playing.
  • Fourstringbanjo Yahoo group
      To share information about plectrum and tenor banjos. This includes both the instrument itself as well as the various musical styles associated with the banjo.
  • Mugwumps Online Guide To Banjo Family Articles
      As the title syas. The list doesn't seem to be updated too often, but it's still a valuable resource for all banjo players.
  • Folk Banjo
      My generic banjo site.

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