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4618 BANJO CLASSICS. Sands. CD TABLATURE ULTIME COPIE DISPONIBILI , OUT OF PRINT

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BANJO CLASSICS. Sands. CD TABLATURE

Ideal for intermediate to advanced banjoists wanting to expand their repertoire, this book/CD combination presents new arrangements of 16 popular classics and original compositions in varied styles including: ragtime, light classical, novelty, marches, and medleys. Includes pieces by Chopin, Debussy, Holzmann, Joplin, and Sousa. All of the tunes in this collection are written in both standard notation and TAB and are included on the companion CD. 102 Pages.

Song Title: Composer/Source:
2eme Arabesque Claude Debussy, Arr. By: Chris Sands
Beat The System Rag Chris Sands
Bill Bailey Medley Arr. By: Chris Sands
Blaze Away Abe Holzmann, Arr. By: Chris Sands
Christalline Rag Tarrant Bailey Jnr.
For Esther Chris Sands
Into The Hay Arr. By: Chris Sands
Nola Felix Arndt, Arr. By: Chris Sands
Prelude - In A Major Op. 28, No. 7 Arr. By: Chris Sands
Spanish Dance Chris Sands
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden Arr. By: Chris Sands
Tennessee Rag Chris Sands
The Ragtime Dance Scott Joplin, Arr. By: Chris Sands
The Washington Post March John Philip Sousa, Arr. By: Chris Sands
Two Heads Are Better Than One Tarrant Bailey Jnr. & Chris Sands
Valse-F. Chopin Op. 64, No. 2 Arr. By: Chris Sands

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5387 THE ULTIMATE BANJO SONGBOOK, 26 Favorites Arranged for 5-String Banjo. 2CD TABLATURE

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THE ULTIMATE BANJO SONGBOOK, 26 Favorites Arranged for 5-String Banjo. 2CD TABLATURE

Various Composers. A great collection of banjo classics, including: Alabama Jubilee -Bye Bye Love -Duelin' Banjos -The Entertainer -Foggy Mountain Breakdown -Great Balls of Fire - Lady of Spain -Rawhide -(Ghost) Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) -Rocky Top -San Antonio Rose -Tennessee Waltz - UFO-TOFU -You Are My Sunshine, and more. 148 pages.

Series: Banjo
Softcover with CD - TAB
Author: Janet Davis
148 pages.

Songlist:
(Ghost) Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)
Alabama Jubilee
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Bugle Call Rag
Bye Bye Love
Duelin' Banjos
Faded Love
Farewell Blues
Fireball Mail
Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Gold Rush
Great Balls Of Fire
How Great Thou Art
Lady Of Spain
Limehouse Blues
Orange Blossom Special
Red Wing
Roanoke
Rocky Top
San Antonio Rose
Tennessee Waltz
The Entertainer
UFO-TOFU
Wheel Hoss
Yesterday
You Are My Sunshine

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4983 BANJO ENCYCLOPEDIA, Bluegrass Banjo from A to Z, Nickerson. CD TABLATURE

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BANJO ENCYCLOPEDIA, Bluegrass Banjo from A to Z, Nickerson. CD TABLATURE

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The Banjo Encyclopedia is a comprehensive, in-depth banjo instructional tool that covers the many intricacies of bluegrass banjo playing, including numerous topics that may have been overlooked in banjo instruction to date. The Banjo Encyclopedia can take a student from the beginning, to intermediate, and right through to more advanced styles of banjo playing. Ross Nickerson uses his many years of experience helping hundreds of aspiring banjo pickers by offering the banjo student an opportunity to learn in a practical, straightforward manner. This wide-ranging banjo instructional book will focus on many techniques that will help every aspect of a banjo player's musicianship while simplifying many subjects in the learning process. The included 99-track CD recording will enable the student to learn easily by hearing author Ross Nickerson demonstrate each song, and perform many of the banjo licks and phrases included in the book slow, and up to tempo. The CD also includes an advanced song section with a full bluegrass band accompanying Ross along with additional intermediate songs for the student to learn. The Banjo Encyclopedia is undoubtedly one of the most complete five-string banjo books on the market today and a must for every banjo player's collection.

