[Dixielandjazz] Additional Important Info Regarding Banjos

[Fred Spencer]

Mazow, Leo G. Picturing the Banjo. University Park, The Pennsylvania State 
University Press, 2005. xvi, 179 pp., illus., index.

"Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name, Picturing the 
Banjo offers the first examination of the instrument's depiction in images 
that range from anonymous photographs of performers to paintings by Thomas 
Eakins and prints by Dox Thrash [and] Leo G, Mazow." The 120 illustrations 
in this handsome volume, which are mostly in color, are accompanied by a 
liberal text; Notes; Selected Bibliography.

Cheers. Fred

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Mumford" <john at jazzbanjo.com>
To: <drjz at bealenet.com>
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Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Additional Important Info Regarding Banjos


> Maurie,
>
> That Half-Barbaric Twang - The Banjo in American Popular Culture was
> published in 1994. The author, Karen Linn was an archivist at the Library 
> of
> Congress when she wrote the book.
>
> They used to have a copy of the book at the downtown Denver Library.
>
> John Mumford
> www.jazzbanjo.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Walker, Maurice" <maurice.walker at gwl.com>
> To: <john at jazzbanjo.com>
> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Additional Important Info Regarding Banjos
>
>
> :
> :
> : A minor quibble, Mike.
> :
> : "Capos are generally used only on 5 string banjos."
> :
> : If you went to a stringed instrument store and asked for a capo, you
> : would almost certainly be offered a guitar capo -- you'd have to ask for
> : a capo specifically for banjo.  It's primarily a folk-music thing, where
> : the performer chooses a key to suit his/her voice and uses the capo to
> : play familiar chords in an unfamiliar key.
> :
> : "Most 4 string banjoists (tenor or plectrum) do not use capos, as it is
> : possible to play in all keys and to switch "on the fly" to a different
> : key. The latter is not possible when a capo is used. "
> :
> : True -- I usually have one in my case for the odd moment, such as the
> : guy that sprang Maple Leaf Rag on me in the key of A.
> :
> : I'm intrigued by the book titled "The Half-Barbaric Twang" (Karen Linn,
> : Univ. of Illinois Press) -- Is that a recent publication?
> :
> : Maurie Walker
> : Formerly of Queen City Jazz Band, among other things
> :
> :
> :
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