Builds on the material covered in Lessons 1 and 2. Learn some common left hand techniques and add them to your songs. Learn three common left hand techniques -hammer ons pull offs and slides - and how to incorporate them intoyour right hand patterns. Learn valuable drills for coordinating movements of the left and right hands. Learn how to add these left hand techniques to the roll arrangements we learned in Lesson 2. Also includes the tab readingand string changing chapters from Lesson 1.

This book is a must have for the novice as well as the professional player! Each and every lick Banjo players learn provides another vital piece to add to their repertoire and help develop their individual ability.Each lick is important and Todd Taylor shares his licks and personal techniques he has spent a lifetime developing for the first time in this volume. These licks will make you a better player!Music examples are included in the online audio available for download or streaming.

My First Gospel Banjo Picking Songs is a fun and easy approach to gospel music for five-string Banjo. The book explains right and left hand techniques notes basic chords and practice tips.Twenty-fourgreat gospel songs are presented in tablature including Amazing Grace Just Over In Glory Land What a Friend We Have In Jesus and more.This method is a great introduction to the Banjo and its wonderful role ingospel music. The book comes with audio.

With Online Audio-The traditional sound of the Banjo is well-suited to Christmas tunes lending them an authentic truly festive air. Christmas Songs For 5-String Banjo contains 20 well-loved songs forthe holiday season all arranged by the well-known composer performer and five-string Banjo specialist Janet Davis. Selections include material for various levels of ability and offer a variety of styles. This book isarranged in a tablature and lyric only format. Christmas Songs For 5-String Banjo contains the favourites Deck The Halls God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Good King Wenceslas Hark! The Herald AngelsSing It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Jingle Bells Jolly Old Saint Nicholas Joy To The World O Come All Ye Faithful and more.      This book comes with a companion online audio download. This is astereo recording which contains all the music in the book played slow and up-to-speed. The fast version also includes Guitar accompaniment.

This fun and easy bluegrass banjo book and CD takes you from the very beginning. Beginning with an introduction to the instrument the book teaches you basic banjo technique such as three-finger rolls how to read banjo chordcharts playing back up and hand placement setting the foundation for the repertoire found in the book. Featuring classics such as 'Boil Them Cabbage Down' 'Cripple Creek' and 'Tom Dooley' this book will get you playing in notime! Music presented in tablature.

Here is the Forgotten Heritage: Great Banjo Music! Discover the birth of the American fingerstyle banjo in this collection of 28 of the finest tunes culled from banjo publications between 1860 and 1887. Learn amazing banjomusic by some of the early leading players James Buckley Albert Baur and the great Frank B. Converse the greatest virtuoso of his day. From folk-style dances to parlor dances such as the Polka Mazurka and Schottische toadvanced Romantic-period classical-style solos. Can be played on modern banjos or period-style instruments. The audio recording by Rob MacKillop features a gut-strung banjo and is played with the flesh of the fingertips in theold American tuning. For modern instrument players Rob has provided TAB and a Standard Notation stave at modern banjo pitch. Clawhammer players will find many of the pieces in the book suitable for their technique andbluegrass/fingerstyle players will be able to play all the pieces. Rob MacKillop provides a fascinating introductory essay placing the music in its historical context while his audio of performances can be viewed as astand-alone recording by a leading player in the revival of this great American banjo heritage. Includes access to online audio.

The world of melodic jazz Banjo soloing is revealed in this comprehensive method which leads a student from basic intervals to advanced theoretical concepts and finally to a firm foundation in jazz fundamentals. Included areover 90 exercises and examples written in both tablature fingerings and standard music notation which show how scales and arpeggios are used and how they apply to real playing situations. Every five-string Banjoist can benefitfrom the information contained in this breakthrough volume whether they aspire to jazz or just want to find out more about the possibilities and structure of the Banjo.Starting with basic intervals 'Straight-Ahead Jazz for Banjo' shows the structure of all basic chord types and qualities and matches these to the scales that generate them. The book's basic concept model is to treat the five-string Banjo'spotential in an inclusive technical context so that the student can make use of open and fifth strings to create a smooth legato style. Each of the 90+ exercises are recorded with a metronome and progress to 16 additional examplesof original jazz phrases in a variety of keys. Topics include functional major and minor key harmony diminished and augmented scales and how they are used and the integration of altered scale substitutes in the art of jazzimprovisation. It stresses listening and learning in a logical structured manner with an example of a daily practice plan.The unique emphasis of the book is on the fingerings which make the instrument work for youtechnically and thus open up added possibilities for the development of a student's personal style. This long-awaited volume will surely bring new focus and perspective to any Banjo style and will be a classic reference for manynew generations of Banjoists. Includes access to online audio.

For 5-String Banjo-This rich collection of 68 jigs and reels features some of the most cherished tunes played by session players from 21st-century Ireland Scotland Wales and the Celtic Diaspora. Tom Hanway demonstratescontemporary 'Celtic fingerstyle Banjo' through modern techniques and traditional Irish and Celtic melodies using standard G tuning. Additionally this book explains the Four Celtic Modes that are found throughout the tunes inthis collection. Through these lessons you can learn the essentials needed to play stock Irish and Celtic tunes which can later be combined in medleys to play at sessions. This book includes access to online audio.

5-String Banjo Tablatures-Published by popular demand this long-awaited songbook contains exact transcriptions in banjo tablature that capture the unique playing style of Douglas Dillard. This fantastic collection includes all of his best-loved tunes from the Andy Griffith Show from his many great years of recording as the original Dillards and from his solo banjo albums and his releases with The Doug Dillard Band. Features more than 20 tunes in G tuning C tuning amd G modal tuning including classics such as: Cripple Creek · Hickory Hollow · Jamboree · John Henry · Old Joe Clark · Buckin' Mule · and more. A must-have for all banjo players!

After the Civil War the ?up picking? finger style of playing the 5-string banjo came into vogue ? eventually finding its way into the Victorian parlor and later college glee and music clubs. The original down picking style didn't entirely die out because throughout the reaminder of the 19th Century new methods for the banjo often included a number of songs in the older two-finger banjo style of performance. Perhaps the most intricate set of songs to appear in the ?original? banjo style were these 34 progressive pieces found in Frank B. Converse's Analytical Banjo Method from 1887. Those songs presentedin this book for clawhammer banjo offer a nice mix of banjo characteristic pieces medleys and new compositions from Converse.

This insightful book is about sound perception and execution on the banjo. Its purpose is to shed light on simple auralconnections unique to this instrument including closed-position as well as open-string fingerings found throughout the entire fretboard. In notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio    

Alan Munde is one of the finest players to ever pick up the five string banjo. From his early days with Jimmy Martin through his tenure with Country Gazette Alan has continually expanded the breadth of his vision. Drawn from aseries of recordings released on Slim Richey's Ridge Runner label in the early 1980's this compilation contains an incredible display of banjo musicianship. Each cut combines logic beauty and rhythmic propulsion. The tunessparkle with freshness as the old is made new. The tunes are presented in tablature only.

With Online Audio-This book and accompanying audio download include popular and lesser-known old-time tunes for the clawhammer banjo. This book is a followup to Dan Levenson's Old-Time Festival Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo (MB20313M) and includes62 more tunes of varying difficulty. Old favorites as well as new additions are presented including many time-tested standards. The material is presented in standard notation and basic/advanced tablature. Suggested chords arealso included to help you along the way. Fiddle players will enjoy the companion to this book Old-Time Favorites for Fiddle and Mandolin (MB30225BCD) which shares the same basic standard notation. Includes access to onlineaudio.