Complete 5-String Banjo Method

The definitive step-by-step guide to playing 5-string bluegrass banjo. From learning how to hold the banjo to playing complete bluegrass songs, this easy-to-understand method will turn you into a 5-string banjo player no time. You'll learn how to read banjo tablature, all the basic banjo rolls, chords, authentic bluegrass techniques, banjo tuning and maintenance, and more! This book also has an audio CD with demonstration tracks of the essential bluegrass songs including: Cripple Creek, John Hardy, Nine Pound Hammer, Red River Valley, among others. With detailed photographs and simple instructions, this is the 5-string banjo method for getting results - fast! / Banjo / 48 pages / Partition Cd

The Complete Bluegrass Banjo Method is one of the very best G tuning five-string bluegrass tutors available! The book teaches how to pick out tunes single-string style (one note at a time) how to play chordaccompaniment and how to play solos in the full three-finger bluegrass style. The accompanying audio includes Acoustic Bass Acoustic Guitar and a rhythm track as well as the 5-string Banjo. Other topics inthe method include note and tab reading chord background styles traditional bluegrass techniques fills and endings use of the capo rolls slides hammers pull-offs choking harmonics and up-the-neck playing. In notationand tablature.  All songs and most exercises are included in this teaching recording performed at a tempo that the student should be able to maintain in short order.

This comprehensive book contains 139 solos for the 5-string banjo. Arranged by Neil Griffin, Mark Barnett, Karl Kurth, Carl Jackson, and Bob Forrest, this book is the perfect resource to expand you repertoire of solo pieces. The Complete Banjo Book contains no text and should not be considered a method book, but rather a superb collection of intermediate to advanced solos. These pieces reflect contemporary concepts of both Scruggs style and melodic/chromatic styling. While most of these tunes are written in both standard notation and tablature, a few are in tab only. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Bluegrass - Solos / Tablatures / Banjo Tablatures à 5 Cordes

Over 190 licks and picking patterns at your fingertips for the 5-string banjo! Quickly and easily select picking patterns by chord to substitute in songs you already play or combine patterns of your choice to create your ownarrangements. The licks are organized and grouped by type use and by chord for on the spot improvising arranging and for changing a song you already know to make it 'yours!' This easy to follow Picking Patterns Chartincludes: traditional bluegrass licks and popular variations roll patterns and variations melodic style patterns common up the neck licks back up licks and moveable patterns for any chord 'famous' patterns by chord licksidentified from songs moveable patterns by shape licks for specific chords pick up notes to begin a song and popular endings. This easy to follow layout is organized for study as well. Students who follow this chart inorder from the first lick to the last will find that it also teaches 'lick' theory as it pertains to the identification development and applications of licks in a brief easy to understand method. A suggested exercise on howto improvise completes the chart. This chart fills a gap in understanding and applying banjo licks for all level players. It builds on the knowledge base of 5-string banjo students with an easy to follow layout by patterntype and technique. . . AND is fun and easy to use! For all levels especially the intermediate player Standard G tuning Key of G.

The Absolute Beginners award-winning method has been designed to make learning the 5-string Banjo easier than ever before! Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing your first complete songs.Absolute Beginners Banjo gives you: An 'owner’s manual' approach to the banjo. Practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know about setting up playing and maintenance. A look-and-learncourse that uses clear pictures to illustrate every step of learning. CD audio tracks to let you hear how things should sound plus full-length accompaniments so you can play along!