As an aspirering banjo student, I was in "Rapt" attention. That was the most beautiful rendition of that song I've ever heard. Absolutely fabulous. Thank You
Classic was the dominant banjo style in the world from the 1870s until around 1920 and was based on classic guitar. Ragtime banjoists were quite prominent. Joplin dedicated sections of his rags to banjoists. One of the roots of ragtime was what was called banjo piano by pianists who immitated the syncopations Black ande black imitting banjoist played in the mid 19th Century still this is fine music
You gotta be kiddin me!!! In the meantime I'll pick my jaw up off the floor and continue to listen. I play and Orlando 5 stg and I am just shocked at this. Its amazing ,really! I'd love to have the tabs for it,so I can butcher my way thru it and hang my head,and go kick cans....
This is awesome! I've always thought this would be a good song for the banjo. Been playin' for a while now but have never come across a banjo tab or lesson online. Kudos though man.
Michael DelPrincipe - Knopf has a whole tablature booklet you can buy online. Its has this and Maple Leaf Rag, amongst other Scott Joplin songs. Pretty sweet!
kudos kudos kudos. your sense of cadence is impeccable. so many other people try and put up bits where they play too fast and end up playing sloppily or their cadence shifts during the tune because they never learned to play by starting slowly. you sir obviously do not have that problem. egggcellent!
If you can play this song on banjo, that damn well, you have mastered the Banjo- for sure! soooooooo friggin hard (odd notes and timing) i love Ragtime :D so cool :)
hahah very nice. and i thought i was good cause i could finally play when johnny comes marching home and the hawaiian war chant all the way through now.
this ios great but just an extention of classic banjo which was dominant in the time of Ragtime, with more rag recordings on cyclinders than done by piano. The masters like Van Eps and Ossmon played much faster than this
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! I have played a 5 string ever since Kennedy was President, but I couldn’t touch this!! Lovely top tension banjo too!
Are you really? It's not look so hard and complicated.
As an aspirering banjo student, I was in "Rapt" attention. That was the most beautiful rendition of that song I've ever heard. Absolutely fabulous. Thank You
Beautifully done!! This is one of my favorite tunes of alltime, & to hear it done on banjo is amazing!
Wonderful playing, thank you very much! Best wishes from Switzerland!
Clap clap clap!! Bravo! bravo! Magnifico!
Classic was the dominant banjo style in the world from the 1870s until around 1920 and was based on classic guitar. Ragtime banjoists were quite prominent. Joplin dedicated sections of his rags to banjoists. One of the roots of ragtime was what was called banjo piano by pianists who immitated the syncopations Black ande black imitting banjoist played in the mid 19th Century still this is fine music
absolutely lovely ! you inspire me to get better with my banjo
I like the smile at the end with the little laugh, like "I did it."
You gotta be kiddin me!!! In the meantime I'll pick my jaw up off the floor and continue to listen. I play and Orlando 5 stg and I am just shocked at this. Its amazing ,really! I'd love to have the tabs for it,so I can butcher my way thru it and hang my head,and go kick cans....
Absolutely phenomenal Bill! I don't see any imitators of your style. Thanks for posting.
Simply fabulous!!!
Wow amazing playing
i was thinking about taking up the Banjo... Now I'm not so sure lol. Excellent job Mr. Knopf
This is awesome! I've always thought this would be a good song for the banjo. Been playin' for a while now but have never come across a banjo tab or lesson online. Kudos though man.
Michael DelPrincipe - Knopf has a whole tablature booklet you can buy online. Its has this and Maple Leaf Rag, amongst other Scott Joplin songs. Pretty sweet!
Very well preformed
It is in my book "Bill Knopf Plays Scott Joplin". There is a companion CD. They are available through my website. Thanks
Great. That's it. Well done! 👍
This song suits the BANJO!!! :D I can imagine a cowboy playing this while biting on a grass stem while taking care of a herd of cows
kudos kudos kudos.
your sense of cadence is impeccable. so many other people try and put up bits where they play too fast and end up playing sloppily or their cadence shifts during the tune because they never learned to play by starting slowly.
you sir obviously do not have that problem. egggcellent!
If you can play this song on banjo, that damn well, you have mastered the Banjo- for sure!
soooooooo friggin hard (odd notes and timing) i love Ragtime :D so cool :)
(sniff,sniff) that was beautiful.
Scott Joplin sell a tab book on his website. I am using this to work on the tune
its really good when you play at speed 1.25
Its really good the way it is, this guy is amazing. But it does sound more lively at 1.25.
Frances Jhay Acain Right? He makes it sound Extremely Awesome slower too, though!..
hahah very nice. and i thought i was good cause i could finally play when johnny comes marching home and the hawaiian war chant all the way through now.
Perfectly.
Just great!
wow! very nice im like 5/5
The Entertainer plays The Enterainer. Nicely picked. Hats off to you.
Nice Bill
O.O i cant find the bigger O to show how my eyes was when i saw this
set the speed on 1,75 best
Nice.
yeah cool
Either instrument can be as complicated as you want to make it, but the banjo is physically easier to play. Fewer strings and lighter gauge.
Aurthur Morgan Entertainer
Song is fire till you crank the speed to 1.50
Then it's extra fire
ctually it was Bill Knoph who did the tab book. My bad
BBaw check six
Compare to the guitar is the banjo hard to learn to play?
this ios great but just an extention of classic banjo which was dominant in the time of Ragtime, with more rag recordings on cyclinders than done by piano. The masters like Van Eps and Ossmon played much faster than this
ROFL all Bill 3 of your victims in your F6F found you.
i can play this on the guitar but it is not at good as on the banjo
get a bawse player, and a rythm guitar player in there make it country lol