Product Number:
30882MEB
Format:
eBook + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Notation Type:
Standard Notation and Tab
Pages:
48
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-5134-7384-0
ISBN13:
978-15134-7384-0
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
6/5/2023
In this book, multi-instrumentalist and music historian Rob MacKillop explores an unexpected aspect of the 5-string banjo repertoire with slower, expressive, and even sentimental qualities. Drawing upon various 19th and 20th century resources, MacKillop offers 27 engaging international melodies in gDGBD or gCGBD tuning that can be played on any 5-string banjo, whether old or modern, with either fingertips or picks.
In contrast to the hard-driving bluegrass “Dueling Banjos” approach, the Barnes and Mullins Banjo School of the 1920s advises: “To obtain the best possible tone from the instrument, a delicate “touch” and diligent practice are required. One essential point…is to employ lightness and grace with every movement.”
Written in both standard notation and tablature. Online audio is available for each arrangement.
A Dance
Adelphi Mazourka
An Irish Fair Day
Andante in F
Aria “Beatrice di tenda”
Austrian Hymn
Beethoven’s Favourite Waltz
Believe Me Of All Those Endearing Young Charms
Clinton Jig
Consolation
Die Wacht Am Rhein
Egyptian Harp Waltz
Entr’acte
Freddie’s waltz
Hippodrome Reel
Marcia Schottische
May Blossom Polka
May Waltz
My Heart Is Where the Shamrock Grows
New Spanish Waltz
On the Banks of Allan Water
Our Umbrella Polka
Pearl Polka
Silver Lake Waltz
Spanish Fandango
The Dude’s Delight
Within a Mile of Edinburgh
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