One of the world's top players addresses nearly every aspect of the popular 5-string banjo style known as clawhammer or frailing. Chapter themes include fundamentals; advanced and experimental techniques; arranging and backup; how to play reels, hornpipes, jigs and other fiddle tunes; how to approach such genres as ragtime, bluegrass, klezmer, blues, calypso, and a wide variety of "national" and regional music; alternative tunings; setup and accessories; and historical background. Features 120 tunes along with numerous exercises and musical examples in crystal clear tablature. Includes access to online audio featuring all tunes illustrated by author.

Everything You Wanted to Know About Clawhammer Banjo

     
Angeline the Baker (Octave Up)      
Arkansas Traveller      
Banjo Breakdown      
Bay of Fundy, The (With Backups)      
Beaumont Rag      
Black Hoe, The      
Black Mill, The      
Black Velvet Waltz      
Buffalo Gals      
Chicken Polka      
Chorus Jig      
Christmas Day In The Morning      
Cooley's Reel      
Country Waltz      
Crooked Stovepipe      
Crossing the Minch      
Darlin' Nelly Grey      
Dashing White Sergeant, The      
Dill Pickle Rag      
Dinah      
Dismissal, The      
Don MacLean's Farewell To Oban      
Dona Nobis Pacem      
Ducks on the Pond      
Dudanota (Hungarian Piping Tune)      
Duke of Perth, The      
Earl's Jig      
Far From Home      
Fiddlin' Phil      
Fisher's Hornpipe (Minstrel Version)      
Flowers of Edinburgh, The      
Flying Cloud Cotillion      
Foggy Clawhammer      
Gemstone Reel      
George V's Army      
Grandfather's Clock      
Green Meadow Reel      
Harvest Home Hornpipe      
Heather on the Hill      
High Reel, The      
Hogeye      
Honeymoon Polka      
Hull's Victory      
Indian Nation      
Indy's Favorite      
Island Boy      
Jamaica Farewell      
Janet Beaton      
Jay Bird      
Jentland Tune      
John Dan MacPherson Jig'      
Judique Reel      
Judy's Reel      
Ladies On A Steamboat      
Laird o'Drumblair, The      
Lakes of Sligo      
Larry O'Gaff Reel      
Lass o' Gowrie      
Last Chance      
Leavin' Home      
Leeds Hornpipe, The      
Levantine's Barrel      
Loons on the Pond      
Lord MacDonald's Reel      
Mackilmoyle      
MacNab's Hornpipe      
Maid Behind the Bar, The      
Maple Leaf Rag, The      
Maple Sugar      
Mariner, The      
Marquis of Huntley Strathspey, The      
Merriweather      
Miss Johnson of Pittworth      
Miss Lyall      
Miss Susan Cooper      
Mrs. McCloud's Reel      
Niel Gow's Lament for His Second Wife      
Nine Points of Roguery      
Old Jim River      
Old Joe Clark      
Over The Briny Ocean      
Over the Moor to Maggie      
Over The Waterfall      
Paddy Ryan's Dream      
Phiddlin' Phil      
Pigeon on the Gatepost      
Pipe Major Christie of Wick      
Plaza Polka      
President Garfield's Hornpipe      
Puncheon Camps      
Quindaro Hornpipe, The      
Rasputin's Last Ride      
Reel du Cordonnier      
Reuben's Train      
Richmond Cotillion      
Rickett's Hornpipe      
Road to California      
Road to Mexico      
Rollin & Tumblin' Blues      
Romanian-Bulgarish      
Sailor's Wife, The      
Sally Gardens      
Sally's in the Garden Siftin' Sand      
Sandy Boys      
Scartaglen Polka      
Schottische 'a Eric Montbel      
Sean Ryan's Polka      
Seneca Square Dance      
Sheehan's Reel      
Shenandoah Falls      
Sid Baglole's Tune      
Spanish Fandango      
Spoodis Skeery      
Tea Gardens Jig      
Tina's Schottische      
Turkey in the Straw      
Twin Sisters, The      
Two Pathways      
Two Rivers      
Upper Denton Hornpipe      
Waitin' for the Federals      
Waynesboro      
Westphalia Waltz      
Whalen's Breakdown      
White Cockade, The      
Willafjord      
Wolves Howling      
Yew Pine Mountains