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N the banjo. mandolin and guitar magazines, factor to the successful soloist. We should not try I have noled discussions in reference to abol- to play violin music. so to speak, all of the time, and my ex perience leads me to believe that. first, we must li. ~S~bi~kt~o~[l~r s~~i~~g~~~h~ri~~:il~ bfi~n~~; consider the instrument ilself more, its tonal quali players do nOl Jike to use the fifth string as a "cigar lies, characteristics, possibilities. and its limitations, ette holder/' but are co ntent to let it remain and Second , lhe audience, and what that special audience tickle the jo as of yore. . expects from the banjoist. Third, the performer This makes me thiQ,k oJ an in cident connected must consider hi s own ability and adaptability. with the various innovations that 3rc nowadays In the playing of the solo banj o in concert, wl ude being suggesled for musical instruments. ville, etc" it is inleresting lo note the programs I was speaking wilh a man who is director of onc ofTered by the leading artists. Such noted concert of our city instituted philh armonic orchestras, a full soloists as F. J. Bacon, Fred Van Eps, J . J. Derwin, fl edged mu sician in every sense of lhe word. and he the late George Lansin g, and many others of like was tell ing me of an inventor in Vienna, I believe. calibre, always gave a varied and entertain ing group who had co ntrived and built a piano that sounded of so los. Consequently, these players inva ri ably quarter tones. That would be very prac tical, would included in their programs charac teristic banjo . it 110t, but whal about changing our system of har· music as well as some of the other ki nd . Among the mony aU ove r to fil the new instrument? vaudeville banjoists who do a "straight turn," note This musician said ' eemed, funny to him lhal th'c performances of such artists as J oe Robe rts and people cou ldn'lleave ell enough alone and devole Brent Hayes. These players alwa ys open with a their precious-4i to doing worthwhile thin ~s , spirite<\ march or similar number, then playa heavy rather than trying to change the "backbone" of well selec tion or two, and then "get lhe house" with established and standard instruments and musical ,"Uncle Joseph" himse lf. Anolher verification of systems. H's fine to lry and improve instruments the fact that lhe banjo mu sic that Hves is that with in all practical ways, but it's not good to make a the old-Hme banjo fravor. Also for further satis faclion, note that among the various banjo records ili~c~~~~~lfb~~~J~~cis'~f ~~gr~~ call It, and upset all on the market, the favorites, both from the artistic I presume most of us think lhe banjo has been and commercial standpoint, are mostly "Joseph's" " tinkered with" about enough. In practical im- own, and not the popular or arranged pieces, adapted from the music for other instruments. h~~~ebe~~td~i~~~~:~bl:~~~orks 1~~~lj; ma!1ufactureri. Of course, this does n' t imply that other kinds of " Wh al to play" is one of lhe topics that is always mu sic are nol just as important; they surely are, for being considered by the 5010 banjoist. No matter the sake of va riety, but il does go to show how ,where, or what kind of p,erformance il is, the choice strongly the real banjo mu sic appea ls to all, and has of sc lections is an important maller, or, at least, to be considered a necessary factor to boost lhe should be. This fa ct was once quite forcibly im- banjo. . pressed upon me when first in lyceum work. A well The day of the all-banjo mu sic recital. whether in known lyceum manager had engaged the company solo or ensemble. is practically over, and now the whi ch I was with for a long tour in his territory. As soloist has to condense his program. but whatever the is often the case at the first concert under new case, the same plan is generally foll owed, lhat is, n to include in the performance su fficient variely and ~n:r~,¥ei~n;la~~~fPthegb~1~jOW:~mt:~nw~~~h ';Ot: d color to meet 'all requirements,-artisli ca ll y, mu sic- been customarily giving (one heavy selec tion nd one or twh litlle-eharacteristic " dillies" that alw s h~rds ai~~ o~~nJ~~~~~~:' Then the old jQ always pleased the audience). J ambitiously. but foolishly. In connection with this "coloring up" of a per changed my program that evening to numbers all of formance, in concerl especially, it seems pec uli ar to the "highbrow" variety, oITering that wh ich would me that the fin ger tremolo is not made more usc of. "show oIT," possibly, a e: realer technical command of I have heard soloists give a monotonous performance the instrument. After the concert lhe· manager when a tremolo solo, in part or whole, mterspersed, commented upon our work, of course, and, vas wou ld have made it most delightful. The finger , pleased, but as lyceum managers often do, he took tremolo fills a certai n niche that is, in an artistic the joy out of thlOgs for me. and spoiled the desired sense, the banjoist's stronges t asset in man,Y ways, perfect- K.O .• by saying. " Why didn't you give them liro e 'real banjo' in your banjo se tting? Every :!s~r£~~~:, c~~o~'h~eg~:r;;r~a:~~~~, aL~t '~I~ ~~~h~~ar~ body would have liked it." So ever after I was one tremolo numbers. "plunker" who decided a lillie less "fiddle" music d more " banjo" would be beller, for, after all , ~SO y· ttomtuhSeic". ;oSrPde~. i a Il Y banjct music, in tended to bring SOMSTHING NEW!-JIIt Wbt YOI Ba" letl LMkil' 'or aM N_ ~J ., Alma NIsh's Loose Leaf MusIc Lesson Record The banjo, and this refers to all of the banjo famil y, Gete Ruulta for the Teacher- Geta Credits for the Pupil in many ways, is in a class by itself, and its music, For Private Teaching and Public School Music for a public performance, shou ld be chosen accord- Teacher! . It Your Dealer Cal\' t SuDDb ' You. Write ingly. To get music thal is characteristic or easily . for SamDleSheet.. ndlntn!du etof')'Offer adaptable, seems, for most purposes, a-J\~a ry ALMA •. NASH, ano Brooklyn ATe.. KANSAS CITY, MO. J?LEA8E MENTION '~OENDO" WHKN WRITING TO ADVEBTlBD8 ~ Tho CRESCENDO 7 ~~~l~ in ~Tt't~ a ~ou ! e o~ at;pe \~~ ~h'lh a~l:te~l~s;\'t~hi ~ \~ such transcenden t music. has a soul , yeL how hard it is to be convinced of its consciousness that it takes the form of anim ate beings in our imtlgination. Yet that is how it has inspired Earl Carroll , To him and to Senia Glu ck (who staged the number) a~ they ~!~n, \~k~~e o~ds~fini[e t;~~n~a~r'd!lea~~oudxJ~;es~!~ itself through the poetic, ~ ra ce ful movements' of the ~ue~~0~~i~~~;'~ft~I~:U~~~I S:~~I~~ft~~e6rn;eO!;i~ie~e~d of the human ·form,"
HA R PISTS' NOTES FIlOM COAST TO COA ST ENSEMBLE OF FIFTY HARPS Miss J\1urr Adoms, assisted by 1 [arri so n 0, Direc t ed by Von Vc a c hlon Roger s, unde r the Farrell, violillls L, gave a joint recital aL Quincy, III" Manage m e nt of William '-'lace, Jr. under the auspices of the Legion post. N unusual concert by an ensemble of fifty harps. under the direction of the noled harfJisl Commander John Phil ip Sousa li sLed l\Ii1ois Wini fi ~ nl~~~:~~di~~~: nl~ ~ lc:'ll l:dl ~I ~cg~~:ditl~~i~~ fred Bu mbriek as soloist at Symphony I b ll. BostOll , at Rhodcs-on-lhe-Paw luxct, R. I., to its utmos t ;~lrn~/~f ~~~~ ~r~h~rL~ fl !~eS~~~~~.n all its thirly-firsL capacity. The ensemble gave an admirable per formance of an interesting program. including two of Mr. Rogers's composi ti ons, "' ''allz Albani a" and l'luzzcle Blnck, the you ng harpisl from Toledo, "Song of Love," and a special arrangement made by Ohio, forme rl y with Morrell 's Colonial Sex tette. has him of "Thl'ee O'Clock in the Morning." The Palhe been engaged fol' the season by the Southern "" eeklu took moving pictures of the harp ensemble in Marlowe Company, in "Cymi>elin c" and Shakes ... lhe beauliful fl ower gardens dircclly in fronl of the pearian repertoIre. The music score oC "Cymbeli ne" admits or many good opporLunities for harp im Zi~i~O:: .\ lviv i a~ll~t~c:~~rll~~~i~!pc~c~c;~~~c rv~~ : ~~ provisatio n. and provides a rarely beautirul back \Valcrman. Ruth Oakes. Anne Thomas, Mabel grou nd for the lu sciolls tones of i\brl owc's \·oicc. Chappell . Emil y Angell . Ada Hold ing Mill er. Kath leen ·iVliller, Helcn Hatlmway, GerLrud e Maynard, Annie Lo u i ~e David predicts a brill ian t future M iria\n Doran, Grace Conlon, Selma ROLhland. for her distinguished pupil, Countess Ilolmbaldl Henrietta Staton, Norman Edson, Helen \Villiam from Copenh agcn. Denmark. l\ lrs. David is meet son, Anna Feeley, E lea nor Eddy, Madeline Eddy, in g with success on her lour of mosU y !"d urn datrs Hope Manchrster, Vi rgini a Haztl rd and \ViJli am from Los Angeles to New York .