Product Number: 99443BCD
Format: Book/CD Set
ISBN: 0786670746
UPC: 796279094214
ISBN13: 9780786670741
Series: Encyclopedia
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published: 9/24/2003

Contents:

About the Author
Foreword by Ross Nickerson
Tips On Learning The Most From The Book
Chapter 1: The Basics
Holding the Banjo, Using the Picks
How to Read Tablature
Parts on a Standard Five-String Banjo
Tuning Your Banjo
Right-Hand Postioning
Overcoming diffitculties
Final tips on right-hand positioning
Left-Hand Positioning
Do's and don'ts for common problems with left-hand technique
Photos of left-hand positions
Final Note
Chapter 2: The Right Hand
Rhythm & Timing
Rhythm and timing exercises
Learning the Basic Rolls
More tips on rolls
Earl Scruggs' contribution
Examples of basic rolls
Timing Review
Using a metronome
Some suggestions about using a metronome
Timing exercises using a metronome
Advanced Rolls
Working with and learning some advanced rolls
Working with the thumb
Working with the index and middle fingers
Middle finger exercises
Index finger exercises
Exercising the index and middle fingers together
Developing Tone and Dynamics
Angle of attack
Balance of tone
More about positioning
The effect of picks on tone
Dynamics in your banjo playing
Dynamic examples
Developing Speed
Technique factors in speed building
Psychology of speed
What if I make a mistake?
How hard should I pick?
Should I use a metronome?
Always use a metronome?
Speed-building metronome?
Tone Exercises
Advanced Rolls for Practice
Final Note
Chapter 3: The Left-Hand
Overview
Finger Exercises
Several reminders for practicing the exercises in this chapter
Memorize
A reminder before you start the exercises
Left-Hand Exercises
Left-hand exercises using thirds
Exercises for learning the notes on the fretboard in the G scale
Learning tips
Ways to Improve Slides, Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, and Chokes
Tips and reminders on slides, pull-offs, chokes and hammer-ons
Improving slides
Improving hammer-ons
Improving pull-offs
Improving chokes or bends
Adding and Improving Slides, Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, and Chokes in a Song
Banks of the Ohio - basic version
Banks of the Ohio - with slurs (slides, pull-offs, etc.)
Bury Me Beneath the Willow - basic version
Bury Me Beneath the Willow - with slurs (slides, pull-offs, etc.)
Final Note
Chapter 4: Practice Habits and Practicing Priorities
Overview
Practice builds confidence
Practice priorities and making the best use of practice time
How often should I practice and for how long?
Your practice area
Setting goals
Lesson Plans
Practice outline
Practice outline example
Splitting up practice time in the lesson plan
Working on Physical Challenges and Overcoming Obstacles
Isolating areas of practice
Tablature Discussion
Using CD, Video or DVD
Memorizing
Suggestions for memorizing
Working on the left and right hand separately while memorizing
A few more general suggestions on memorizing
Final Note

