MrBanjo
@mrbanjo.bsky.social
Music, Chess, Typography, Lanscape Photography, Pixels, Drifter, Canadian.
Well, I've been dealing with a double foot infection for 2 months. It's been a slog. On the brighter side, after playing classical guitar for 30+ years, I finally bought a hand-made classical. Made by luthier Lorenzo Masini in 2024.
Purchased from:
www.grandsalondeguitare.com
#ClassicalGuitar 🤟
Purchased from:
www.grandsalondeguitare.com
#ClassicalGuitar 🤟
October 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Well, I've been dealing with a double foot infection for 2 months. It's been a slog. On the brighter side, after playing classical guitar for 30+ years, I finally bought a hand-made classical. Made by luthier Lorenzo Masini in 2024.
Purchased from:
www.grandsalondeguitare.com
#ClassicalGuitar 🤟
Purchased from:
www.grandsalondeguitare.com
#ClassicalGuitar 🤟
Society 3.0:
Automation/Robots will provide people with the freedom to focus more on music and art.
Now AI creates art and music completing the loop to completely remove people from the process altogether.
Case in point:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKxN...
Automation/Robots will provide people with the freedom to focus more on music and art.
Now AI creates art and music completing the loop to completely remove people from the process altogether.
Case in point:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKxN...
I'm Sorry...This New Artist Completely Sucks
YouTube video by Rick Beato
www.youtube.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Society 3.0:
Automation/Robots will provide people with the freedom to focus more on music and art.
Now AI creates art and music completing the loop to completely remove people from the process altogether.
Case in point:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKxN...
Automation/Robots will provide people with the freedom to focus more on music and art.
Now AI creates art and music completing the loop to completely remove people from the process altogether.
Case in point:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKxN...
Bach's Prelude, Fugue and Allegro played by Davide Prina. A truly magnificent version of BWV 998. I'll be "borrowing" a few of his left had fretting choices. #ClassicalGuitar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy_e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy_e...
Johan Sebastian Bach: Prelue,Fugue and Allegro BWV 998
YouTube video by Davide Prina
www.youtube.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Bach's Prelude, Fugue and Allegro played by Davide Prina. A truly magnificent version of BWV 998. I'll be "borrowing" a few of his left had fretting choices. #ClassicalGuitar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy_e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy_e...
Found a psuedo-scorpion in the downstairs bathroom. Pretty groovy little guy! Harmless. 🦂
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudos...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudos...
July 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Found a psuedo-scorpion in the downstairs bathroom. Pretty groovy little guy! Harmless. 🦂
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudos...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudos...
YouTube is a great resource for classical guitarists. I found this video of Iva Kosic practicing Bach's BWV 998 Prelude. Really great for left hand positional tips. She also covers the BWV 998 Allegro.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcQL...
#ClassicalGuitar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcQL...
#ClassicalGuitar
Iva's Practice Room - J.S.Bach✨PRELUDE✨BWV 998
YouTube video by Iva Kosić
www.youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
YouTube is a great resource for classical guitarists. I found this video of Iva Kosic practicing Bach's BWV 998 Prelude. Really great for left hand positional tips. She also covers the BWV 998 Allegro.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcQL...
#ClassicalGuitar
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcQL...
#ClassicalGuitar
My Nechville Nextar that I purchased from Noam Pikelny in 2007. Met him in Montreal before a PB show. He signed the resonator and we played some tunes. Played every day. Re-fretted twice. Played in a touring band for 5 years.
Post a photo of your main banjo and a little of its history.
#banjofeed
Post a photo of your main banjo and a little of its history.
#banjofeed
July 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
My Nechville Nextar that I purchased from Noam Pikelny in 2007. Met him in Montreal before a PB show. He signed the resonator and we played some tunes. Played every day. Re-fretted twice. Played in a touring band for 5 years.
Post a photo of your main banjo and a little of its history.
#banjofeed
Post a photo of your main banjo and a little of its history.
#banjofeed
In two weeks, I've worked on Bach's Prelude BWV 998. Quite a piece of music! I also practice my other pieces and learned how to play cross string trills and add them into my Bach pieces. I learned how to play them through Tariq Harb's YouTube video. Very interesting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CUI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CUI...