;twilli~;n ~~I~ece~uJ~~r~~da~,\ s~~~~~' \~~ Ed~~~~~Si~~~ - Cleveland . Ohio, is (u st beco ming Holetl Cor ad Finley, va ntages for harp study. si nce the opening of the harp school in the Fine Arts Building, where Miss THE SO UL OF THE HARP L o r t ~ llu D., Lo n c has m:my pupils, F enture d nt Cnrroll's Thenlr(", New York Cnrlenu Di.omond. the brilliant Ita li an-American Mrs. J. L ... Folks has engaged :\1r", l\ ldlu 1oiC to harpist, daughtcr of Charles Diamond. the pion err lecture 011 the ha rp at the nex t orchestra ('onl'e!'t harpist of the American stage, has scored a deci ded given by the Music Club of Lall(,~l s t e r , Pu , success with the " Vanities of 1923" a t Carroll's Theatre. New York. On the opening night, Miss Murt h u F isch e r , Lhc len-year-old harpist, WaS Dmmond and Dorothea Neville. a houns: coloratura Cea tured a t the Alameda Counly cx hibit at Sm' ra' menlo, Cali f. A brgc audience heard the talcnl ('d b~r. fia::l~' ~~~~~ti~ y w~~IF.~ efas\h ew:e~w M~~lhCatr~~iJI chi ld perform an inLeresting program of so los, ill wrote a special number, "The Soul of the H arp," c1 uding a populnr Hebrew melody. played at the featuring M iss Diamond. RuLh Oswald , soprano, Greek Theatre, University of California. and Ali ce \Vcavcr, assistcd by Amy Frank, Olga Borowska. Bonny Dalton and Amy Rivcre, On page 27 of the program, I notcd the following li nes : A ha rp quartet. under the directi on of l\ liss Garnette Arric k , assis ted by the Misses C lark , TilE SONG OF T ilE IIAIlP Vonee u nd La Clare, are booked for the season in ~1~oi~r~::~ I ~ ~g~a{~U~'~d; ~ 1 ~~~~I~~lon g, vaudevill e in an ac t representing 3 n investment of more than 57,500.00. ~'~~si~ nll~~,'iest~ r~~~lr g~~I~,cn r ls. \ ~ SS~I~t Lf:~ ' s~~'\h::~od~cl~S~ rth/~:\~~ ~1~ ~~ ~ I ~r g~d, Duisy J ean, the vcrsatile ha rpis t. ce ll ist an d soprano. has returned to lhe Un ited Stales for another The" follow ing is reprinted from the New York tour this season, Last season she travelled morc Review: than twenty-five thousand miles in a tour eX lend ing "Now comes Earl Carroll with a wholly original over seven months. inspired co nl ri~ u L i on to the wcalth of artistic crea- (Ccmtinved 0" Page 9) 8 Tm CRESCENDO
HAWAIIAN ROUND TABLE Condueted by J AMES F. ROACH TEACHER IUd COIlPOSER Maawlcturen. PubU.b... .. ThI.d~t18..pectall¥tOUla.nnotth. Teachen aDd Playen :~~'!ru~~=~~~,CII'.u.- .,...... c...... "' ''--.. tA t. cf.f..-rl_...... ---. . A..."... H .. _II.. . R..IUl T""~ ~ 01 IA. ~ .. ,..~er."'-~ """" ..Aie A will i...... -..c ~ r Ncfft'll.
QUEST I O~S AN D ANSWEHS "Bill" Plnce is in the movies. Yes. renJ ly. in the Palhe News. A. C. The picture was tnken in (he beAutiful flower gardens in front of /lOll} do yOIl pitlY minor chords 0 11 s/~d guitar? th e nuditorium at Rhodes-on-the P:lw t U :t~ t. R. I.. where tin ~i~~I~ : ) ~~·mi~~~ ypll'::r. i~l:"a~~~Ed~,i,: ~JoC~Fitlll~~~ er kll'~. sp/~~r: : ~ dOI~/~'~:~~ fi~:t~~~~/ flj.{~ri~,:~:~~~~\~a~I~~Ot~~~~~S~ ~~~!~a shown playing his ten thousand dollnr harp. lie h~ not only one in F·sharp minor. place the steel on the ninth fret of the !lilt strings (barred), then place the second finf.,ocr of Ihe left h:lIld f,~t!~~t~~ti~e~},emh;r~)~lin~1~. il~I;~~, e,~~ '~i~~ . ~~~o~;~~~c~hi~ be.hin"d the steel lit the eighth fret. J)rcssing the string to the on the hllrp in much of his solo work 011 the mandolin. "Bill" registers well in the pictures. ~~rc:~:!:' h~~,h~I!~g~!u o~I~~~ ~~~nrn;~~o I~:c ~::rrb'?r:;~ Hneuiinna U$e the fingers of the lert hand a grent"dcnl. Ernest At a husiness meeting held b)' the Providence Serenaders on October 5. it WIIS unanimously decided 10 continue the serenades ~n~h~~,~i,su~':!o [:,~ofi~:fub '; sh~~ I~~~ tll':i,~C(~!}~i~l"J fh~~~r; 10 make n diminished cho ll'~r~~,mil~:.ei~if:~'i~~ f~rr:~~~ ,,~:;~d~I!~~edbt \~~e E~tep~~~~~ ~resident and treasurer : Mrs. Fred Northrup, vice-prt:sident : I also hovt Iroubf'e.i 'ding I"~ slt''!J wltt'tI] clllltIgt'Jrom Cf ,.("tr. 10 a .slanting position; ill/ael. the slte/llasfalltn out of my lIalld. I~~~~~s.~~~,;e~~·e~ii:~~t:~~';i: ,/~~ ~ ,t.\'2~rc~~~i~~t~~~ , \~. ~: How can I Ollt'.rcome thatl ~~~i:g, :~ef,~~If.~Y~~~~ ~~r~dh~~~J;~~~;~n~;s e~~hd i~o~~h. r ~~ An8wcr. An atlachmen l has been in\'elll ed Ilwl has two 8 P. 1',.1.. lind began October 20. . ~rrl;:il~r:c~~d, I~rd~h s~e~t-e~nit"i~~~ibl ~nr~r~ hl: ~t~1 tt2r~fI~ Case and J ohnson. the celebrated tenor bnnjoistsof Providence, There is nnother nttachment Ihut hllS one ring that works all n nrc making records for the Gennett Company. swivcl th:l t ennbles you to playa burrt, or slanling position , without nny dAn ger of dropping the sleel. Fred J . Bacon played for the radio, station \VJ~. Aeolianl'Iull, New York. October 19. F. M~ 1Iow does tile banjo-ukulele compau w;llIllIe ""ultlt in plauitft; CoII~ratu l n ti o ns arc extended to Mr. and Mrs. Melville Clark aCCOmlJUllilllt'nlsl M)~I~ il l e~ b~;~h :~ea ~~dg~~~~'e~:~~:~i ~~~~~~e~hos ~~nn~:Jo~~~:r An.wl'r. It is u mutter of tnste. I received one lAs t week that has u wonderful tone that will corry in nny theatre. It t1~~~I~'a~l~ro~' bnhi~~~~~ of,:'i: :fpo~~e~' ~~~,~ ~~aen~t~r:I~~v~NI~ rem inds me of the piccolo-banjo. and no doubt will be very become a great harpist lik e her father. or a notnble pianist like C~~j~a[o~~ ~h~t~i:~e. The banjo being my tirsl love. I like Ihe her mother. Mrs. Hose Fritz Rogers and her l-Iawoiinn band of Syracuse. I s mandolin and slt'ti guilor a I/ood combinalionl N. Y.. times for the radio. and will be Answer. I would prefer the steel guitllr with ukulele or heard r. Hecent,!: the o r~Rni zalion st:mdnrd guitar for accompaniment. p. ~\~~~ T~~~ i!heOOd~~!~, ~s ~!o~ ~~a~ D. C. tbe fretted instruments nre bei nR intro5uced more and mare into the thetl tres. and maybe it is the beginninR of many engage- I am $0 situaltd that I cannot stcurt a ttachtr. WoulV" /IOU odnist Ir/1i:'1/ a corr.::pondmct' courstl I ~~~ttl!