Kyle Gray Young

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Horace Weston - Champion Banjoist of the World!

Hi there! My book of Horace Weston banjo tabs is out now! All 24 of his banjo compositions are available in tablature for the first time. I also wrote a 40 page biography based on stories from various newspapers, S.S. Stewart’s Banjo & Guitar Journal, and other similar publications. There’s also a treble clef supplement as well as mp3s of all of the tunes.

To get this ebook for free, click on the link and enter a 0 for the price. The next page will ask for your email address and you should be set. If you'd like to purchase it for more than 0, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you! 🪕❤️ https://kylegrayyoung.gumroad.com/l/horace

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A Little Stack Of Wheat - 5-string banjo (free tabs)

Here's a new arrangement I made for A Little Stack Of Wheat, a traditional Irish hornpipe. This is mostly in a two-finger style, but I'm also brushing some chords with my thumb once in a while. Free tabs are available in my banjo club this month! Thanks for watching! https://kylegrayyoung.gumroad.com/l/kylesbanjoclub

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Kyle’s Banjo Club - June 2023 - free banjo tabs!

Hey there! Just a quick update on my banjo club. This month's theme is animals! Each tune is from a different banjo book from 1855 to 1888. We have selections from Tom Briggs, Phil Rice, James Buckley, Frank Converse, and S.S. Stewart. It's quite an all-star lineup of early banjo stars! A great collection of critters too!

You should come join! Just click on the link below, enter a 0 in the price box, enter your email address on the next page, and you should be set. If you'd like to join for more than 0, I'd greatly appreciate it. In that case, you'll have access to mp3s of all of the tunes as well. Let me know if you have any questions. Everyone is welcome! 🪕❤️

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Kyle’s Banjo Club - April 2023 - free tabs!

Hello! I’d like to invite you to join my banjo club. It's free and you'll get ten new tunes in your inbox every month. I just sent out the club's 21st issue this month. For April, we have a few Scottish bagpipe tunes arranged for banjo as well as several pieces of historical banjo music from the 19th and early 20th centuries. We also have a fun Discord community which you should join as well!

To join the banjo club, click on the link and enter a 0 for the price. The next page will ask for your email address and you should be set. If you'd like to join for more than 0, I'd greatly appreciate it. In that case, you'll have access to mp3s of all of the tunes as well. Let me know if you have any questions. Everyone is welcome! 🪕❤️https://kylegrayyoung.gumroad.com/l/kylesbanjoclub

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Phil Rice’s Method For The Banjo - free tabs!

Hi there! I'd like to invite you to download my brand new transcription of Phil Rice’s Method For The Banjo from 1858! I have transcribed all 64 instrumental solos in tablature for 5-string banjo. I also have 16 pages with the full transcription of Phil Rice’s instruction guide so you can learn how to play stroke style as it was taught in 1858. Whether you’ve played banjo your entire life or if you’ve never picked one up at all, this book is perfect for every skill level. 64 mp3s are included to help you learn the tunes.

To get this ebook for free, click on the link and enter a 0 for the price. The next page will ask for your email address and you should be set. If you'd like to purchase it for more than 0, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you! 🪕❤️ https://kylegrayyoung.gumroad.com/l/philricebanjo

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Buckley’s New Banjo Method - 1860 - Complete tablature transcription

Hi there! I'd like to invite you to download my brand new transcription of Buckley's New Banjo Method from 1860! I have transcribed all 138 instrumental solos in tablature for 5-string banjo. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. Enter a 0 in the price box if you'd like to download this for free! 🪕❤️ https://kylegrayyoung.gumroad.com/l/buckley1860

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Kyle's Banjo Club

Welcome! I have a bunch of banjo transcriptions and arrangements that I'd like to share with you. On the first of every month, I will email you ten of them. Most of my banjo tunes are for 5-string banjo in G, C, no bass, or sawmill tuning. I'll be sure to include pieces in a variety of skill levels each month. Every tune is presented in clear, easy-to-read tablature. All of the current month's titles will be listed at the bottom of this post. As a banjo club member, you'll get exclusive arrangements and transcriptions available nowhere else. Many pieces are from the early American banjo books from the 19th century. I also have quite a few traditional folk tunes that I've arranged for 5-string banjo. This club is free and open to everyone. If you need any help with any of the tunes, have feedback, or any requests, please do not hesitate to contact me. Please visit bio.link/kyle for all of my socials and contact info. Enjoy!~KyleSelections for January 2023:The Frost Is All Over (G, The Dance Music Of Ireland, 1907) (Celtic Winter)*Snow-Flake Hornpipe (G, Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883)*Та забіліли сніги (But The Snow Turned White) (Gm, traditional Ukrainian folk tune)*Horace Weston's New Schottische (C, 1882)New Jersey Breakdown (C, Turner's 60 Breakdowns, Jigs, & Hornpipes, 1900, duet)Circus Reel (C, E.M. Hall's New Banjo Method, 1890)Sweeney's Reel (C, E.M. Hall's New Banjo Method, 1890)Acme Polka (C, The Crown Banjo Method, 1889)Banjo Jig (G, The Crown Banjo Method, 1889)How To Excel On The Banjo, Part 2 - 18-20 (C, Emile Grimshaw, 1926)*indicates an original arrangement of mine

