The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #19825 Message #204342
Posted By: rangeroger
30-Mar-00 - 11:04 PM
Thread Name: Learning the Banjo From Pete Seeger
Subject: RE: Learning the Banjo From Pete Seeger
As I started to read this thread, I went to my box of music books and got out my Pete Seeger book. Red cover,Third edition Revised,1962.Price $2.00.I don't play banjo but I have one,and I have used this book to fumble around on it.Priceless.
On the back cover is a quote attributed to an old_time banjo picker,interviewed around 1850,and asked if he could read music.
"......Can I read notes? Hell,there are no notes to a banjo. You just play it." rr