~efr::~ft~l~nst\~ms~~~o~orrr~~e ~o :i~J· put1~:. RSe~rsgi~;~! An.wflr. By all mcans try it. J received my first IcssO'l\s in ~~~t~:r s~~~~i:tsre:i~~~ n~~ if~' ~;~e~~i~y;ubri'i. s~~~~~U~ge~'~ 1h:l~omr~~~i~~e~rh'::rzro':~ ')~:;:~~~' f~~~ ~aN~:V::~Ct~a~I~~fi~1~O methods create much publicity. lind, nalurlilly. she is a vcry made good his gUlirantce. successful teacher. . Do thru make special guilptS for sled ptTformus? Frank J. Hart, president of the Southern California Music CtN1DO~ r . Yes, they hll\'e been advertised i~ th e-~ HE S . 8~~C~~y~fr:rS5:~ iil~:;s ~\ l~sv ~~::d;~~::a ,i nl~~ateR~S~~~bi8 ex tends its heartfelt sympathy to the eom))any or which he was the founder. w. W. 1.J,I1itrt' mort' Illan ant' Illning for tht stt'd I/lli/or, and wlltrt can p rocurt music in tht diDertnlluningsl • a~u~~ft;l~einm~~~~e~~. ~~~:~::lh~~~~~h~l ~~~eAff~~\:::!~~: ~a. He le!lves for California. Oregon and Washington about the . Anllwer , Yes. there are m (ln~ tunings. To play "Scbasto- middle of December. nnd it is possible he will toke the boat to Alaska, where he will spend the summer. 'hr Il~~i'~uS~\~~~ ~~!I~k~Yilas ah~7fJ~sr:~tl~~~in~;~ b1: h~r;:~! News has just reached the CnESCENDO of the marringe of ~~ ~:;holr~,~~s~~~ !~ortJ~e i.~~~~j: n~me\~~~~di~~t~~~v~h:~ Artemas Higgs to l\'liss .Elizabeth Hilqinger at Forl Wayne. ~entertaining III every book you can purchase. Ind .• on June 21. The bnde plays lhe pl:1I10 and the mandolin. The groom is well known to litany of our readers ns an arranger QutMion. Whicll slrin" is btsl for tJ~ firsl E or B? of some of Will. C. Stahl's publications. nnd tiS a tcncher of pleetral instruments and drums. He is also the newly eleeted Answer. I prefer the B for first. Others prefer the E. The secretary of the Fort WaYlie Musicians' Union. Mr. and Mrs. celebrated soloist. David KlillU i, uses two E strings for first. the Higgs. have pureh.ased. a home a ll East Woodl:lnd Avenue. nnd same as ror the mandolin. ~ have Just moved mto It. ~ The CRESCENDO
HARPISTS' NOTES FROM ;;;;;;;'~;;-:~-;;:-c-;;;l COAST TO COAST (Continlu:djrom Pag. 7) rA ,hort biOflra.phy and photo of .om. well-known ttCCherJ :: :: :: or player appear. hue monthly :: :: :: Maud Morgan was en thusia sti ca ll y received as I 3 soloist for the Eighth Annual National Amcriclm '------_. ._--- Music Festival, Reid a t E lmwood Music I-Ia ll, __ BufTalo, N. Y. Miss Morgan appeared as soloist on November I at the Lyceu m T hea tre. Ithaca. N. Y.
Marie Miller's picluTC. pu intcd by Gus P. Du Bois. has recently been hung in l he Sl nlc Capitol at Harriso n. Pu. Miss Miller is a nati ve of En e, Pu.
ViC l o ric n Monl u ni has booked many engage ments for the comin g season. She will he heard in t wo recita ls at Indianapolis, under the a ll spices of the M a tinee Musical Society a nd lhe .J ewish Women's Club.
Miss l u ric Ito!'lc lli has been engagcd for tile season as the ha rp is t of the Little Sy mphony of Ka nsas City, Mo.
The manager of Al b c r lo Suh 'i a nnounces p lans to rou nd out four hundred engagements in fOllr seasons in the course of the comin g year. For the ~ l o n~h of October, thirty-six datcs were fill ed, by SalvI.
Cu rlns S ulzt·du wi ll lo ur this season. both as sulois t a nd with hi s harp ensc mble. JE/\ NETTE U : WI S DOTY Pil ll'lilll r " h , j·u. ~u s\ ~Ss t ~ri~~ :l~~, I :h~n li~ ~~ . t:~~~ ~~ ';~o'C~!' h ;c h I!i,~ ifi~~r~~~a~~1 played by her rather's colored coachman . who ttHlg ht her some ~11'~il~e s h~~s't o I~~ I ~~s n~ ~ t ~l~~' l~'I~la{ l \tl:~~~U~~~~~t v~l~ ~.~ ~~I~J I ~~ s t\~'e l:;I ~ ! 5 :li ~:~:11 N~~::I;~ ~ ~CS : ~ I ~,:~: t~k~ ~ ) ~': ll~~~ ~~ J ~e \\tei dt play, and ever "ince then she has bl.'Cn an llrdent devotee or th e Mnrit· SI·iI ,·r rendered a n intcrcsling prol-!ra m :..I t five.slring banjo. Shc 1Itud i<'d with Stevenson. a nd later with her r{'('ital at FOllntuin eblc li Chaleu u. F r:.IIH'c. Shl' Hub)' Brooks and Ossman. Some yca~ IlgO she 1I 1lended a Guild convcntion in I\'cw York, \\,:IS greetcd by onc o f thc la rgest and most reprl' scnta tivc :Itldiellres of the scason. an~h~~~~I\C ;C :~~d.l~~jl~ :!~u'~~:~ddg~~ ~llll~ f~~!,~, ' Conservatory of Music nt Lcipzie. "'here she studied "iolin. voice and piano. Upon returning to the United States. she did quite a bit or i\l i 8Ml'S Hazel R u th Tt·mplt' IIHIII U ll d )Iur. concert work. but in re('ent years has Hivcn most of hcr ntten tion g ll c rih· l.ic hli gaye" recilal for t\\'o harps nl South to the frelled instruments. For hrtccn years she Jj \ 'oo in Washington, and wn.'l a mcml>cr of the famous Nordica Cluhs. Sioux City. la .. to a large, cnthllsiastie audiencc that It was through that orga niza tion. :lI1d tbe generous hel p find fill ed the auditorium a lmost to it s capacity. encourngemcnt C!r ils cnpable director. Walter T. Holt. that she k e~~~ ~~t~RlhS~~' IHid many pupils, and has diredcd severnl May G. T h o m s o ll hilS becn c nga!-{ccl for the small clubs. Her grea test 1)lemmre is to hunl ror talent in un· senson hy Ilcnry Savagc fol' the Clinging ' "in c il~r;g~e~la~I~C~' aI kn'~O\~:~J~e i!r l~i~~\~ I~:' h~ e~:~ ~~Pn~ ~ ' fi l ~1~~i~l~ Compnny . able to pny ror their instruction. T hree ycn rs ogo II he lI utTered \I serious accident, when a shouldcr !lnd lhree fi ng('rs were broken, :Uld si llce then she hns been unable to do concert work, but has lectured on the rrclled IMPORTANT TO TENOR BANJOISTS instruments bdore scvernl women', clubs. A. Ibe r ..ult or insistent demand. we have ju. t She is now locu led in PiLlllburgh. and is [I n enthusiastic r. I.-sed a auparb T enor Banjo arrangament 01 ZEZ CONFREY'S FAMOUS ~o~~~l{~~ U :~ ~ ':x\t ~u!I!i~~,:~.~ ~;t1~;,n~hikl~~jib~ 1'1:I'dt i:~~~~ " KITTEN O N T HE K EYS" city • oaT IT TODAY Art. b" Z.,h Y " ron Bickford PriullOl: wllh Pleno Ac". ARE YOU PLAYING THE DAYTON PREMIER ,ANJOS "CRAZY JO" "PICKIN' S" Frlle A finrt claas line of alt Banjo In.tro· ECUll HARRY RESE R'S W onderful Tenor Banjo N ovelties ? - Trfu.l ments and .11 Stringed Instruments Parm~t. P riu IlOl: aeeh (wIth PI.no Ace,) S PBC I AL -Try a ..to ' th_ lin. Itrinp-A.w.t 8..,.d-llaa6olin.*: s.njo, lie: Gul tal. 6Oe: T._ Banjo. t.k. GOLD MEDAL cold p "ted H a AR THE .. ON ALL THB RECORDS .tri..... M&ndotln. 16e; Blnjo. 4k; Guitar, 6k; T.nor Banjo, 601: per ..t. JAC K MILLS. INC. J.ek N lIIIOulldlnll y ...lc P ubUlhul I....soWnt 46th SI., New York. N. Y. D"noN SU ING 'Nmu".iHTai .. 4011.~S~r:."to:at. T. Situ City. la.a \ PLEASE KENnON ·'OIlZ.BCENOO" WHEN WarnNQ TO ADVEaTlSER8 10 TIM CRESCENDO lhan the 25th of December. and copy for the March The CRESCENDO issue nollater lhan the 25th of January, and so on.
