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Local (Tucson area and Arizona) Resources
"Musical Treasures" Vintage Guitars, Banjos, Mandolins, Fiddles, Ethnic Instruments and Other Weird Stuff.
2525 N Campbell Ave., Tucson AZ 85719
(520) 881-7147
A Southern Arizona Old-Time band. Great folks, great music. They not only perform, but hold one of the few monthly Old-Time
jams available in the greater Tucson/Southern Arizona area. CD's of their stuff are available on their site.
Tucson Friends of Traditional Music (TFTM) is dedicated to keeping the traditions of community music and dance alive and growing
in Tucson. TFTM sponsors and promotes concerts, dances, workshops, and informal music sessions. Through these activities and
a newsletter publication, TFTM builds awareness, educates, and fosters diversity in music and dance in the Tucson community.
The Arizona Old Time Fiddlers Association is a non-profit organization whose objective is to preserve, promote and perpetuate
the art of old time fiddling, to encourage all people, young and old, to develop their musical talents and afford them opportunities
to perform in public, to hold jam sessions and other musical events, for the members own enjoyment and to educate the public
on the values of old time fiddling. And to brighten and improve the lives of "shut-ins" and other needy people, by furnishing
musical entertainment and performing other charitable, civic and community services.
DKMusic Studio
David Kaemmer runs a full time private music studio in Southwest AZ. He has been teaching fiddle and violin since the fall
of 2000 when he spent a semester teaching the fiddle program at Vanderbilt University. He teaches fiddle/violin, guitar and
upright bass.
We are an organization of like-minded people with the common goal of helping to promote the enjoyment of folk music in Southern
Arizona, whether that be listening to, or playing. The festival is supported in part by the Arizona Commission on the Arts,
Arizona ArtShare and the Tucson-Pima Arts Council. The highlight of our year is the Annual Tucson Folk Festival, held in downtown
Tucson, the first weekend in May.
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Tim Wiedenkeller is a Tucson local. He plays an unusual banjo/guitar hybid and teaches 3-finger-styles, from traditional bluegrass
styles through melodic and all prgressive modern styles including jazz, blues, world, and classical. Check out his own page
through the link from the tucsonbanjo.com page. A great resource if you are looking for a change from Old Time music.
Links to Other Teaching and Resource sites that I find valuable.
For folk music lovers, this is the web's most popular site for artists, and those wanting to learn how to play the banjo,
guitar, ukelele or harmonica.
Mike Iverson's Bluesage Band site contains information about his band, also instruction on playing clawhammer banjo, tabs
and mp3's of his music are also available. Mike updates his site monthly, adding new tabs. Check it out.
Resource for Gold Tone and Morgan Monroe Banjos, Free Monthly Digital Banjo Magazines, Instructional Books, CDs, DVDs, Banjo
Accessories, Banjo Teacher's Directory, Banjo Trivia Contest, Free Banjo E-books and more.
Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo (217 Free Tabs by Charles Kelly)
Some great frailing banjo, and some mp3's with her string band "Dirt Road Molly." Free downloads of her tunes.
Online Sources for Instruments, Books, DVD's, CD's, and other related items
"ZEPP's is a small country store in a small country town, offering a large selection of fine instruments and accessories
for bluegrass, folk, old-time, country, gospel, and other acoustic music (nope--no electric guitars, amplifiers, keyboards,
karaoke machines, etc. In general, if you have to plug it in, we don't have it)."
Full of vintage and used, as well as new instruments, this is a site worth browsing through just to make you pant with desire!
CD's, DVD's, strings, parts, accessories, they're all here.
An Old-Time Music streaming site. Here are all the old songs by the Old-Time musicians. This site is a MUST BOOKMARK! There
is also a forum dedicated to Old-time music.
Magazines Dedicated to Banjo, Acoustic Instruments, and Old Time Music.
The 5-String Banjo Magazine. Tabs, interviews, columns by top players, builders and teachers. This magazine should be in
every banjo-players library.
A magazine dedicated to Old-Time music. Another "must" for Old-Time music lovers.
Other Resources for Players, Builders and Tinkerers
Frank Ford's website for all stringed instruments This is THE site for all fretted-instrument players, makers and tinkerers.
Don't forget to read the "Owners Manual" for your instrument!
This is the software I use to write the tabs you will find on my pages. A very popular, reasonably priced program with FREE
UPDATES for life, it works well for all fretted instruments, fiddle, accordian, bagpipes and others. There is also a free
tabviewer you download and use to read, play and print .tef type tabs.
Bobbi McMillin
Miscellaneous Sites I Enjoy
Home Made Banjo This site shows you how to build your own banjo for very little money. A very interesting project. If you like working in
wood, and think you might like to play the banjo, this is a good way to satisfy both muses with very little money.
SpaceWeather.com An interesting site full of easily digestible items on space science.
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