Banjo Picking Tunes - Early Music Gems (GOMEZ LLUIS)

Buzzard Banjo - Clawhammer Style. Provides the intermediate clawhammer (5-string) banjo player with a fresh repertoire of 21 traditional and 5 original tunes as played by the author with the Boiled Buzzards Old Time String Band. The book briefly addresses clawhammer basics with a few pages of exercises and scales before presenting the tunes. The banjo tunings in this book are: double C tuning (gCGCD), modified double C tuning (eCGCD), G tuning (GDGBD), A tuning (aEAC#E), D tuning (aDADE), and Double-D tuning drop 5th (f#DADE). Written in banjo tablature only with suggested backup chords. Voted one of the top 10 clawhammer banjo players by "Banjo Newsletter" readers, Levenson advises the reader that the tablature in this book is to be used only as a guide and to "play the tune as you hear it, not slavishly as written". This approach allows the reader to play within his/her style and level of ability. Includes access to online audio.

The primal pluck of the banjo fits right into the rustic character of Early Music. By combining these elements in artful arrangements in the 3-finger style, Lluís Gómez has brought new life to these Early Music Gems. These pieces seem to have been calling out for the banjo all along. Once you hear them played on the 5-string banjo, it will be hard to imagine them being played any other way. -John Bullard Arranged in tablature only for the 5-string banjo in gDGBD tuning. Includes access to online audio of all 34 selections as performed by the author.
1. Adoro +B111:C134Devote
2. Allegro
3. Alman
4. An Italian Rant
5. Andante
6. Ballade
7. Bear Dance
8. Branle Double
9. Chestnut
10. Canarios
11. Childgrove
12. Come With Me, My Giselle
13. Dont veint cela
14. Espagnoletta
15. La Folia
16. FORTUNE MY FOE
17. Gavotte
18. GREENSLEEVES
19. Grimstock
20. Kemp’s Jig
21. Guárdame las vacas
22. Moderato
23. O Esca Viatorum
24. On the Cold Ground
25. Packington’s Pound
26. Pastourelle
27. Rendez A Dieu
28. St. Martin’s
29. Salterello
30. Si Pour
31. To Drive the Cold Winter Away
32. Tutte Venite Armati
33. Volte
34. Wilson’s Wilde
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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.