Beginning in the January issue, the first instal ment of an interview between Mrs. Garnet Davis HERBERT FORREST ODELL Brown and C. V. BUlle/man wi ll appear. Mr. Butlel Editor and Manager man has probably heard more mandolin orchestras than any man in the United States, and he points Published Montbly by out, in a very interesting way, many defects and H. F. ODELL & CO. efTec ts of orchestras he has heard play during his "teNd .. ~d-c1a... matter. June e. 1111». at the Po-t om.:. .. t Bo.ton...... travels. Litlle criticisms of deportment as well as • . UDder tM Ad of Karch .. 1m SUBSCI1IPTION PRICES ~I~ cth!a~!dgorft~l~c~~ti~~l~~~r:~~~e e~~~"~~t ~l~l~s af~~ "MOlA 00" OK. T.A. orchestra members and conductors to follow. The United States $0.16 $1.60 interview, which wi ll appear in two instalments, will Canada .16 1.76 be one of the most valuable helps to mandolin FC?reign . • 20 . 2.00 orcheslm members and leaders that has appeared for somc time. \Vatch for it. on A~~:!~i~, ~~Um:~'& 1}~r8~! souncc~~:~C;~onnth ~~~::e.clo8e Remillancu should be made by Post Office or Express Money A Letter f rom I... A. Williams Order, Registered Letter or Bank Check or D ra ft. Checks accepted only on banks witJl exchange in Boston or New York. 720 \Ves t Kalamazoo Ave., Corrtlpondenu is solicited (rom everybody interCllte<1 in Kalamazoo, Mich., th e Harp, Mandolin. Guitar or Banjo. We should be pleased to Jecei1ft! programs and reports of concerts. club (lnd orchestra Nov. 2, 1923. news, personal 'notes and music recently issued. The CRESCENDO, Mr. H. F. Odell, Editor, 165 Tremonl St., Boslon. Mil clear, Mr. Odell: II. F. ODELL & CO. Can'l tell you how I feel to write you this leller. . Some thirty years ago, the wriler, a mere lad, was 166 Tremont Street B08ton, Malis. tcachinfl and selling the Gibson within a radius of ======:::==:==:======fifty miles of Rochester, N. Y. The instruments . VOL. XVI Ihumbrr. 1923 No.6 were then made by hand by Mr. Gibson in his room ======over a slore on Main Street in Kalamazoo, Mich. EDITORIAL Not being able to get lhe instruments fast enough to • . mccllhc demand, the wriLer, in the summer of 1902, jRr:rrp €:f)mltma. to CftB'unbo l\r:abtrillfbtrpbJf)trt " wenl to Kal~mazC?o . made Mr.. Gihs01! 's acq~ajnt- G. Mudcr, onc of thc most intcrcsting composers ance, a!ld al~ed In the prom~tlo.n of the Gibson of mandolin music', has dedicated a new co mposition, Mandolin-GUItar Company, which IS now twenty-one "Chant of Autumn \Vinds," to the editor. for. which years old: .... the editor extends his hearty thanks, and fee ls hi ghly ~h e .Glbson Company IS now In Its third plant, complimcnted. wh ich IS one of the finest and most completely and modernly equipped of any in the industry. From Mr. Gibson's hllle room to one of the l a r~est man- For some unknown reason, as yet undiscovered, the mail service is slower in relation to third class ~:~t~rt~g t1~~n~~:id ~~d~t;ici~I Ytl:~ig~~~i:v:m~nnSttr~ r maller, which includes sheet music, than it has been twenty-one years of hundreds of faithful, loyal for some time, and we, in the name of all the pub workers. lishers, urge those who order by mail to allow douhde M~ bart, though small in it all, was nevertheless a ~~si~~l1a+~~m~uiWi~~~h atr~ ' rh~~iJlin~lthei:d:~d ~! ~ra}ri:nd~ ~fr!o:~ied ~1~~c~f:i~~t i~dei~e~~\~ !ifh b: very promptly, 'but after the goods are delivered to h! the post office, a delay occurs somewhere, and an ~~~sro~lJe~~~~;~~" I leave it with sinccres.t regrets unnecessary slowneSs in delivery is prevaili ng at the The instruments of the most recent and modern present timc. construction born of many years' labor and recent Order your goods co nsiderably ahead of . t~le time research are now in production; and economics are you actually must have them, and you Will s~ ve being effected that should greatly enhance the yourself much disappointment. prosperity of the business. (ConHnued on Page 11) Aqy.ettisers arc again reques ted, in making change COpy, to see that new copy arrives at the CRES DECEMBER MUSIC ENDO office on the first of the month preceding New York (deu l l\1ur('h (S i ~(Je/) . 1\·tandolin lind Piano. onth of issue. The mailing of the magazine is Published by Joe Nicomede. fr uently delayed by advertisers sending their copy Cloud. ( Ho~rll). Harp Solo. From "Log Cabin Sketchcs" in s late as the 10th of the month, and asking us to (Summer). Published by Oliver DiLson Company. ~get it into the next issue. To oblige, we sometimes The C hampion Murcll (Lallsinp). Tenor·Banjo Solo. Pub make a special efTort and get it in, but it delays the lished by Wm. J. Smilh MUSIC Co .. Inc. entire printing for that issue. FudSt:hLay (Moyer). Banjo Solo. Published by Wm. C. We would appreciate it if, for the February issue, . all change of copy cou ld be in our hands not later My ~~~~:;S. Bellll ( Rogers). Guitar Solo. 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GUITAR SOLO. ROS E F. ROGER S. The CRESCENDO 19
Charles McNeil Plays the New Gibson with Isham Jones
