Gourd Banjo Music

This page is devoted to Early Banjo Music as played on gourd banjos.

-23.5 scale
-10" canteen gourd
-Oak Neck
-F-shaped sound holes

Made by Jay Moschella 2007 (Played on songs by Tim Twiss)

Bobey Nickle's Jig Buckley 1868 Tim Twiss
Briggs' Breakdown Briggs 1855 Tim Twiss
Congo Prince Jig Briggs 1855 Tim Twiss
Corn-Husking Jig Buckley 1860 Tim Twiss
Devil's Dream Rice 1858 Tim Twiss
  Huston West
Ethiopian Cracovienne Briggs 1855 Tim Twiss
Fisher's Jig Buckley 1860 Tim Twiss
Harper's Jig Buckley 1860 Tim Twiss
Jig Hornpipe Buckley 1860 Tim Twiss
Land Of Cannaan Buckley 1860 Tim Twiss
  Huston West
Lilly Polka Converse 1865 Tim Twiss
O! Pray Goody Briggs 1855 Tim Twiss
Phil Isaac's Jig Buckley 1860 Tim Twiss
Sunrise Reel Converse Analytical Banjo Method Tim Twiss
Unnamed from the Frank Converse series "Banjo Reminisciences", published in THE CADENZA Carl Anderton
Walk Into The Parlour Briggs 1855 Dave Culgan
Whoop Jamboree Rice 1858 Tim Twiss