Buckley's New Banjo Method (1860, ukulele tablature/sheet music)
For the first time ever in tablature, 30 instrumental solos from Buckley's New Banjo Method from 1860! I very meticulously transcribed 30 instrumental solos and arranged them for all re-entrant ukuleles to play. With re-entrant tuning, this means that the strings aren’t tuned lowest to highest like on a guitar. Most ukuleles that you see are strung and tuned like this by default with the lowest pitched string being the third string of the instrument. If you have a soprano, concert, or tenor ukulele, you generally need to buy a special set of low G ukulele strings to get non re-entrant tuning. The 5-string banjo is also a re-entrant instrument which is something that makes these work on ukulele so well. I've also included a complete transcription of the instructions for how to play the banjo from the original book. There is an 11 page introduction with information about James Buckley, a brief history of the banjo, and my own personal observations and things that I learned while researching this project.
Song list:
- Leavitt’s Jig
- The Bell Jig
- Solo Variations On Positions
- Bryant’s Jig
- Rattlesnake Jig
- Boston Jig
- Joe Sweeney’s Jig
- Fairy Dance
- Prince’s Jig
- Harper’s Jig
- Philadelphia Walk-around
- Whelpley’s Jig
- Hobson’s Jig
- Raccoon Jig
- Clark’s Waltz
- Money Musk Reel
- Unsworth’s Giggle Toot
- I’m Off For Brighton
- Ninth Avenue Jig
- Deacon Buckley’s Jig
- Buckley’s Copenhagen Reel
- Old Dan Emmett’s Waltz
- Leavitt’s Irish Jig
- The Poor Wandering Boy
- The Selim Smiter
- Firemen’s Jig
- The Sanford Jig
- Aunt Sally’s Jig
- Phil Isaac’s Jig
- Jake Bacchus’ Reel