NSTANTLY recogni zi ng the superior qualities of the Mastertone-marvelous tone, absolute depend ability and easy playing-Mr. M<>Nei l has adopted IIARU;S McNEIL /I .Nt .' fht ";,("' ~ ! D C Inrm!url ./ tlH II h."" j.lI(I Or (/>tltrJ, 41/J the Gibson for all his dance and recording work with the ",Ids '"l1(h "tI" pl,,1'''.( '/ ,I." u'lInd,r. lu/ m u tnblr ulith hiJ IIIP" " T",w IL>lJ' ;'/ world-famous Isham Jones Orchestra. 'trl"(/'JTj ~IIJ, AI" j\l,Ntilil " II" .. ,.tI_ '" ,h. AkNtil ClIM J Sylttln I" Tmor IJJ >lJ'" The Gibson Masrcrtone Banjo is the most sa tisfactory it ; ::C/~ ,,~~,,;'':t ,~:(~::t: ~Z,,~'/*I:':/b;J n;~:;i~ instrument is possible for the world's best construction '1 1"U ",."lfY /ld,,!. I""J,.u, 01 ,In ,\I,N"I and acoustical expercs to make, representing the his:best SP' tII" A1" "'uN,i", /10" ,mil"/I(I ,Itt (lmpllu "'uN,,1 ",,,,,.uim (,IITI(, ;>1('/,.Jin.( standards of tone, construction, utility and dependability. IImplifttJ "-"ml, ;n tIlnl'rthtnl" " l'ln 1__ iI'I.If"'"I " " JI'Jnn.l II#.ltnt" I __ ull-im",.c But it is rhe superior tone of the new Gibson thac made ,i"" "" I"" lilt III" h " 't,,(htr, 1",",11,.1 P" the strongest appeal to Mr. McNeil and his director, Mr. I , ,,, Jh'IIIJ II"'''' M, AI: NIlI ", h.. I!,.J'd Isham Jones. And it is because of this tone that the "",),,11, 141 6 N!)it 1'/"." Chit"!., , /IImnr Gibson is being adopted by leading orchestras through out the country, for it furnishes all the tW'Ing of the real banjo with new musical quality and great carrying power. The kind of tone that is required in the orcbtstras that play modem music ill the up-Io-date manner.
ARRANGE FOR A TR I AL Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Co. 511 Parsons St., Kalamazoo, Mich.
PLEASE KENTlON "CRESCENDO" WHEN WRITINO TO ADVERTISERS 20 The CRESCENDO ins posts have gone out oC Cashion. There isn' t'R oy demand for them. "So far as I know, there hasn't been an order for a ptccolo-m::mdolin for several years, and I find no record of piccolo-mandolins being recently used in anXTte\~;'~lhl~f1h~d~I~~t~;i:.c~~~aparl taken by the piccolo-mandolin can be equally well laken by any mandolinist who can play regul ar mandolin In the high positions. Furthermore. the use of lhe instru ment is so limited, and the cost so great for manu factufe. that even though there might be a real use demonstrated for such an instrument, few people would care to invest good money for an instrument that Lhey could nol gel more practical bcnenl from. "Therefore. no manufacturer can afford to catalog piccolo-mandolin because of the greatly restricted sales opportunities, and the instrument would die a natural dea th for bu'S iness reasons, even though it Th" conduc tor of this deporlmmlt s u ggcsts hud some merit. . that every mandolin enthusiast prescnt some " What few piccolo-mandolins have been made kiddie with a mandolin this C hristma8lime, were constructed for three double strings only, A, D and make Ihe Yu_le tide doubly merry. ~adnd~iintUt:e~n;~ ~~~V~c ~l~ ~~ e;eats~ann f ~l: e b~irdi~~ CORRESPONDENCE these instruments was to make it easy for amateur Thanks to' the numerous correspondents who 3re players to play in the higher positions. As a matter pleased with the ton roduction articles. Un- of fact. it is just as easy to play the high notes on the answered (IUcstions an correspondence will require regular mandolin, the lone quality is much better. all the space olio this department for the next and the hi gh range is not so li mited as on the piccolo month or two at least. If you think the editor mandolin, which has no E string, merely the A should give us more sface for our mandolin discus- ~~il~901~~nJ~~ to A at the fift h fret, of the regu lar sions and problems tel him so. "To get the correc t voicin g for this high-pitched 'belun,,"e 'I'I',',"c:eo 'I'iIOoSslenVteeralhl !nl(llUeir,i,~'r"lle r~es lireevcCe nillGWeilnl"neolll in strument, it is neccssary to have a vcry small .. .. ,h ' sounding-hoard and air-chamber, and short scale. recordin gs were made on an ordinary mandolin o~ FinBering is, therefore, no easier than in the high !~~ ~~,~~i:1 ~~ra ~I~~le~~~k type. It has no horn , or ! ~~~ ~Li ~~~ o~x~I~ ~erefol~l a[h~lae~'(~~~~ ~ ~e ~~I ~h ea ll ~'i c~~i~~ ---- " mundolin except as a makeshift, 0 1' for novelty THE PI CCOLO-M ANDOLI N AGAIN elTeels, and equall y good or beller resulls ca n be The ~o r re.spo.llde n ce. ul,on the subject of piccolo- ~~~ ~~ib~ r~~erhv~si~n~I~~ioe~~t1~~~as:gc~~ ~~ c~i~s r~~ mandolins IS IDterestlDg. Mr. A. ~e Vekey . of instrument manufacture should realize that there B o urn e mo~lth , England~ a noted English ~lIthor~ty must be a market fo r a product to justify manu upon ~ ur I.ns trum ~ nt s, meioses an exceedlDgly 1!1- facturers in building such a product. Usuall y, if a t ere~llOg I.llu!, lratlon of the cC?mplete m a n ~oh n thing doesn't have a market, it is because the thing famil y of IX IDstruments, and wntes as foll ows. lacks merit. The only commodity that has bi g " With regard to remarks by Mr. Hazard in the sales is the commodity that has real merit or those October issue re the piccolo-mandolin tuned an commodilies wllieh have merit iT! proportion 10 the cosl. octave higher than the tenor mandola. \Ve h av~ " If a piccolo~mandolill cou ld be made as cheaply had these for years in this cou ntr ~ r . I attach a cut as lhe ukulele, it might have some sale, but under showing t1\C in strJ,Lme nt in a "famll y' of six . I h(d lhe conditions there is about as much usc (or pi ccolo one in my possession for years. It can be use(l mandolins as for plush-li ned lightning rods or effec tively in especially written passages." platinum whale harpoons." Another interesting letter comes from Mr. V. A. ~r . Buttelman's. letter certa! nly answers . CO ~l - H amman of Portl and, Ore. Mr. Hamman writes: c lu s lv~ l y the qu.estlon of . the plccolo-mandohn . 