Alternate Tunings for Five-String Banjo Played Blgrs Style
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Banjo (5-String) - Intermediate

SKU: MB.20762BCD

Composed by Terry McGill. Saddle-stitched, Solos. Bluegrass. Book/CD Set. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.20762BCD).

ISBN 9780786674381. UPC: 796279100083. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

Alternate Tunings for Five-string Banjo is the first three-finger style banjo instruction book written specifically for the bluegrass banjoist wishing to explore alternate tunings. Written using standard tablature, the book takes the learner through the G modal, Standard C, Open C, Bb, D modal, Open D and E tunings. A companion CD is included with each book that includes examples of each tuning and song taught. The songs are played slowly and up to standard tempo on the CD. The first three-finger style banjo instruction book written specifically for the bluegrass banjoist wishing to explore alternate tunings.Written using standard tablature, the book takes the learner through the G modal, Standard C, Open C, Bb, D modal, Open D and E tunings. Students will learn new arrangements for such traditional pieces as Cumberland Gap, Shady Grove, Kansas City Railroad Blues, Pretty Polly and seventeen others. A companion CD is included with each book that includes examples of each tuning and song taught. The songs are played slowly and up to standard tempo.

  • Angelina Baker
  • Boil 'Em Cabbage Down
  • Bunker Hill
  • Bury Me Beneath The Willow
  • Country Blues
  • Cumberland Gap
  • Deep Elem Blues
  • I Ain't A-Gonna Work Tomorrow
  • Kansas City Railroad Blues
  • Little Liza Jane
  • Lonesome Road Blues
  • My Home's Across the Blueridge Mountains
  • Old Joe Clark
  • Pretty Polly
  • Rabbit In a Log
  • Reuben's Train
  • Shady Grove
  • Straight Drive
  • The Long Fork of Buckhorn
  • Way Down the Old Plank Road
  • Worried Man Blues