Chapter 5: Earl Scruggs' Style
Overview
Learning the Basics of Scrugg's Style Picking
Accenting Notes
Accenting Exercise
Bringing out the Melody
Sitting on Top of the World
Blues in the Scruggs' Style
Nine Pound Hammer
Learning a Breakdown in Scruggs' Style
Banjo Students' Breakdown
Final Note
Chapter 6: The Melodic Style
Overview
Melodic Style Exercises
Learning Songs in the Melodic Style
Sailor's Hornpipe
Turkey in the Straw
John Hardy
Playing in Harmony in the Melodic Style
Devil's Dream - Lead part
Devil's Dream - Harmony part
Playing the Blues in the Melodic Style
Blues Scale Melodic Exercise
Final Note
Chapter 7: The Single-String Style
Overview
Exercises Using the Single-String Style
Learning Some Scales in the Single-String Style
Chord shape single-string exercises
Don Reno Style Exercise
The Darktown Stutters' Ball
Learning Songs in the Single-String Style
Wildwood Flower - basic single-string version
Wildwood Flower - more complex single-string version
Arkansas Traveler
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Chapter 8: Mixing the Scruggs', Melodic and Single-String Technique, Learning to Play
Up the Neck, and Learning More About the Blues
Overview
Mixing the Scruggs', Melodic and Single-String Styles
Banjo licks that serve a similar purpose in each style
A Song Mixing the Three Styles With Some Blues
The Scruggs, Melodic, Single String Blues
Playing Up the Neck
Licks serving the same purpose, up and down the neck
Learning Both Down and Up the Neck Versions of a Song, for Comparison
She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain - lower neck version
She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain - up the neck version
Bonus Song, Mixing the Styles
Oh, Susanna
Learning More About the Blues
Blues Scales
Making Common Banjo Licks "Bluesy"
Blues comparison licks
Learning the blues scale exercise
The Blues Scales Blues
Another Song Mixing the Styles
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Final Note
Chapter 9: Rhythm, Chords and Playing Backup
Overview
Learning Chords and More About Them
F form chords
D form chords
Barre form chords
More about chords
Chromatic scale for finding any chord
Chord Inversions for G, G7 and G Minor
Chord Inversions for D, D7 and D Minor
Chord Exercises - Blackberry Blossom
Chord Progressions for Practice
Augmented, Diminished and More on Seventh Chords
Augmented chords
Diminished chords
Learning More About Scruggs' Style Backup
Scruggs' style backup lick examples
Passing Tones
An exercise using bass run passing tones
Bass Run Passing Tone Exercises With Chords
Four Examples of Playing Backup
Backup example for verse and chorus
Song Example for Verse and Chorus Backup
Playing backup on a slower tempo song
Slow Backup Song Example
Backing up a fiddle
Fiddle Backup Example
Waltz backup
Waltz Backup Example
Using Seventh Chords
Seventh chord form chart
Seventh Chord Exercise
Final Note
Chapter 10: Improvising and Learning to Play by Ear
Overview
Improvising
Taking what you know and turning it into ten things
Improvising in small steps
Thinking in terms of playing by the chords
Improvising practice assignments
Sample Chord Progression Using a Specific Roll
Reverse Roll Chord Breakdown
Building Up Your Chord Changing and Locating Ability
Sliding into the Chord Exercises
Tip on changing chords
Recovering from mistakes
Knowledge of the neck
Notes on the fretboard chart
More on Improvising
Plugging in licks that work with the chord changes in the song, and other
Options
Comments on improvising
Improvising using chords
Writing your own arrangements and playing songs that you have never
Heard before
Learning to play without tablature
Cautions when improvising
Importance and joy of not using tab
Final Note
Chapter 11: Beginnings, Turnarounds and Endings
Overview
Beginnings
Common bluegrass song beginnings or "kickoffs"
Bluegrass Song Kickoff Example
Pig in a Pen
"Bluesy" Kickoff Example
Kickin' Blues
Turnarounds
Basic turnarounds
Endings
Some common endings to bluegrass songs
Final Tips on Beginnings, Turnarounds and Endings
Final Note
Chapter 12: Jamming
Overview
Priorities in Preparation for Jamming
Preparation and practice
Practice timing
Know you chords and how to back others up
Learn songs that others should know and standard bluegrass
Arrangements
Taking the scare out of it
Learning How Standard Bluegrass Arrangements Work
Typical bluegrass vocal arrangement
Popular Vocal and Instrumental Songs at Jam Sessions
Other Tips and Suggestions for Learning How to Jam with Others
No One is Perfect and Everyone Makes mistakes
Final Note
Chapter 13: Adapting an Easy Melody to a Bluegrass Banjo Arrangement
Overview
Music Reading Basics Made Easy
Learning the notes
Counting time
Rests
Creating a Bluegrass Banjo Arrangement Using Quarter and Eighth Notes
When the Saints Go Marching In
Red River Valley
Final Note
Chapter 14: Playing in Different Keys, Tunings and Using a Capo
Overview
Using a Capo
Types of capos and tips on using them
Capoing the fifth string
Playing Chords in Different Keys
The I - VII chords in seven different keys - chart
Playing a song using roman numerals rather than chord names
Chord Progression Practice
Learning to Play the Same Song in Three Different Keys
Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky - Key of G
Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky - Key of C
Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky - Key of D
C Tuning
Wildwood Flower
D Tuning
Home Sweet Home
Jesse James
G Minor Tuning
Pretty Polly
Chapter 15: Playing at Slower Tempos and ¾ Time
Overview
Different Techniques Used in Playing Slower Songs
Learning Some Songs in ¾ Time
Some suggestions for learning the songs
Silent Night
Amazing Grace
The Streets of Laredo
Chapter 16: Banjo Maintenance by Mike Munford
Introduction by Ross Nickerson
Preface by Mike Munford
Bridges
Bridges and tone
Tuning, intonation and setting the bridge
Changing the Strings
More on Strings
Tailpieces
The Nut
The 5th string nut
5th String Spikes
Actual spike location
The head
Action Adjustments
Neck and Resonator Woods
Good Tools
General Maintenance Tips
Cases
Final Note
Chapter 17: Advanced Song Section
Overview
John Henry
Train 45
Glossary of Common Banjo Terms
Acknowledgements
Closing Comments and Credits
CD Track Sheet

