Early Irish-American Banjo

Here is the Lost Heritage of the Irish-American Banjo! The Irish-style Tenor banjo has become immensely popular of late yet the roots of Irish influence on American Banjo music extends right back to the 1840s when the legendary Joel Sweeney picked up a gourd Banjo from Black American Banjo players and proceeded to perform 'jigs reels and breakdowns'. Other Irish-Americans played a leading role in the development and popularity of theBanjo in America and Rob MacKillop has collected 27 of their finest pieces in this collection the first of its kind. Early Irish-American Banjo is a solo instrumental collection writtenin standard notation plus 3 lines of tablature for the 5-string Banjo the 4-string tenor Banjo in standard tuning (CGDA) and for the Irish tenor Banjo in octave-mandolin tuning (GDAE low-to-high). Lyrics are not included in thisvolume.Can be played with either a flat pick or fingerstyle.The audio recording contains brilliant performances of all 27 pieces by Rob MacKillop a leading performer of historical Banjo music.Rob performs fingerstyle with the flesh of his fingertips on gut strings on a period-appropriate banjo in the old American tuning. This online recording is a treasure in itself.Tunes included: StPatrick's Day; Rocky Road To Dublin; Savourneen Deelish; McCormick Party Reel Sheridan's Hornpipe Connaught Man's Rambles and many others. Includes access to online audio.

For Fngrstyle Guitar-This volume is intended as a folio of arrangements from the repertoire of a working musician. As such there is only a minimum of discussion about the technical aspects of playing. Students who have already dealt with theAmerican style called fingerpicking or fingerstyle guitar which is quite distinct from other kinds of guitar playing will be at an advantage. The easiest arrangements here are early intermediate level while the other end of thescale includes pieces that may challenge even a professional. Tunes within each section are presented generally in order of difficulty. The bulk of the tunes presented are fiddle tunes with a couple of banjo tunes and severalsongs as well as tunes originally played on other instruments such as harp pipes or accordion. There are even a small number composed for the guitar. For the most part differences in approach among the tunes here are unrelatedto the instrumental sources. All the tunes are presented in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.