You Can Teach Yourself Banjo By Ear (eBook + Online Audio)
Many musicians, including some that are technically quite advanced, never break away from the printed page to learn by simply listening and re-creating. The common name for this process is "playing by ear". With some basic guidelines, any musician with rudimentary skills can teach himself or herself to play by ear, adding a new dimension to their playing skills. This book teaches the 5-string banjoist to listen and play solos and chord progressions by ear, providing essential ear training and techniques nee ...more
Product Number:
95424BCDEB
Format:
eBook + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Beginning
Pages:
120
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-6106-5525-7
ISBN13:
978-16106-5525-5
Series:
You Can Teach Yourself
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
2/9/2011
Many musicians, including some that are technically quite advanced, never break away from the printed page to learn by simply listening and re-creating. The common name for this process is "playing by ear". With some basic guidelines, any musician with rudimentary skills can teach himself or herself to play by ear, adding a new dimension to their playing skills. This book teaches the 5-string banjoist to listen and play solos and chord progressions by ear, providing essential ear training and techniques needed to participate in jam sessions of all types! Chapters include: Learning Chord Progressions by Ear; Faking a Solo; Playing the Melody by Ear; and Using Licks. Written in tablature only. The companion recording is in split-track format with the melody track on the left and the rhythm on the right.

How to Read Tablature  

Chapter 1     LEARNING CHORD PROGRESSIONS BY EAR                              

Elements of Music                                                                  

Counting Time and Determining the Location of Chord Changes                            

Exercise 1 - DETERMINING METER                                                 

Locating Chord Changes                                                             

Exercise 2 - LOCATING SIMPLE CHORD CHANGES                                   

Exercise 3 - HEARING CHORD CHANGES WITHIN THE MEASURE  

Simplifying the Trial-and-Error Procedure                                             

The Diatonic Triads                                                                

The Three Basic Chords                                                            

Listening for Repetition                                                             

Listening to the Bass Player                                                         

Exercise 4 - LEARNING "BASIC THREE" PROGRESSIONS BY EAR  

The Supporting Chords                                                             

Functions of the Supporting Chords                                                   

Embellishment                                                                

Substitutions                                                                  

Transitions                                                                   

Using the Law of Probabilities                                                       

CHORD FUNCTION PROBABILITY CHART  

Exercise 5 - LEARNING PROGRESSIONS CONTAINING ONE SUPPORTING CHORD    

Exercise 6 - LEARNING PROGRESSIONS CONTAINING TWO SUPPORTING CHORDS  

Recognizing Chord Types                                                           

Emotional Characteristics                                                       

Consonance and Dissonance                                                     

Exercise 7 - IDENTIFYING MAJOR, MINOR, AND SEVENTH CHORD TYPES           

Movement in Fourths and the Dominant Seventh Chord                                  

Using Chord Type as a Clue  26

CHORD FUNCTION PROBABILITY CHART                                    

CHORD TYPE PROBABILITY CHART                                          

Chapter 2    FAKING A SOLO  

Exercise 8 - FAKING SOLOS BASED ON "BASIC THREE" PROGRESSIONS  

Using Phrasing Licks                                                               

Listening to the Banjo Player                                                        

Exercise 9 - USING PHRASING LICKS                                               

Faking Solos Based on Quickly Changing Progressions                                  

One-Beat Phrasing Licks                                                            

Exercise 10 - FAKING A SOLO BASED ON A QUICKLY CHANGING PROGRESSION 

Faking a Solo in 3/4 Time                                                           

Exercise 11 - FAKING SOLOS BASED ON 3/4 TIME PROGRESSIONS  

Faking Solos Based on Complex Progressions                                          

Exercise 12- FAKING SOLOS BASED ON COMPLEX PROGRESSIONS  

Blank Tablature                                                                   

Chapter 3     PLAYING THE MELODY                                                          

The Structure of Three-Finger Style                                                   

Identifying the Melody                                                             

The Scale                                                                        

The Trial-and-Error Procedure  

Exercise 13 - IDENTIFYING SIMPLE MELODY LINES                                

Learning Songs by Ear from Recordings                                               

Instrumental Introductions, Turnarounds and Solos                                      

Pickup Notes                                                                      

Endings                                                                          

Intro Endings, Turnaround Endings, and Tag Line Endings                               

Locating First-beat Melody Notes                                                    

Exercise 14 - LOCATING FIRST-BEAT MELODY NOTES  

Altering the Faked Solo to Create a Melody Oriented Solo                                

Exercise 15 - ALTERING A FAKED SOLO TO CREATE A MELODY ORIENTED SOLO     

Identifying Last-beat Melody Notes                                                   

Exercise 16 - CREATING A FIRST-BEAT AND LAST-BEAT MELODY ARRANGEMENT 61 Locating Internal Melody Notes                                                      

Exercise 17 - CREATING A SOLO INCLUDING ALL ACCESSIBLE MELODY NOTES     

Emphasizing the Melody                                                            

Omitting Fill Notes to Create Quarter Notes                                            

Exercise 18- USING QUARTER NOTES  

Using Slurs                                                                       

Exercise 19 - ADDING SLURS                                                      

Creating Solos for Quickly Changing Melodies                                         

Exercise 20 - CREATING A QUICKLY CHANGING MELODY SOLO BY EAR            

Creating Melody Oriented Solos in 3/4 Time                                           

Exercise 21 - CREATING A MELODY ORIENTED SOLO IN 3/4 TIME  

Chapter 4    USING LICKS                                                                    

Expanding Your Lickabulary                                                        

G LICKS  81

Exercise 22 - INSERTING G LICKS                                                  

CLICKS  83

Exercise 23 - INSERTING C LICKS                                                  

D (or D7) LICKS                                                                  

Exercise 24 - INSERTING D (or D7) LICKS                                           

TAG LICK VARIATIONS                                                          

Exercise 25 - INSERTING TAG LICK VARIATIONS                                   

Altering Licks for Playability                                                       

Faking with Licks                                                                  

Exercise 26 - USING LICKS TO FAKE SOLOS BY EAR  

Creating a Melody Oriented Solo Using Licks                                          

Exercise 27 - USING LICKS TO CREATE A MELODY ORIENTED SOLO BY EAR  

Adapting Licks                                                                    

Exercise 28 - ADAPTING LICKS                                                    

Style                                                                             

Beyond Licks                                                                     

Blank Tablature                                                                   

Appendix     ANSWERS TO EXERCISES                                                        

TRANSPOSITION CHART  

CHORD DIAGRAMS                                                             

NAMES OF SONG EXAMPLES :

Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms

Columbus Stockade Blues

All the Good Times Are Past and Gone

Sourwood Mountain

Cotton-Eyed Joe

Rock of Ages

Little Maggie

Roll On Buddy, Roll On

Redwing

 Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor

Salty Dog Blues

Bill Bailey, Please Come Home

 
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