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2746 GREAT PICKING TUNES FOR BANJO, Munde. CD TABLATURE

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GREAT PICKING TUNES FOR BANJO, Munde. CD TABLATURE

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Long-time banjo picking ace Alan Munde brings his considerable banjo arranging skills to some of the most played songs in the bluegrass tradition. In these stylistic revealing arrangements, running from straightforward roll approach to the delicately beautiful melodic fingerings, Munde lets the melody of each piece stand out to its fullest. Great Picking Tunes for Banjo includes all-time winners Red Wing, Turkey in the Straw, Arkansas Traveler, Down Yonder, and Home Sweet Home, bluegrass favorites Blackberry Blossom, Cumberland Gap, Black Mountain Rag, John Hardy, and Bury Me Beneath the Willow, fiddle favorites Whiskey Before Breakfast, Flop-Eared Mule, Boston Boy, St. Anne’s Reel, and 8th of January, plus a host of other jam session standards. In tablature only.

Song Title: Composer/Source:
Angeline the Baker
Arkansas Traveler
Bile Them Cabbage
Black Mountain Rag
Blackberry Blossom
Boston Boy
Bury Me Beneath the Willow
Cumberland Gap
Down Yonder
East Tennessee Blues
Eighth of January
Flop-Eared Mule
Georgia Boys
Goodbye Liza Jane
Home Sweet Home
John Hardy
John Henry
Little Maggie
Mississippi Sawyer
Old Joe Clark
Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet
Redwing
Saint Anne's Reel
Seeing Nellie Home
The Old Spinning Wheel
The Wreck of the Old 97
Turkey in the Straw
Whiskey Before Breakfast

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4984 BANJO SOLOS, TARRANT BAILEY JR., His Life and Works. Chris Sands. CD TABLATURE OUT OF PRINT

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BANJO SOLOS, TARRANT BAILEY JR., His Life and Works. Chris Sands. CD TABLATURE

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An outstanding collection of original 5-string banjo solos by legendary virtuoso and composer Tarrant Bailey Jr. Covering a broad range of musical styles and varying in their degree of technical difficulty, these pieces offer a wealth of original and ingenious ideas, representing the very finest of this composer's works. Of further interest is a comprehensive section containing previously unpublished autobiographical excerpts and many rare historical photographs, giving a fascinating insight into Tarrant Bailey Jr.'s life with the banjo. The accompanying CD features new recordings of all the pieces, specially recorded by Chris Sands and Patrick Sykes for release with this edition. The music is presented in fully fingered music notation and tablature settings.

Contents:

Introduction
Tarrant Bailey Jnr.
Tuning and Symbols

Songs
Ragtime Express
Beauty Spots
Summertime Rag
Sunlit Motorway
Dancing Kitten
Festival March
Flowing Streams
Flashpoint Rag
Why Worry?
Old Wine in a New Bottle
The Swallow
Jazzbo's Holiday
Chamonix
Piropo Polka
Silicon Chips
Carnival

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5010 BANJO SONGBOOK, Trischka. TABLATURE

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BANJO SONGBOOK, Trischka. TABLATURE

Tony Trischka. A thorough survey of the three finger picking classics of the early 1900s, transitional styles of the 1930s and the Scruggs style of the 1940s and beyond. Includes over 75 bluegrass, old-time fiddle and classic tunes in tablature for 5-string banjo. 144 PAGES

