Product Number:
30992MEB
Format:
eBook + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Intermediate-Advanced
Notation Type:
Tab
Pages:
104
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-5134-5932-5
ISBN13:
978-15134-5932-5
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
12/10/2021
This book is designed to be a “one-stop shop” for tune playing on the 3-finger style 5-string banjo. It contains the scales, techniques, and theory that you need to become an accomplished melody player, presented in a structured way to help you make the most of your practice time. These skills are then applied to a wide-ranging collection of 40 reels, jigs, polkas, and old-time tunes spanning the American, Irish, and Scottish traditions.
The Toolkit features over 100 downloadable audio tracks including exercises, examples and guitar backup for all of the pieces to ensure an enjoyable learning experience. Suggested accompaniment chords are also provided to facilitate jamming with friends. Written in banjo tablature almost entirely in gDGBD tuning, a few arrangements require single-string tuning alterations, and a capo is occasionally needed to play a whole step higher. Although written for the intermediate to advanced player, extensive right and left-hand fingerings are provided to facilitate the flow and ornamentation of these timeless melodies.
Includes access to online audio.
Tab Key
Introduction and Explanation of Melodic and Alternate Picking Styles
Technical Studies
Warm-ups
Melodic Exercises – G Major, Mixolydian, Dorian, Aeolian, Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic
Additional Scales – D and A Major, Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic
Melodic Style in Context – Wild Mountain Thyme, Amazing Grace
Alternate Picking Exercises – G Major, Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic
Alternate Picking in Context – Arkansas Traveller, Flight of the Bumblebee
Ornamentation – Triplets, Grace Notes, Slides
Old-Time Tunes
Betty Likens
Shove the Pig’s Foot
Coal Harbour Bend
Kitchen Girl
Yellin’ in the Shoats
Over the Waterfall
Forked Deer
The Boatman
June Apple
Cherokee Shuffle
Red Haired Boy
Squirrel Hunters
Folk Tunes
Reels
The Milkmaid
Anne Lacey’s
The Hut in the Bog
Cooley’s
Gravel Walks
Glenlivet
Virginia Reel
Sweeney’s Buttermilk
Pigeon on the Gate
Jigs
Willie Coleman’s
Morrison’s
McIntyre’s Fancy
The Black Rogue
The Rolling Waves
Dinny Delaney’s
Mac’s Fancy
Pull the Knife and Stick It Again
Paddy Fahy’s
Other Tunes
Off to California (Hornpipe)
Boys of Bluehill (Hornpipe)
Sonny Riordan’s (Polka)
The Peeler’s Polka (Polka)
Humours of Whiskey (Slip jig)
Na Ceannabháin Bhána (Slip jig)
Island of Woods (Air)
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