Complete Tenor Banjo Method

Media Type : BookLevel : Multiple LevelsMusical Genre : All StylesSeries : CompleteNumber of pages : 104 The finest tenor banjo method available, this text represents Mel Bay's own approach to fundamental musicianship for those desiring to play tenor banjo. This book is the standard by which others are judged. Easy-to-understand and thorough in its approach, this method addresses both melody playing and chord strumming. Through numerous studies, folk songs and several duets, students are systematically introduced to the various notes and positions on the tenor banjo fretboard. Photos of the fretboard fingertips aid in learning the proper hand positions. Once in two volumes, this method is now presented it its entirety in this single comprehensive edition. In notation only. Tuned for Mandola.

This complete guide to learning the tenor banjo was written by acclaimed author and musician Fred Sokolow. If features popular songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead playing in Dixieland retro swing and Irish music. It includes demonstration audio tracks for all the examples in the book. Songs include: Ain't She Sweet ? Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home ? Down by the Riverside ? The Irish Washerwoman ? St. Louis Blues ? Sweet Georgia Brown ? When the Saints Go Marching In ? Yes Sir That's My Baby ? and more.

Media Type : Book Level : Multiple Levels Musical Genre : All Styles Number of pages : 117 How can I read sheet music and play tenor banjo melody chord solos? Mel Bay's own step-by-step method for melody chord performance will show you precisely how it's done. Also suitable for tenor mandola. Written primarily in standard notation with tablature and fretboard diagrams given for chord patterns, this book might be considered a sequel to the Complete Tenor Banjo Method. After a few pages of elementary information, the author goes to the heart of the matter with challenging exercises and solos presented in order of difficulty in various keys. The book also includes a thorough education in chord construction from simple triads to thirteenth diminished ninth chords. Most importantly, the author offers a system for learning to apply tenor banjo chords in a creative manner.