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Hot Banjo Licks in the Different Musical Genres (eBook)
Improvisation on the 5-String Banjo
by Claudio Parravicini
Claudio Parravicini is a master of Scruggs, melodic and single-string styles. In this book, he not only provides a theoretical and hands-on approach to improvisation, but also brings his skills to bear on stellar arrangements of Cripple Creek, The Devils Dream, Dover Breakdown, Blackberry Blossom, Blues for Rudy, Thinking Yule, and Tico-Tico—each of which is given a theme and variations treatment worth the price of admission.

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Product Number:
30899EB
Format:
eBook
Skill Level:
Intermediate-Advanced
Notation Type:
Tab
Pages:
140
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-5134-7219-4
ISBN13:
978-15134-7219-5
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
5/8/2023
Claudio Parravicini is a master of Scruggs, melodic and single-string styles. In this book, he not only provides a theoretical and hands-on approach to improvisation, but also brings his skills to bear on stellar arrangements of Cripple Creek, The Devils Dream, Dover Breakdown, Blackberry Blossom, Blues for Rudy, Thinking Yule, and Tico-Tico—each of which is given a theme and variations treatment worth the price of admission.

Standard gDGBD tuning is used throughout. Although intended for intermediate to advanced players, diagrams for basic chord shapes are included. To introduce and clarify music theory, the first third of the book is written in standard notation before revealing hot licks in banjo tablature. As a result, it is possible to see how scales, intervals, arpeggios, and chord inversions work collectively when improvising throughout the entire fretboard.

Chapter 1 - Basic Music Theory

Tab and Rhythm

Scales/Major Scale Structure

Minor Scale Structure/Natural Minor Scale Structure

Harmonic Minor Scale Structure 

Major Blues Scale Structure

Minor Blues Scale Structure

Musical Intervals

Chords 

Chord Positions

Principal Banjo Chord Charts

Arpeggios 

Keys 

Flat and Sharp Bearing Keys 

Modal Scales 

Daily Practice/Ascending and Descending Intervals of a Third in G Major 

Ascending Intervals of a Fourth in G Major 

Ascending Intervals of a Fifth in G Major/Ascending Intervals of a Sixth in G Major

Ascending Intervals of a Seventh in G Major/Ascending Octaves in G Major 

Ascending Intervals of a Ninth in G Major 

Chapter 2 - Practice

Musical Phrases To Use in Different Keys 

Examples of Phrases To Use in Traditional Style 

Accompaniment (the Chop) and the Backup 

Accompaniment Example in Latin Style 

Accompaniment Example in Blues Style 

Triplet Licks in Single-String Style 

Triplet Licks Built on Two-Note Chords 

Triplet Phrases Built on Intervals 

Musical Phrases Built With Scale Licks 

Scale Licks 

Ascending and Descending Pentatonic Scale Licks 

Descending Blues Scale Lick 

Examples of Musical Phrases Built on Chords 

Triplets Phrases to Use in Different Tunes 

Chapter 3 - Tunes

Cripple Creek 

The Devil’s Dream 

Dover Breakdown 

Blackberry Blossom 

Blues for Rudy 

Thinking Yule 

Tico Tico no Fubá 

 
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