Product Number:
94429M
Format:
Book + Online Audio/Video
Skill Level:
Beginning
Pages:
116
Binding:
Squareback Saddle Stitched
Size:
8.75 x 11.75
ISBN:
0-7866-9321-5
ISBN13:
978-07866-9321-4
Series:
You Can Teach Yourself
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
12/1/2015
This is the ideal beginner's book, presenting the basics of the 5-string banjo in a way that is both fun and easy. Janet Davis takes you on an extensive tour of this instrument's fundamental techniques, as well as some intermediate possibilities including rolls, chords, bluegrass banjo techniques, playing up the neck, licks, endings, and other basics needed to play bluegrass and melodic-style banjo. Thorough performance notes are provided from beginning to end, revealing the secrets of this versatile instrument. The companion stereo play-along audio features Janet Davis' teaching and lively banjo performance. On the online video, Janet explains the first 22 lessons from the book and demonstrates examples at both slow and regular speed. Includes access to online audio and video.
Amazing Grace
Banjo Signal
Bile Dem Cabbage Down
Blackberry Blossom
Blackberry Blossom
Buffalo Gals
Cripple Creek
Cumberland Gap
Devil's Dream
Down The Road
Flop Eared Mule
Good Night Ladies
Good Night Ladies
Grandfather's Clock
Home On The Range
John Hardy
Little Maggie
Lonesome Road Blues
Lonesome Road Blues
Mountain Dew
Old Joe Clark
Old Man At The Mill
Pig In A Pen
Pretty Polly
Reuben
Sally Goodin'
Salty Dog
Shady Grove
She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain
Silent Night
Soldier's Joy
Sugarfoot Rag
Sunnyvale Breakdown
Train 45
Turkey In The Straw
Two Little Boys
Wabash Cannonball
Wildwood Flower
Wildwood Flower
Worried Man Blues
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