Frank B. Converse’s new and complete method for the banjo with or without a master. Originally had a green cover and sometimes referred to as the “green book”. Digital copy available for download from the Internet Archive (see link).
See banjothimble.com for more info about this book and other banjo instruction books from Frank B. Converse.
Historical Collection
Author: Frank B. Converse
Publisher: S. T. Gordon
Year Published: 1865
Download Links: Internet Archive
Tunes in this Book
- Abraham's Daughter
- Annie of the Vale
- Antietam Jig
- Antipat Jig
- Arkansas Traveler – Traditional
- Barney Reed
- Beacon Jig
- Blarney Jig
- Blue Eagle Jail
- Brigg's favorite Jig
- Brigg's Jig
- Brighton
- Bully for All
- Calabra Waltz
- Camille Polka
- Charlie is My Darling
- Clog Hornpipe
- Coral Polka
- Cotton Pud Jig
- Cruelty to Johnny
- Cum Plum Gum Jig
- Cupid's dream Waltz
- Daisey Polka
- Diadem Gallopade
- Fairy May
- Fairy Waltz
- Fanny Polka
- Flower Waltz
- Foster's Jig
- Fuller's Favorite Reel
- Funeral March
- Girl I Left Behind Me, The – Traditional
- Hard Times
- Home Sweet Home
- Home, Sweet Home
- Hope Waltz
- Irish Jig
- Irishman's Shanty
- John Anderson Jig
- Jordon
- Juba
- La Mexicana Waltz
- Lilly Polka
- Luke West's Walk Around
- Lynchburg Town
- March from Norma
- Marseillaise Hymn
- Matt Peel's Walk Around
- May Polka
- Mickey Malooney
- Money Musk
- Mrs. Grundy
- New York March
- Odd Fellows' March
- Oh, Native Scenes
- Old Seventy-Six
- Operatic Jig
- Oregon Reel
- Pea Nut Gal
- Peel's Clog Dance
- Philadelphia Jig
- Rainbow Schottisch
- Ramsey's Jig
- Rattlesnake Jig
- Root, Hog, or Die
- Rural Walk Around
- Scotch Air
- Silver Lake Waltz
- Snodgrass' Favorite Jig
- Spring Jig
- Spring of Shelalah
- St. Patrick's Day
- The Captain's Sly Glance
- The Cuckoo
- The Lion
- Transposition
- Victory March
- Wait for the Waggon
- Walk into the Parlor
- Whack Row de Dow
- Whole Hog or None
- Why Do Summer Roses Fade
- Willie, We Have Missed You