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Banjo Picking Tunes - Beautiful American Airs & Ballads (eBook + Online Audio)
by Lluis Gomez
This solo collection presents 19 iconic melodies from the American traditional song book plus 6 modern original compositions by William Bay, president of Mel Bay Publications; all selections have been arranged in tablature for the 5-string banjo in gDGBD tuning by Catalonian multi-instrumentalist and bluegrass specialist, Lluís Gómez.

Any collection of American ballads would be incomplete without settings of the beautiful melodies penned by Stephen Foster, several of ...more
Product Number:
30906MEB
Format:
eBook + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Notation Type:
Tab
Pages:
40
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-5134-7666-1
ISBN13:
978-15134-7666-7
Series:
Banjo Picking Tunes
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
11/30/2023
This solo collection presents 19 iconic melodies from the American traditional song book plus 6 modern original compositions by William Bay, president of Mel Bay Publications; all selections have been arranged in tablature for the 5-string banjo in gDGBD tuning by Catalonian multi-instrumentalist and bluegrass specialist, Lluís Gómez.

Any collection of American ballads would be incomplete without settings of the beautiful melodies penned by Stephen Foster, several of which appear here including Beautiful Dreamer, Darling Nellie Gray, I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, and Hard Times, Come Again No More. Some of these tunes are arranged in uncommon banjo keys, all without retuning the banjo or using a capo. These keys may be challenging at first but will teach you a lot about the banjo fretboard.

The author’s generous preface offers tips on practice, performance and interpretation rarely found in tablature collections such as these, but this book has it all, including online recordings of each arrangement.

Aura Lee  

Beautiful Dreamer  

Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair  

Black Sunday  

Darling Nellie Gray  

Hard Times, Come Again No More  

I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair  

In the Pines  

Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier  

Just A-Wearyn’ for You  

Just Before the Battle, Mother  

Land of Rest  

Lorena  

Mighty Lak’ a Rose  

Paper of Pins  

Prairie Sunset  

Pretty Peggy - O  

Shady Grove  

Shenandoah  

The Lonesome Dove  

The Long Road  

The Old Country  

The Old Homestead  

To a Wild Rose  

Trail of Tears  

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