Happy new year! Come join my banjo club and ring in 2023 with a bunch of new tabs! It's completely free to join and you'll get 10 new tunes to play every month. This month we have a couple nice Irish tunes, a traditional Ukrainian folk tune, a Horace Weston classic from 1882, as well as several other 19th century banjo compositions. We'll also be resuming our Emile Grimshaw studies with the first few exercises from part two of How To Excel On The Banjo from 1926. To join the club, just enter a 0 and the next page will ask for your email address and you should be set. If you'd like to join for more than 0, I'd greatly appreciate it. In that case, you'll have access to mp3s of all of the tunes as well. Let me know if you have any questions. Everyone is welcome! 🪕 ❤️ https://kylegrayyoung.gumroad.com/l/kylesbanjoclub

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Briggs' Banjo Instructor (tablature for 5-string banjo)

For the first time ever in tablature, the complete set of 56 instrumental solos from Briggs' Banjo Instructor from 1855! This is the world's first banjo tutor ever printed. I have very meticulously transcribed every note of every instrumental solo and entabulated it for all 5-string banjos to play. When this book was printed, the banjo was tuned much lower and players read treble clef notation for the music. With this new tablature edition, anyone with a 5-string banjo can play it whether you're in a lower tuning for minstrel-style banjo playing or in modern C tuning. I've also included a complete transcription of the instructions for how to play the banjo from the original book. There is an 11 page introduction with information about Tom Briggs, a brief history of the banjo, and my own personal observations and things that I learned while researching this project. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. Enter a 0 in the price box if you'd like to download this for free!

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Hey there! I sent out the November tunes to my banjo club a couple weeks ago. It’s free to join if you’re interested and everyone gets ten new songs in tablature every month. If you join with $1 or more, you’ll also get access to audio of each song. This month we have ten tunes relating to food to celebrate Thanksgiving. Most of the selections this month came from banjo tutors and songbooks from 1865 through 1926. I’ve also included a couple of my own arrangements of traditional folk songs from Ireland and Ukraine this month. Please come join today! Everyone is welcome! (I already have next month’s tunes ready to go and I can’t wait to share them with you!) 🪕❤️ https://kylegrayyoung.gumroad.com/l/kylesbanjoclub

Selections for November 2022:

Pancake Breakdown (C, 1900, Turner's 60 Breakdowns, Jigs, & Hornpipes, Herbert J. Ellis, duet)

Barley Reel (G, 1865, New & Complete Method For The Banjo, Frank Converse)

Clam Bake Reel (C, 1887, Hitchcock’s Banjo Collection, Frank Converse)

Jenny Get Your Hoe Cake Done (C, 1887, Hitchcock’s Banjo Collection, Frank Converse)

The Pea Nut Gal (C, 1871, The Banjoist, Frank Converse)

Hot Corn Jig (C, 1921, Paramount Method For Banjo, Frederick J. Bacon)

А Марія вареники чине (And Maria Made Dumplings) (Gm, traditional Bukovinian-Ukrainian folk tune)

The New Potatoes (G, 1903, O’Neill's Music Of Ireland)

Turkey In The Straw (G, 1923, fingerstyle, The Cadenza Magazine, A.J. Weidt)

Turkey In The Straw (G, 1923, plectrum style, The Cadenza Magazine, A.J. Weidt)

Sweet Hoe Cake (C, 1926, Modern Method For Banjo, Frank C. Bradbury)

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I’ve always wanted to learn this traditional tune that Peter Tork recorded several years ago. I finally learned it today on Peter’s birthday. Thank you for still teaching me how to play banjo, Peter. Happy birthday. We miss you. ❤️#petertork https://www.instagram.com/p/B8h0EAhhr6e/?igshid=1j892tb40f1bi

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The newest super hero. #bassoon #bassoonharnessman https://www.instagram.com/p/B6rKrK7hN1u/?igshid=1xq8qhb31dy83

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Acoustic guitar cover of “Come On In” by The Monkees for Monkees Day 2019! Happy anniversary! #monkees #themonkees #petertork #jomapes #classicalguitar https://www.instagram.com/p/B2U070Hh4Fg/?igshid=1cdpr0em8ppmr

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Baritone ukulele cover of “Sometime In The Morning” by The Monkees for Monkees Day 2019! Happy anniversary! #monkees #themonkees #mickydolenz #baritoneukulele #ukulele #caroleking https://www.instagram.com/p/B2UgjrphF7G/?igshid=g1bg1q3nc58o

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Happy Monkees Day 2019! #monkees #themonkees #davyjones #monkeesday #monkeesday2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/B2URZcMhkHt/?igshid=ukyp6v0de4i7

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A relatively obscure renaissance piece by a relatively unknown composer. This is Ms. Hamann’s Galliard. #renaissancemusic #classicalguitar #guitar #lute #buymealuteplease https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwi4C5FBzYT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=v77ahxlzdjel

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NPR's Tiny Desk Contest!

NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest!

Just a quick update to let you know that I’ve entered NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest. I made a video at my medium-sized desk of one of my newer songs called “Where The War Is.” Here’s a link to the NPR page that features my song. I hope you like it! Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Kyle Gray Young @ NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest

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