Complete 5-String Banjo Method

Par DAVIS JANET. 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 own arrangements. 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 Chart includes: 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, licks identified 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 in order, 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 how to 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 pattern type and technique. . . AND, is fun and easy to use! For all levels - especially the intermediate player - Standard G tuning, Key of G. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / Bluegrass - Rhythm/Backup / Méthode / Banjo à 5 Cordes

Par GRIFFIN NEIL. One of the very best G tuning five-string bluegrass banjo methods available! The book teaches how to pick out tunes single-string style (one note at a time), how to play chord accompaniment, and how to play solos in the full three-finger, bluegrass style. Topics 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 notation and tablature. The CD includes acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, and a rhythm track as well as the 5-string banjo. 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. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / Bluegrass - Methods / Tablatures / Banjo Tablatures à 5 Cordes

Learn to play banjo and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Banjo teaches you to play 5-string banjo even if you've never held the instrument before. The book starts with the fundamentals such as the history of the banjo, its components, how to hold and tune it, caring for your very own instrument, and how to read standard musical notation. You will then move right along to playing different chords, strums, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your knowledge of reading banjo music. You will learn important banjo techniques such as the hammer-on, pull-off, and more. There are also fingering charts and a dictionary of chords in G and C tunings. This best-selling book is now available with DVD and CD. The DVD includes video lessons and performances for everything in the book, and also includes the TNT 2 audio player that lets you adjust the tempo and pitch, and isolate parts. The CD includes audio performances of every exercise and song. It plays in your CD player or you can download the tracks to your PC. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the banjo, read music, play more than a dozen different strums and perform with a musical group.Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Banjo

Le Hal Leonard Banjo Method - 2nd Edition est la version nouvellement révisée et actualisée de la méthode originale classique. Ce guide complet et facile à utiliser débutant est conçu pour toute personne en train d'apprendre à jouer de style bluegrass 5-String Banjo. A l'intérieur vous trouverez une mine de techniques, des astuces et chansons amusantes pour apprendre et jouer. Le livre couvre: les bases, le tuning, tablature lecture, cordes de jeu, des notes d'apprentissage, le rythme d'apprentissage, de droite Rolles, hammer-ons et pull-offs, pincées et diapositives, de nombreuses chansons classiques bluegrass, et bien plus encore! / Banjo