Cross-string trills and how to execute them - Tariq Harb, guitar
YouTube video by Tariq Harb
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
In two weeks, I've worked on Bach's Prelude BWV 998. Quite a piece of music! I also practice my other pieces and learned how to play cross string trills and add them into my Bach pieces. I learned how to play them through Tariq Harb's YouTube video. Very interesting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CUI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CUI...
A really long pano of Bell Island, Newfoundland taken from the ferry. The Boots of Bell Isle are just right of centre.
#LandscapePhotography
#LandscapePhotography
June 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A really long pano of Bell Island, Newfoundland taken from the ferry. The Boots of Bell Isle are just right of centre.
#LandscapePhotography
#LandscapePhotography
After a 30 year break, I felt compelled to play classical guitar again. Currently learning BWV 998 Prelude.
Pieces relearned after 2 months:
BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
BWV 995 Prelude
BWV 995 Gavotte I & II
BWV 996 Allemende
BWV 996 Bourrée
BWV 999 Prelude
BWV 1007 Prelude
All Bach!!!
Pieces relearned after 2 months:
BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
BWV 995 Prelude
BWV 995 Gavotte I & II
BWV 996 Allemende
BWV 996 Bourrée
BWV 999 Prelude
BWV 1007 Prelude
All Bach!!!
June 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
After a 30 year break, I felt compelled to play classical guitar again. Currently learning BWV 998 Prelude.
Pieces relearned after 2 months:
BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
BWV 995 Prelude
BWV 995 Gavotte I & II
BWV 996 Allemende
BWV 996 Bourrée
BWV 999 Prelude
BWV 1007 Prelude
All Bach!!!
Pieces relearned after 2 months:
BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
BWV 995 Prelude
BWV 995 Gavotte I & II
BWV 996 Allemende
BWV 996 Bourrée
BWV 999 Prelude
BWV 1007 Prelude
All Bach!!!
Damn it! I have been trying to create a different kind of platform here on Bluesky, but my feed has turned into a duplicate version of my X feed which is not what I wanted.
Frustrating to say the least.
Frustrating to say the least.
June 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Damn it! I have been trying to create a different kind of platform here on Bluesky, but my feed has turned into a duplicate version of my X feed which is not what I wanted.
Frustrating to say the least.
Frustrating to say the least.
Brador Falls just outside of Blanc-Sablon, Quebec.
#LandscapePhotography
#LandscapePhotography
June 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Brador Falls just outside of Blanc-Sablon, Quebec.
#LandscapePhotography
#LandscapePhotography
After a 30 year hiatus, I am playing classical guitar again. Relearned 6 Bach pieces and some Renaisaance pieces. The great thing about learning today is the vast array of YouTube videos showing proper finger positions and better dynamics.
Case in point. Spectacular!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=voT0...
Case in point. Spectacular!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=voT0...
Julia Trintschuk plays BWV 995 Gavotte I & II on a Armin Hanika Natural Doubletop 2017
YouTube video by SiccasGuitars
www.youtube.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
After a 30 year hiatus, I am playing classical guitar again. Relearned 6 Bach pieces and some Renaisaance pieces. The great thing about learning today is the vast array of YouTube videos showing proper finger positions and better dynamics.
Case in point. Spectacular!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=voT0...
Case in point. Spectacular!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=voT0...
Test 30 from Bellin & Ponzetto-Test-Your-Positional Play book. You play positions from real games to find the best plan from 3 plans. I've spent a year completing the 30 tests in this book. I play from the position to help me select the correct plan before l see the plans. Found a Queen sac!
#chess
#chess
May 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Test 30 from Bellin & Ponzetto-Test-Your-Positional Play book. You play positions from real games to find the best plan from 3 plans. I've spent a year completing the 30 tests in this book. I play from the position to help me select the correct plan before l see the plans. Found a Queen sac!
#chess
#chess
This was the video that made me aware of BB Bowness as a serious banjo player. She is a really great arranger for the banjo and is continually pushing the limits.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tyy...
Check out BB's Youtube Channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tyy...
#banjofeed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tyy...
Check out BB's Youtube Channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tyy...
#banjofeed
BB Bowness // Tony Rice solo on the banjo
YouTube video by BB Bowness
www.youtube.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This was the video that made me aware of BB Bowness as a serious banjo player. She is a really great arranger for the banjo and is continually pushing the limits.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tyy...
Check out BB's Youtube Channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tyy...
#banjofeed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tyy...
Check out BB's Youtube Channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tyy...
