The Great American Banjo Songbook
Title | The Great American Banjo Songbook PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Munde |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2017-07-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1540002632 |
(Banjo). Explore the repertoire of the Great American Songbook with this 70-song colletion, masterfully arranged by Alan Munde and Beth Mead-Sullivan for 3-finger, Scruggs-style 5-string banjo. Rhythm tab, right hand fingerings and chord diagrams are included for each of these beloved melodies. Songs include: Ain't She Sweet * Blue Skies * Cheek to Cheek * Home on the Range * Honeysuckle Rose * It Had to Be You * Little Rock Getaway * Over the Rainbow * Sweet Georgia Brown * and more.
Banjo Player's Songbook
Title | Banjo Player's Songbook PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Jumper |
Publisher | Oak Publications |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 1984-01-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1783234784 |
Over 200 great songs arranged for the five-string banjo complete with lyrics for each song. Includes folk songs, sentimental favourites, song of the sea, fiddle tunes, and much more.
Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo
Title | Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo PDF eBook |
Author | Earl Scruggs |
Publisher | Hal Leonard |
Pages | 534 |
Release | 2005-08-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1476859337 |
(Banjo). The best-selling banjo method in the world! Earl Scruggs's legendary method has helped thousands of banjo players get their start. The "Revised and Enhanced Edition" features more songs, updated lessons, and many other improvements. It includes everything you need to know to start playing banjo, including: a history of the 5-string banjo, getting acquainted with the banjo, Scruggs tuners, how to read music, chords, how to read tablature, right-hand rolls and left-hand techniques, banjo tunings, exercises in picking, over 40 songs, how to build a banjo, autobiographical notes, and much more! Includes audio of Earl Scruggs playing and explaining over 60 examples!
Parking Lot Picker's Songbook - Dobro
Title | Parking Lot Picker's Songbook - Dobro PDF eBook |
Author | Dix Bruce |
Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2011-01-13 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1610658701 |
A collection of over 200 great Bluegrass, Old Time, Country and Gospel standards. Melodies are presented with standard notation and tablature along with lyrics and chords.Learn to play songs written and recorded by the giants of traditional American music: Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, the Osborne Brothers, Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson and many more. Also included: Step-by-Step instruction on how to transpose any song to any key!The two CDs include recordings of EVERY song in the book.
Complete Book of Irish & Celtic 5-String Banjo
Title | Complete Book of Irish & Celtic 5-String Banjo PDF eBook |
Author | Ton Hanway |
Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
Pages | 183 |
Release | 2011-08-18 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1610655567 |
An important anthology of Irish and Celtic solos for the 5-string banjo featuring a comprehensive, scholarly treatise on the history, techniques, and etiquette of playing the banjo in the Celtic tradition. Includes segments on tuning, pick preferences, and tablature reading followed by 101 jigs, slides, polkas, slip jigs, reels, hornpipes, strathspeys, O'Carolan tunes, plus a special section of North American Celtic tunes. A generous collection of photos of Irish folk musicians, street scenes, and archaeological sites further enhances this fabulous book. All of the solos included here are written in 5-string banjo tablature only with a few tunes set in unusual banjo tunings. the appendices provide a sizable glossary and a wealth of information regarding soloists and groups playing Celtic music, Irish festivals, music publications, on-line computer resources, cultural organizations, and more. If you are serious about playing Celtic music on the 5-string banjo, or if you don't play the banjo but simply want to expand your knowledge of the Celtic music tradition-you owe yourself this book. the first-ever CD collection of Irish and Celtic music for 5-string banjo provides 68 lovely melodies and demonstrates revolutionary techniques for playing highly ornamented tunes and rolling back-up. Recorded in stereo with virtuosos Gabriel Donohue (steel- and nylon-string guitar and piano) and Robbie Walsh (bodhran- frame drum played with a stick), the five-string banjo is out front and plays through each melody in real-life tempo with authentic Celtic chordal and rhythmic backing. the recording features the music of all Six Celtic Nations and includes jigs, reels, hornpipes, slides, polkas, marches, country dances, larides, andros, slipjigs, strathspeys, airs and O'Carolan tunes. 35 songs in the book are not on the CD.
Clawhammer Style Banjo
Title | Clawhammer Style Banjo PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Perlman |
Publisher | Centerstream Publications |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780931759338 |
(Banjo). A complete guide for beginning and advanced banjo players! From Ken Perlman, here is a brilliant teaching guide that is destined to become the handbook on how to play the banjo. The style is easy to learn, and covers the instruction itself, basic right and left-hand positions, simple chords, and fundamental clawhammer techniques; the brush, the 'bumm-titty' strum, pull-offs, and slides. For the advanced player, there is instruction on more complicated picking, double thumbing, quick slides, fretted pull-offs, harmonics, improvisation, and more. The book includes more than 40 fun-to-play banjo tunes.
The Classic Douglas Dillard Songbook of 5-String Banjo Tablatures
Title | The Classic Douglas Dillard Songbook of 5-String Banjo Tablatures PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas Flint Dillard |
Publisher | Centerstream Publications |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001-12 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9781574241068 |
Music tablature and notation on "What's That" and G string Boogie" by Mark Switzer.