1I1 .. . ' . Amen ca, but Withal I stili recoll ect Lhe bell-h ke I have a pi ccolo-mandolin m.ade to order by F.:. E. tinkle of a certain piccolo played by F. Landry Coulter of Portland, Ore. .It IS strung. one o.c tave Berthoud, a former conductor of this department. abC?ve ~!l e tenor mandola exactly as mentIOned In the Perhaps an ordinary mandolin ca n be made to so und article. like a piccolo. I fear I'm scarcely competent to say. Still~n o th e r letter comes fr om C. V., 8uttelman, However, who ever hea rd of a piccolo-violin? So ~' ho se past official activities in (retted in strumental there we are! It's interesting, anyway. erica have been so numerous that we re I to m lion lhem all we wouldn'l even have space left THE BARGAIN COUNTER ~to rVtir~hJ~tlt cim~~'~Y I~~;~~t~ri~le n in answer to my For Imported Unaccompanied Mandolin Solos ~~~~faC~~ ~!dga;v! l ~ t;~d a~jcf~!~;~~~~~lif~lI~~~ : not ==l~~~~~~.= : :t:: ~~~~:r~.:~:~i :: =:: "A Iliccolo-mandolin is not manufactured for the •• HO c: .... H .... HO TH ..... OVIl.. T.SIl .... HTWITH 0 .. 0 ... same reason that bustles, mustache cups, and hitc h~ THE MESSINA MUSIC CO .• 1554 lui 11K .. St., .,...,1,... N. Y PL&da IUHTION ..~ .. WBEN WarrINQ TO ADVDTI8Da ~ The CRESCENDO 21 A Letter from L. A. William. JAZZ 'EM UP.!- getthis New Folio 1 mention the above. for about a year ago the wriler was instrumenta l in the sale of a number of ORIGINAL thousand doll ars' worth of the co mpany's slock, and '10 DU T naturally these stockhold ers will bc glad to be for TENOR BANJO assured of these fncls. My resi gnation was to take cITecl Oc to'bcr 13. but. By J. J. DERWIN unfort\lnatciy. my health did not permit my staying Thi. collection of Jauy Fox Trots, Waltzes, Marches, Serenades. etc., includes an Oriental March, ''The Sheik that long; but am happy to report that I will soon be of Bagdad, " which alone i8 worth many times tbe price of feeling as good 3S new. the entire book . May I lake this opportu nity to publicly thank the hos ts of Gibsonitcs everyw here for their loyal and are ~~:~; :~~i~ceaJeb;~t~ti~ea~~i}:l I ~ t~;ai~~r~/~;~ ~~ enthusiastic support as players, friends and co Second Tenor Banjo. workers in lhe advancement of lhe frelled inslru ColltmtJ: ment ~. and to assure them thal in some way some day ~" ~~k c\\~~ ~~~~~W ~~t;~~Jnl~i~~~.g ca rryon th e gren l Sincerely, PRICE 7 !5 CENTS L. A. WILLIAMS. WM. J. SMITH MUSIC CO .• ID ... 48 E. 34th St.. New York City FOGib~0~eUa~3~ li~~G:!i~~fco. LITTIG'~ORCHORDS Mr. Dealer and Banjo Players- Mr. Zahorik of Dalia lJulc Co. . Welt Alii .. WiL. write.: Ukulele, Banjuke, or Taro Patch " Kindl" u nd mt twelve Ko t t~'. Complete Book o/Chorda fi:~ f"ha~r~l~r :::k ~~n:r :f;~elp t:~,O:;~":e~7i:;t:~j~l. ,! In Diagram Form 'YUh No te. KOITY SCHOOL OF MUSiC, .... Biodo ...... ;10 ...... W;.. COMPLETE BOOK of chords and Publishers of Kotly's Complete Book o( Chords jazz chords which, with little prac (with Diagram) (or the Tenor Banjo. Kotty'H A tice, gives anyone a knowledge of ~:8~~el~k of Chords (with fr~~~r7a~~:~h the chords, strokes and harmony as ap plied to ukulele playing. A new method Killion', 101,,"0<1 tor ,t" UIIIII,I, Ih' .HI pl"lrtl(,l .lthooi ' 0' (fuliin. tb.t ... . nrco.plled by which anyone can read at sight, by AS K YOU" D .... LI:" 0111 BE ND MONey 0"01:" Frank Littig. PRICE 50 CENTS CHART MUSIC PUBLISHING HOUSE NOTICE TO TENOR BANJO TEACHERS 26 Quinc), Street. Chicago, III . "The Jazz Folio" ~'?:::~~Jianh°ed~~or~~e: The book contains 32 paRel of modem dance orcheltra chord ;~up1Ie~ =~~~d~~~~~i~!a~:~h~~dl:,or~~e tr::ka~!~~~!~ I Lyric Instruments I 10 connection with any Tenor Banjo method or ay.tern , and will politively hola II pupil many times longer than otherwise. Order now, p rice $1.00 nd, podpaid Fo,' Sale at I.d_ II." forTHS MORIlIS MODERN METHOD VOLKWEIN BROS...... •. I·ln.bu ..... ro. 87 WM . (o..Jo DUll MORRIS. A_HIca.·. Cl:1.1t!"I1N Tne. BuJol'l WAM RE:of N. DEAN ..... Yo.lI. PI. Publi.hed b" NICOMEDE MUSIC COMPANY, Altoona, Pa. U. W. WEIN9UIIIM ER . . .. AtI.II '."o. r • . WERLEY MU SIC nOUSK ...... AII •• 'o.... I' • • "R~K BOBTrCBER ...... Phll ••• lphl • . r • • GOETZ ¥U!UC II OUSE P .. II•• elpbl• . P • . 8. CO E OOYD . . .8 t •• Mn.. III • • O. "America's Fastest Growing 0.8. WOLPE...... R..:h"t.,. N . ... . Music Trade Journal" WALTER 80EIIM ...... 11l1li·.10. N. Y. IRA O. DAVIS ...... lIh.... W.. h . 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ON S ATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, from 2.30 to 4.]0 P. M. Mr. aacon wi ll appear and repeal his program In the Music Salons of C . M . ROTHERMEL LANDA Y BROS., 23 W EST 42nd STR EET MARIGOLD GARDENS ORCHESTRA CHICAGO. IL.L. . Style No. I- SILVER BELL (Nickel Plated) - - $135.00 The Bacon Banjo Co. Style No.2- SILVER BELL (Silver Plated) - 175.00 INCOR PORA TE:O Style No.3- SILVER BELL (Gold Plated) _- - 250.00 GROTON. CONN.
HOLD THE BEGINNER!! THE "W &W" BANJO·HEAD GUARD 81 art with CLA UD C. ROWD EN'S 11rogrNlIlive Melodi es.
~~~riahhe~e i~h fl~~eb!k~~ rKo~e::cn~~ . ~~;~ et~~ea in tl book, con 8istin~ of solo and orchestra I)art.. as well DS chords. CaG u~~a~~&!j!, ,¥~~~~eB~~jc:,c ~le:~d~l :t:~a;M~:dn~~~\~ : Tro(hen • ... nd/or diMo" n!. and m .. (omplde lid rl/book. FUNDAMENTAl PRINCIPLES OF BANJO PLAYING in C Holalion CONTRA-BASS STUDIES FOR HARP-GUITAR Alao two IfTCIAt Banjo Saki. with Plano Aee .• a. pla,1td by Mr. Ro .... den; "TilE AWAKENING OF TilE LION "" and "VUIlAND'S "AI.8E" CLAUD C. ROWDEN, SRill JOZ2, 159 North Siale St., CbiulO, III .
SEND NOW FOR SAMPLE ORDER OF ...... Made in a beautiful acroll design from imitation pearl. Protects the banjo head from the wear of the pick; ia very A. C. BROCKMEYER'S light and ell8Y to attach, and Ildda to the beauty of the in strument. Price $3.00 each. Send for deacrip, ive cir Famous System of Graded T eaching P ieces culare on thia and other banjo attachments. IT COSTS YOU NOTHI NG TO TUV THEM. Send U8 your business card or letterhead Il8 8 reguest for sample order, stating whether you want Gu itar or Plano Acc. If you don't like the music return it; if you lik e it pay a special introductory price for ~he lIample order. UESTTI!':ACIlING MU SIC FOR IlEGIf'/NERS ON MANDOLIN. GUITAR AND TiNOR OAN JO CRESCENT MUSIC PUBLISHING CO M PANY
IIlse DELMAR AV~ .