Beethoven Mandolin Sonata In C Major
Bela's Dog
Black Mountain Rag
Blueberry Ripple
Bonaparte's Retreat
Bugle Call Rag
Caprice No.24 [Paganini, Niccolo]
Cindy
Cluck Old Hen
Colored Aristocracy
Cripple Creek
Cuckoo's Nest
Cumberland Gap
Dark Hollow
Dill Pickle Rag
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
Elzic's Farewell
Farewell Blues
Flop Eared Mule
Forked Deer
Galway Hornpipe
Golden Slippers
Green Willis
Growling Old Man And Woman
Hell Among The Yearlings
Hogeye
Home, Sweet Home
Hull's Victory
In The Pines
John Henry
Kingston Springs
Kitchen Girl
Leather Britches
Little Darlin' Pal Of Mine
Little Maggie
Mama Don't Allow
Maple Leaf Rag
Mississipi Sawyer
Molly And Tenbrooks
Monkey In The Garden
Morrison's Jig
New River Train
Nine Pound Hammer
Oh! Susanna
Old Joe Clark
Orange Blossom Special
Plastic Banana
Poor Ellen Smith
Pretty Polly
Rhapsody For Banjo #1
Richmond Cotillionl
Ridge Runner
Rocky Top
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Ruben's Train
Rueben
Sally Ann
Salt River
Salty Dog
Shady Grove
Shelton Special
Shenandoah Breakdown
Sitting On Top Of The World
Soddy Daisy
Sourwood Mountain
St Anne's Reel
Sweet Dixie
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
T To The 7th Power
The Breakfast Dance
The Girl I Left Behind
The Irish Washerwoman
Train 45
Two Part Invention No.1 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
Up Jumped The Devil
When You And I Were Young, Maggie
Yankee Doodle
Zubenelgenubi

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6537 COMPLETE 5-STRING BANJO PLAYER, Tony Trischka. CD TABLATURE

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COMPLETE 5-STRING BANJO PLAYER, Tony Trischka. CD TABLATURE

Written by Tony Trischka, one of the leading authorities in banjo education, The Complete 5-String Bluegrass Banjo Player sets the standard for bluegrass banjo instruction from beginning to advanced. From holding the banjo and reading tablature to melodic banjo style and standard bluegrass repertoire, this book is the definitive guide to learning authentic bluegrass technique. The audio CD includes demonstration tracks of the music examples, techniques, and songs.

The Complete 5-String Bluegrass Banjo Player features include:
All bluegrass techniques
Scale patterns
Chords illustrated with photographs and diagrams
New and clear engravings
Composition and Arranging
Improvisation techniques
The most influential banjo players' styles
And more! 254 pages.

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0817 BLUEGRASS BANJO. PETER WERNICK. CD TABLATURE

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BLUEGRASS BANJO. 144 Pagine con, Peter Wernick. CD TABLATURE

About Bluegrass Banjo
Compiled by Peter Wernick. Banjo songbook and examples CD for banjo (4 and 5 string). 143 pages. With banjo notation (tablature), lyrics, fingerings, instructional text, introductory text and black & white photos. Bluegrass and Folk. 9x12 inches.

Thirty-five songs offering a complete exploration of bluegrass music. Including music theory, tips on performance, bluegrass ensemble playing, backup playing, and a wealth of banjo lore. For beginners and advanced players.

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4974 BLUEGRASS BANJO, PETER WEMICK. CD TABLATURE

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BLUEGRASS BANJO, P. Wemick. Basi. Con Dueling Banjo di Eric Weissberg, e altri 13 titoli. CD TABLATURE

This album, filled with some of the greatest banjo classics, is designed to help musicians develop basic bluegrass techniques, based on the styles of groups such as Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, Flatt and Scruggs, the Foggy Mountain Boys, the Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys. The banjo solos on the CD, featuring such classics as 'The Ballad of Jed Clampett,' 'Salty Dog Blues' and Jesse James' are written out note-for-note in easy-to-follow tablature notation in the booklet enclosed with the album. You listen to the complete version with soloist, then you step in as soloist with the great 'Country Cookin' bluegrass band, featuring fiddle, guitar, mandolin, bass and vocals!

14 Classic banjo selections are included in a 24-page booklet with banjo tablature plus basic techniques and pointers for playing bluegrass banjo. Includes a compact disc with all 14 selections in split-channel stereo, with the banjo part on the right channel for easy removal: the left channel contains the accompaniment minus you, the soloist.

Composer / Artist Composition / Title
Audio Clips

Paul Henning The Ballad of Jed Clampett
Earl Scruggs Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Traditional It's In My Mind to Ramble
Traditional Salty Dog Blues
Traditional Dark Hollow
Traditional Late Last Night
Eric Weissberg Dueling Banjo
Traditional Mountain Dew
Traditional Lonesome Road Blues
Traditional Little Maggie
Traditional All the Good Times Are Past and Gone
Traditional Roll on Buddy
Walter Vinson Sitting on Top of the World
Traditional Jesse James

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4990 BOUND TO RIDE, J. Mills. Banjo bluegrass. CD TABLATURE

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BOUND TO RIDE, J. Mills. Banjo bluegrass. CD TABLATURE

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