This book contains the 50 late 19th century tunes in Albert Baur’s 1883 anthology, The Banjoist’s Budget. The collection has roots in four main sources: minstrel songs, Irish popular and folk traditions, clog dancing tunes, and Gilbert and Sullivan favorites- all expertly played by Rob MacKillop on the accompanying online audio recording. The music is clearly typeset in standard notation and tablature for the 5-string banjo in Baur’s original eAEG#B tuning; observing the tablature, however, this music can be played in modern-day concert C tuning, gCGBD. While Baur provided no technique instructions, the music can be played in the old minstrel stroke technique, the modern melodic clawhammer style, or fingerstyle. By contrast, MacKillop provides ample performance notes and a few tips within the notation. These melodies constitute an authentic audio window to a past century, when the five-string banjo was a classical instrument studied and played by serious students and expert musicians who read standard notation rather than tablature. In any case, here they are in notation and modern banjo tablature, together with a delightful online recording. Includes access to online audio.
Minstrel Stage Reel
Muldoon Irish Reel
On Deck Hornpipe
The Captain Hornpipe
Nobody Knows Reel
Dangers Delight Hornpipe
McCormick Party Reel
Hard Back Family Reel
The Boss Reel
Trouble Begins Reel
The Pic-Nic Reel
All Night Reel
Always Happy Reel
Sir Joseph Hornpipe
Good Enough Irish Reel
Before the Mast Hornpipe
Mary McCarty Irish Reel
Latest Racket Reel
Keep It Up Irish Reel
Behind the Scenes Reel
Rooney's Favorite Irish Reel
Lively Twins Reel
McGinley's Reel
Dick Deadeye Hornpipe
First Mate Hornpipe
The Wind Up Irish Reel
Johnny's Best Reel
Jumping Jacks Reel
Neat and Graceful Clog
Twisted Rope Jig
Wooden Shoes Clog Dance
Electric Light Reel
I'm Happy Clog Dance
On the Barn Floor Jig
Too Utterly Too Clog Dance
Go As You Please Walk Around
Silver Spangles Clog Dance
Sand Dance Jig
Aesthetic Clog Dance
Heel Taps Jig
Big Four Walk Around
Mastodon Clog Dance
Aunt Pricella's Party Walk Around
Artistic Jig
Light and Airy Clog Dance
On the Quiet Jig
Takes the Cake Walk Around
Medley Jig
Just the Thing Clog Dance
Roll Down the Curtain Walk Around
Muldoon Irish Reel
On Deck Hornpipe
The Captain Hornpipe
Nobody Knows Reel
Dangers Delight Hornpipe
McCormick Party Reel
Hard Back Family Reel
The Boss Reel
Trouble Begins Reel
The Pic-Nic Reel
All Night Reel
Always Happy Reel
Sir Joseph Hornpipe
Good Enough Irish Reel
Before the Mast Hornpipe
Mary McCarty Irish Reel
Latest Racket Reel
Keep It Up Irish Reel
Behind the Scenes Reel
Rooney's Favorite Irish Reel
Lively Twins Reel
McGinley's Reel
Dick Deadeye Hornpipe
First Mate Hornpipe
The Wind Up Irish Reel
Johnny's Best Reel
Jumping Jacks Reel
Neat and Graceful Clog
Twisted Rope Jig
Wooden Shoes Clog Dance
Electric Light Reel
I'm Happy Clog Dance
On the Barn Floor Jig
Too Utterly Too Clog Dance
Go As You Please Walk Around
Silver Spangles Clog Dance
Sand Dance Jig
Aesthetic Clog Dance
Heel Taps Jig
Big Four Walk Around
Mastodon Clog Dance
Aunt Pricella's Party Walk Around
Artistic Jig
Light and Airy Clog Dance
On the Quiet Jig
Takes the Cake Walk Around
Medley Jig
Just the Thing Clog Dance
Roll Down the Curtain Walk Around
| Arrangement | Banjo |
| NumberOfPages | 68 |
| Media | Book(softcover, stapled), Digital Audio |
| Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
| Contributors | MacKillop, Rob(Composer) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9781513466460 |