PLEASE MENTION "CIU'.SCENOO" WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS The CRESCENDO Quite easy because they are not overloaded with chords. The beginner should start with simple BANJOISTS things before allemrti n ~ difficult selections. He ROUND TABLE ~~~~f: ~ n;:~~r; h :rfpa~~~~ut~tgU~~l~i~,in h~~d~~l,~ CONDUCTI;O IV THOMASJ.ARMSTRONG · Chord Book, Stahl's Method, Morris Modern Method, Black's Instructor, and several others. The' usage of chords in tenor-banjo music has be 1!t~lr9~:J::=~~~ ~n~:~~ come general because the players demand them, and uk qu • • dona pertairung to Ih. the public likes to hear lhe harmonious blending of ::~!O~~~~~~:~~~.I:~.. r~~I::~ lones rather than single notes. The flat bridge also duo conalderauon. promotes an easy righl-hand movement for all Add...,.. "'&.uowc. R ..."d Thill.:' chords. ~"Q{TM Cr__ lIdo . Faithful and regular practice in chord playing is. therefote, essential if the student expecls to become proficient in rcading tenor-banjo music. especiall y JIImp «:btUtmaJ.to IlIU jllanjoi'" when the banjo is employed in the orchestra. GETTING LOST AMONG THE CHORDS A good plan to follow, when rehearsing a ncw selec llon. is to play only the two upper nolcs in ~.ON'T you kmdly gIve me some helpful m formation on readmg tenor-banjo musIc? I every chord the first time the piece is played; Lhen, have, been sludymg the regular banlo for on repeating lhe strain, add the olher notes. After . over a year, and can play it fairly well lD the a few weeks the observant studenl will noLice the C notatIOn. I am now workmg on the tenor banJO, orderly and uniform syslem of fingering the difTerent and know my chords qUite well, but have poor keys, and be able to play any chord at sight. success-in reading tenor-banjo music. I have tried several ways to overcome this trouble. but rarely meet with success. . Will you please tell me lOW I can overcome this HOW To Write and Play Accompaniments difficulty? Some . ces e laid out well, but that's about all. I have gone over at least thirty-five ---" in a Simplified Manner in Any Key selections. and have more yet to cope with. FOR CHARLES JAMES GILMORE, Elmira, N. Y. Tenor Banjo, Standard Banjo, Steel Guitar, Standard Guitar, Constant practice in readin ~ and playing is the only remedy for conquerin g and deciphering tcnor Ukulele banjo m1J6ic at sight. There is no royal road open to a beginner when he lakes up a ncw instruIl1cn.t. no _ PRICE ONE DOLL AR :~~~~i.,,~~ha~~ehe ~tlO~id a~o~~x~l:~{ r~~uh~O~~S~O~~: --Snta;-;-te-w-h;-a...,t;-i;-1!8-t;::ru".m".".en...,t;-IJOU"."....,w.,.a,.,n"t~i,...tfi7:0."T-- with some other performer who probably has devoted several yeMs of hard work to lhal instrument. \Vhilc lhe tenor banjo is a remarkably easy in ROACH-FRANKLAND strument to play, it may seem paradoxical to say 1018 Windsor St. Cincinnati, Ohio that its music is difficult, yet we ofTer no apology for indulgin g in that statement. Tenor-banjo music co nsists of a prolonged barrage of chords, each chord containing four noles written in dispersed harmony. Known the World Over with an occasional chord having three notes. In the BOOKS 0.11.,. 0 ••1.1. M.Ilo •• ID or C Notation) ...... • .75 dance orchestra this abundant chord aggregation is ( B.U.,. U • .t.l. 8.1•• IDOI"C Nocatloll) J .(10 P.tor.e. "._1 O.II.r ...... 1.90 shown at its best, the printed page for tenor banjo > H•• • ri.r St_1 O.h.r 1.00 containin E;: h (.ice as-many notes apporlioned to lhe ' S••• rl.r &_1 O.I'.r I ...... ,...... J .00 So.,. fro. AI ••• L.. I. Accompaalmlllat) .. 1. 2~ viola (si milarly luned), and often three times as manv, lSI.... PI_I,.. Ba.1o ...... 1.00 for the viola often takes bUl one note in a chord .. BI .... C ••r. Met ••• T ..... B ••10 .50 BI .... T ••• r B ••10 ...... 1.0 0 \\'hen writing for viola in the regular orchestra, P ....lar BI. F.U. f.r 81_1 G.ltar . . .so the arranger uses ex treme. care in plac in ~ double stops on the instrument. so that lhe player s fingers execute a minimum series of changes. When fie\ writes for .the tenor banjo no such consideration is given the player. Massed chords, with four fingers, · chase e!!l'lYother up and down the fingerboa rd, re- THE HOME OF C NOTATION ga less of how lhe entangled digi ls assume new KING MOMUS MARCH _ B1 T. J. A.... t" .. e ·t.ions. and sometimes the nimble banjoist gets Plectn.B.. J ••o l.... . PI ... Acn.... IlI_"t.2Oc cbs;n ae~onfth~~~ i~~~~~;~d c~~~~!~u~~ld~~ ' h~'r~ THE JA~!.~~E~~hl~<: Trot PI!.~A~~:::=t~w•. Mmia moni with the rest of the orchestra. f.~~~1:nl:.~::I~~~~i~~~: .~~.":~ It is to the everlasting credit of the majority of oJ08tudl.. 'orth.lMnjo ....•..•. 76en.t tenor banj oists thatlhey play their parts as written : th:J:'rul~~~.... ·pe,·bOOk ::::::: ~~i'~ : I t~:fo~~~~.le habit which should be fol lowed by :rr;;.!:'"oll~~~-;~s.:;:!,."4=:~:.~..d::::~. Solos for the instrument are plentiful. many bei ng E. D.IOlDlY & 101 S I ~::::sb';:n. 58 McBridl " •., W. 'all(llll,'.J. PLEASE IlIONTtON "CT' WlRN wamWQ TO ADVERT18 ERS ~ The CRESCENDO 25 Sensation of the Music World
Partial List of Orchestr.. Partial List of Players Uaing Paramounts Using Paramount& Paul Whlwman Rapp'. MI~h ae lPinlriUlr c A. tHGfilf«e Ben Selvln ... Speo;:la' .. Carlel.OD Terraee John Call J . J . Levu t BenaleKrullu Arthl,lrwnae lIan')'R_r J . P, Seldon C1 I AmoldJohn.on RalphH, Plumb Wonh E. Munn £ddt,Elkln. Norman Book lIuktl'aSocietyF... o rlte Vinton Vernon John".. n', Paramount Gronr. Vincent Ve mon·Owen P.Ollie St''''n', A. NonlJlnd &rMlllu', Andereon'alflppOdrome Danc:e ~·n .LaJ'm.n Cllf Smlth', Ernie Ande.lOn Knickerbocker Vir.UHllrdwi" k Winter GardIn e.s. Ddoano IbrTrEdellOn and a 10011 Uat of othen R,lphDexter andmlny Olher. STYLES A .• .. '130.00 B .. I M.DO C .. •..• •••• •••• •••••• 1115.00 r-der . • • • .••• 200.00 IDEAL FOR RECORDING D ...... :u •.oo UHd I, nile (ollowlnl' fteco.d, E .0. •••• 2110.00 F .. "' ... VICTOR AUTO TENOR B ..NJOS VOCALION PARAMOUNT EMERSON CARDlN .. L LYRIC CLA.RION I"ATOP.
