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- For banjo tablature on the net, check out John Lawless's Banjo Site
- includes tabs, instrument makers and the Canonical List of Banjo Jokes
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- Also, see Nat Torkington's Home Page, which includes downloadable tabs.
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- Steve Trussel began indexing all the tunes in his numerous 5-string
- banjo tab books 10 years ago, and he published that list as the "Banjo
- Tune Catalog". Now he has the on-line Banjo Tune Index (BTI), with
- almost 3,000 tabs listed. The songbook list shows the 65 tablature books
- the tunes, with publication data, and alphabetical Tables of Contents
- for each.
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- Go to TabPerfect's site to download a demo version of the software we
- use to write tablature in Banjo NewsLetter. Mac-only.
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- Murphy Henry now has a web site.
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- 5 String Quarterly is a new magazine focusing on 3 finger picking.
- Edited by Eddie Collins, their first issue was published in the spring
- of 1995.
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- The Bluegrass Chronicle, a monthly newspaper that covers Festivals and
- Events, Artists Appearances, New Releases, and more.
- J.D. Crowe now has a web page, put together by Chris McGlone, that
- contains a discography, references to published articles and tabs,
- sources for the above (including of course BNL!) and a few photos.
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- Bluegrass and Old-Time
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- For the largest collection of bluegrass info on the Net, check out Bob
- Cherry's Cybergrass: The Internet Bluegrass Magazine.
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- Also worth visiting in Karen Quick's Bluegrass World. Great links.
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- For bluegrass and acoustic music tour info, go to Dirty Linen magazine.
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- Acoustic Musician magazine is a fine-looking monthly devoted to the
- needs of the acoustic musician, with tabs, profiles on musicians and
- luthiers, studio and sound features, and more.
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- Yahoo has recently added a Bluegrass listing.
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- If you're interested in Old-Time, go to either the Old Time music site,
- to Old Time Music on the Radio,
- or to the The Old-Time Herald.
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- Gordon Banks has put together a dynamite old-time page, with lots of
- links, and tabs of Dwight Diller's.
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- Learn to play the Plectrum Banjo by Video from the Alan Munde's home
- page here.
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- Mel Bay Publications - 50 years of excellence in music publishing.
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- Instrument Makers
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- Deering Banjos now has a web site.
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- Chris' Banjo Page shows you how to make a "piccolo" banjo for kids!
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- Gibson Banjos can also be seen on line.
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- Stelling Banjo Works has a site now, with many color photos.
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- Elderly Instruments - Vintage instruments with description including
- description.
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- Homewood Musical Instrument Company Birmingham, Alabama
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- Mandolin Brothers Ltd. - Acoustic Instruments
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- Bernunzio Vintage Instruments: buy, sell, trade
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- Festivals and Musical Events
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- The Unofficial Strawberry Festival page
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- Winterhawk '96
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- A database of various performers and their performance schedules.
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- Reno 5-String Banjo Revival: Second Annual 4-day workshop devoted to the
- playing style of Don Reno. Oct. 10-13, 1996, Nashville TN. Contact Lori
- Reno at RenoRev@aol.com
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- Yahoo index.
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- New Riders' Official World Wide Web Yellow Pages
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