#banjofeed
These are incredibly illustrated books.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
***Dinosaur Klaxon***
My latest collection of Palaeoart is now in stock and available to buy! EX|TERRA 3 is a 64 page art book featuring my work from 2024. Also available is the Ex|Terra Complete Collection which includes all three books for a special price.
Find it here: dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/1892...
Find it here: dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/1892...
March 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
These are incredibly illustrated books.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
My Ex|Terra books arrived!!! They are gorgeous.
Andy Frazer is a stellar illustrator and these books are well worth the price. 5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!!!
@dragonsofwales.bsky.social
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/drag...
Andy Frazer is a stellar illustrator and these books are well worth the price. 5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!!!
@dragonsofwales.bsky.social
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/drag...
March 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My Ex|Terra books arrived!!! They are gorgeous.
Andy Frazer is a stellar illustrator and these books are well worth the price. 5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!!!
@dragonsofwales.bsky.social
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/drag...
Andy Frazer is a stellar illustrator and these books are well worth the price. 5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!!!
@dragonsofwales.bsky.social
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/drag...
Alison Brown is an incredible banjo player and composer. She has broadened the banjo's horizons immensely. My favourite CDs are Fair Weather and Quartet, but they're all really great. See her live, if you get the chance!
G-Bop
tinyurl.com/3n52f5m9
Shake and Howdy
tinyurl.com/3nh5yjzt
#banjofeed
G-Bop
tinyurl.com/3n52f5m9
Shake and Howdy
tinyurl.com/3nh5yjzt
#banjofeed
G Bop
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
tinyurl.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Alison Brown is an incredible banjo player and composer. She has broadened the banjo's horizons immensely. My favourite CDs are Fair Weather and Quartet, but they're all really great. See her live, if you get the chance!
G-Bop
tinyurl.com/3n52f5m9
Shake and Howdy
tinyurl.com/3nh5yjzt
#banjofeed
G-Bop
tinyurl.com/3n52f5m9
Shake and Howdy
tinyurl.com/3nh5yjzt
#banjofeed
The view of Ten Mile Pond from the top of Gros Morne in western Newfoundland. I climbed Gros Morne four times to get this shot. This section was fogged in the first three times I climbed Gros Morne.
#Landscape #Photography #Newfoundland
#Landscape #Photography #Newfoundland
March 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The view of Ten Mile Pond from the top of Gros Morne in western Newfoundland. I climbed Gros Morne four times to get this shot. This section was fogged in the first three times I climbed Gros Morne.
#Landscape #Photography #Newfoundland
#Landscape #Photography #Newfoundland
Old audio file of me playing 3 tunes from Chris Grotewohl's book Celtic 5-String: Playing Irish Dance Tunes.
Tunes: The Silver Spear/The Drunken Tinker/Rollin' in the Rye Grass. Keys: D/A/D
These were the early days in my single-string journey. I'm better now.
#banjofeed
tinyurl.com/mr2jzjvd
Tunes: The Silver Spear/The Drunken Tinker/Rollin' in the Rye Grass. Keys: D/A/D
These were the early days in my single-string journey. I'm better now.
#banjofeed
tinyurl.com/mr2jzjvd
Dropbox
tinyurl.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Old audio file of me playing 3 tunes from Chris Grotewohl's book Celtic 5-String: Playing Irish Dance Tunes.
Tunes: The Silver Spear/The Drunken Tinker/Rollin' in the Rye Grass. Keys: D/A/D
These were the early days in my single-string journey. I'm better now.
#banjofeed
tinyurl.com/mr2jzjvd
Tunes: The Silver Spear/The Drunken Tinker/Rollin' in the Rye Grass. Keys: D/A/D
These were the early days in my single-string journey. I'm better now.
#banjofeed
tinyurl.com/mr2jzjvd
I had a nice conversation with Chris in the early 2000's and he gifted me a PDF of his Tab Book entitled Celtic 5-String: Playing Irish Dance Tunes. I spent a lot of time learning how to play these tunes. Give Quasimodal a try. Tab image is below found on the web. It's a great piece!
#banjofeed
#banjofeed
March 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I had a nice conversation with Chris in the early 2000's and he gifted me a PDF of his Tab Book entitled Celtic 5-String: Playing Irish Dance Tunes. I spent a lot of time learning how to play these tunes. Give Quasimodal a try. Tab image is below found on the web. It's a great piece!
#banjofeed
#banjofeed