Bluegrass Jamming on Banjo (Book/CD Set)
Tips, Tunes & Techniques
Bluegrass Jamming on Banjo is the third in a 4-part series of fun books that teach the tools, tricks and tunes to jam in bluegrass style. It covers: 31 bluegrass jam standards, how to jam with others, how to improvise and make up your own tasteful licks and fills, almost painless music theory, how to play harmony, how to transpose and play in different keys, and pretty much everything you'll need to march fearlessly into your next jam or picking session! This FUN book is fully illustrated with almost 200 vi ...more
Product Number:
NGB204
Format:
Book/CD Set
Skill Level:
Beginning-Intermediate
Notation Type:
Tab
Pages:
112
Binding:
Spiral
Size:
9 x 12
ISBN:
1-8832-0665-0
ISBN13:
978-18832-0665-9
Publisher:
Native Ground Music, Inc.
Date Published:
6/12/2013
Bluegrass Jamming on Banjo is the third in a 4-part series of fun books that teach the tools, tricks and tunes to jam in bluegrass style. It covers: 31 bluegrass jam standards, how to jam with others, how to improvise and make up your own tasteful licks and fills, almost painless music theory, how to play harmony, how to transpose and play in different keys, and pretty much everything you'll need to march fearlessly into your next jam or picking session! This FUN book is fully illustrated with almost 200 vintage photos. Includes an audio instructional MP3 CD.

Come into the Jam Circle

How to Use This Book

What is Bluegrass Music?

Structure of a Bluegrass Jam

Tools & Equipment

Tuning Your Banjo  

Your First Bluegrass Jam

Jamming 101

How to Read Chord Charts  

Cruising on Bluegrass Songs

Chunking on Bluegrass Songs

Playing by Ear  

Making Up Your Own Licks  

How to Lead a Song

Starting Your Break  

Jamming on Songs You Don’t Know   

How to Read the Tab  

Handy Guide to New Vocabulary Words  

Key of G    

     Black-Eyed Susie  

     Bury Me Beneath the Willow

     Columbus Stockade Blues  

     East Virginia

     Hand Me Down My Walking Cane  

     High on a Mountain  

     I Am A Pilgrim

     John Henry

     Just Over in the Gloryland     

     Katy Cline     

     Lonesome Road Blues

     Love of the Mountains     

     Mama Don’t Allow  

     Pig in a Pen  

     Rocky Road Blues

     Roll on Buddy  

     Sittin’ on Top of the World

     Take This Hammer  

     Wandering Boy     

     Working on a Building

Key of C    

     Back Up and Push    

     Colleen Malone  

     Dark Hollow

     Footprints in the Snow  

     Little Birdie      

Key of D

     Deep Elem Blues  

     I’ve Just Seen the Rock of Ages  

     Katie Dear

     Red Rocking Chair

     Run and Hide

Key of Em

Wild Bill Jones

Toolbox of Rolls

Chunking

Banjo Chords  

Listening to the Masters  

Jam Camps

G Major Scale

G Blues Scale

C Major Scale  

D Major Scale  

D Blues Scale  

Chords to Popular Bluegrass Songs

Chords to Popular Fiddle Tunes

Your Burning Questions

Glossary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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