Olhen pend!n .. "Paramount" TR.. nE ....RK REGISTERED ~~8u~:~rutr~rj:!n8: ~~~di:~es~~y~he t~ii~~dJ~:::n~:~i~~~i~~t~if;i~~8~d af~~~~~~~e w}~hi st~~ eh~~~~ts:t:f~m iB':! L. Lange that each Paramount yurchuer shall receive the tineat and most Batisfying Banjo which it iB poBBlble to Iroduce. ~r :::tt d~~e;h;r ~~~~~~~n~y °p l:~~ gPb:h~ai~~h~t8en~i~u:e·~t:::eBi:r ~~i~f~~uc~:!t8~:ni~nd':qV~f:m~~'L be carrie to the YOUR LOCAL DEALER 'w.LL SHOW YOU THIS WONDERFUL INSTRUMENT OR WRITE FOR CATALOG AND LITERATURE WILLIAM L. LANGE, Manufacturer, 225-227 East 24th Street, New York
PLEASE IONTION "CazsCENDO" WImN WIllTINO TO ADVEBTI8Da 26 The CRESCENDO r----·--·---- ·----'"- I ~======~. CRES CENDO ', . I' ••• SCRAP 'BOOK For Mandolin OrchBstra A Master Arrangement B y H . F. ODELL Of 1M Famous Internati J1r~km~i!~h~h~~hL~~~c~~Jtin ll~~t'CWEt~~tf~~g~16eh a~~ u~1r~ which he holds in his hand wos nol wrapped in a copy of Lh e CHESCENDO mngazinc.asw lilted, bUllhat it was n piece of Brockmeyer tCDching music' slcnd. II nd 'in tryi ll910 prove this. ~~ rc~~11h:~;r~~~~li~~ ·lhcnl 1,1:. I~l~~~~,,~[-~:~till~~ a ~~~~~n~r Illh~~ pineapple right on his des. Now. Z. Porler. in order to prove your 5tn lement. we ask yOIl 10 send us that slice or pineapple which you have on your desk. Jt is not customary for WI to moke stntements in Ihe CHES· , !i:~~I~t{~1~~~~~gu~~w ~.~o~:~i~~s, ~~~~ ~r t ~~tl~~jr!~~~~c:~tlr... a th~ trulh. Mr. Wri lJ ht's further in ~i nun t i ons Ihal Ihe edil.or was deprived ~~I~~~~J:lil ~!I~~ei:~~W:'c\~gl/~ro~~~~SJ: Ca~ l lh~' I~~i~oi: Ihlt:~e nS~~I~nl: been driving one, but a pair of ucollstics, for th e pasltwo ycars' throughout thc castern seclion or the cO llntry, as Claud C. Rowdcn or Chicago. or Wtllter Holt of Washington. cn n vOl/ch for. ~"IIUlIIIIIIIII I IIIIIII"IIII1II I IIUIIIIIIII""Ullltlnnnnllallllll""'I"",lm"",,"mmgIlWNUMa'""AI"1IIlI1II1II111111111 ! Equip Your Orchestra With I I MANUS I A-JUST-ABLE ~ MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA FOLIOS ~ Pat.ntApplied (01' Holda fro 1 to 400 parte. All doth durable cover, double reinrorCild'%ack, universal binge. Black or dark red. No T1=~:~;~~·~~~a~~~el~~~! and 1:1 now 011 tour of th. (lOII1IU'J'. Tbl. "Me. I. on. 01 th. boles to punch, no etrings to pull, no pasting. Have your "" .... u.t, 0ilk4'-ri nllliben that hu *11 publlahMi for maado- orcheatralook up to date with uniform cover. on the 8tande. = ~':.a~!;r'!:d!~I:=COPIffn:~Of~~~-E::.'if:i fOIl' 1» (or flln. =~~.:!~~!l:~t!~::::::::::::::::::::::=~~ ~ ~::: I Played t OM (..-ua SAMUEL MANUS CO• • 228 Tremo. t Sl. 1Iooto,. M.... "Pop" th.eele- =~~"..... ~rD~ PRICES: l.t ...... oIoU .... ~AC'C-, .~: :r!~:~ ~~=.:t.~':i.":l~t(k.!f::: : 110 ..) .... InI JIuI'olla, JOe..o. I ta orr. Djrect from Paris' Rc-Iar OH ••1n puta lOe aft. ~~~. !itl~re::t :!c~b~~i:t !i~::~: M~~~~!~ B::!~ How many par.1s shaU we.sond !Iou? Fantauzsl. aunier, Marueelll-name. tbat are bouaebold ord. wber8ver tb. Mandolin and Guitar are played Ullie tbat I. pl.yed by beginner, am at4ur, arti.t. po.tal will put Into Jour band, our new folder- H. P.OD AI CO. 165 TREMONT ST., BOSTO N . MASS. DffiECT FROM ' PARIS ~~;~~S::J;~~CR=~~ou n Writ. tod0ll to .uk!'J 11111 IAXlllUI PlJBUSHING 00 .• 1716 ChlbaatSl.PbiIa..Pa. 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Ask you r dealer or write .... Sdccltt/ WILLIAM POST, Dept. T, 489 Sixth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. :J. (a ) "Once U IJOn u TinH:" ...... //. F. Odd' (b) Waltl, " Moonlig ht Ki88e8" ...... OrunOI'tr ALL THE WORLD I.OVES A LOVER All egro Ma ndolin Sextet TilE NEXT BEST THING IS . 4. Songs ror Tenor i1~ : \';i il i ~ ~ l ' i{~ l 'l~ ;:;I~ ' ...... Sd ttft d "A LOVE STORY" ~~=;..'::i:'~'~e£::; Price 40c SOlliE .'iTONY .y W .... RCM N . D EAN 5. i\lamlolin Solos, " l\Illzurka Con certo" ...... r.. JUlln iu TEACO£R81 lIa''70' u had "ADMIRATION" .nd INNOCENCE" Wallxes! U lI :lCCOm lllmied ...... Stlte/ttl I. t m.ndolin. JGe; lnd mandolin. 3rd ma ndolin. tenor m.ndol... P. Y. Lichtenfels m. ndoceno. a nd R' uitaracc., n eh 161. DI_unt Onc.ThlniOn-. "" c "'~ ' .... 0 O."La •• w ... . Ii. (a ) " The Hosar y" ...... N~j ';tI · O IJ t ll WAnnBN N. OHAN. '. 7 H •• I Mu ... 1 Slr.... I . , ' onl(. PA . (b) " Indian S m oke Dallce " ...... M t/: ·Qdt'/f All egro M andolin Sextet 7. 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Then Ulerc nrc sev,cral pagts co nt lli nln~ a record of the music given to pupilll to prnclise between lessons, such as seoles. exercises, studies, SGlos, memorizing, and al so II place to Excelsior Banjo Method (C NOTATION) ~~toe~ha~i!~p~~rh~!:~d ; !ra W~~ , a~:n~~ r t! ~~i~l('t~~ , ire~~ i~endd F or finger style and.plectTum with camplete lnstructions (or prop.r playing. Also contains 38 C notation banjo lolea. ~~rb~ t?~~~~O~ ~psat~~il~'t ~o~Ut~e ~~~::d~f \~I~ )~~~'~{:nt s 1~r ~~ : Thil work II haled a n th. thorough practical eJlperience of lessons or music. At the very end is a sheet devoted to r ev lC~ w on. of the country'l greata.t performar. and moet l uccell (ul talcha,., Prioe 73 eenl. ~~sW~n~' b~kt~~ ~1! ~C\~:~l °A ~,~~t~~~ :~lel~r~~ro~l~~~~h~.!~O sug- MANDOLIN DUOS Master Instructor for the Ukulele WAItREN N. DEAN BANJOLUKE nod TIPLE A Love Sl.o..,. Warre n N. 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KEEP YOUR SHEET _USIC Three Mandolins. T enor f\.·I:JIIdolll . i\'landoccllo :lnd Guitar $0.90 AIIID BOOKS 1111 All Another very easy piece si milar to th e one ahove. Effective for beginners' clubs or for leaching. PrelLy melodies :lnd effecti"e parts for all instruments. ODELL TENOR BANJO ~bed Jtlu~it ~ox jfolio JOliN n. HANSEN J oe PeplJCr Rag ~ JIlII\1'1'I Ti nk C~ 1. A ·~·::o;!n:~tOa~~od S~; ~I~y J H I ~es Tinker. l\1:IY nl:~:e~sed liS a tenor-mandolu solo. A very ca tchy rag movement in the prevailing popular style. Not overdone in syncopation, but in cludes just enough to· make it interesting. The piece should pro,re a splendid concert or teaching picce. ADE of beavy pasteboard (overed with fi nest quality imported paper. Front cover lift. Mup (see cut), mU81C easily iOlerled or laken out without moving box. Boldl over 100 (opiel of sheet music or 8 books. Size 14. x 11t:r 2i inchel. La.b.1 on front "IUlt nam" on. 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