The Complete American Banjo School (Stewart, Samuel Swain)

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Stefan Apke (2022/7/19)

Publisher. Info. Philadelphia, Pa.: S.S. Stewart, 1888.
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Work Title The Complete American Banjo School
Alternative. Title
Composer Stewart, Samuel Swain
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's Banjo instruction and more than 60 items
Part 1
  • Concert pitch and general remarks
  • The banjo head, the banjo strings, the fingerboard
  • Rudiments of music
  • The scales explained
  • Natural scale of the banjo, with illustrations
  • Barre chords explained
  • Chromatic scale, and exercises on the same
  • Exercises in time, no.1-13
  • The 24 scales and chords
  • Tonic chords of 24 keys
  • Exercises in rapid shifting, no.1-5
  • Exercises in waltz movement, no.1-6
  • Exercises in modulation and expression, no.1-4
  • Exercises in the tremolo movement, no.1-3
  • The graduation of sound
  • Drum chords
  • Arpeggio or harp chords
  • Exercises in "Bass tuned to B"
  • Vibration and "Snap" slurs explained
  • Vibration Schottische, with explanations
  • Staccato and legato movements
  • 4 Exercises in vibration trilling
  • The harmonic tones, with explanations
  • Embellishment and grace notes
  • Exercises in various keys, with explanations
  • Stroke playing explained, with exercises
  • The "Roll" in stroke playing, with exercises
  • Modulations
  • The dominant chords
  • The diminished seventh
  • Transposition
  • Darkeys Passtime (Minor Jig), with explanations
  • Home Sweet Home, with explanations
  • Miscellaneous exercises on different movements
  • Song accompaniments
  • Embellishments and cadenza exercises
Part 2
  • Waltz for pupil and teacher
  • On Yonder Rock, from Fra Diavolo
  • Wine, wife and song Waltz, Strauss
  • Locomotive Hornpipe
  • Fairy Varsovienne
  • La Zingarella
  • Swiss Waltz
  • Beethoven's favorite Waltz
  • First Love Redowa
  • Scherzo, from Haydn's Symphony
  • Mandolinata
  • Scotch Melody
  • New Spanish Waltz
  • Silver Lake Waltz
  • Holloway's Varsovienne
  • Arkansas Traveller
  • Egyptian harp Waltz
  • Vexed editor's Reel
  • Morton's Reel
  • Bath's Reel
  • Virginia Reel
  • Duxburg Hornpipe
  • Within a mile of Edinburgh
  • Air from Zampa
  • Fairest flower Waltz
  • Old style Waltz
  • Overland Polka Mazurka
  • May Day Hornpipe
  • Landler's Waltz
  • Double Clog Hornpipe
  • Approach of Spring Waltzes, Friedrich Zikoff
  • Witches Dance, Paganini
  • Lauterbach Waltz
  • Varsovienne by Strauss
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation banjo; 2 banjos