Steve Martin's latest CD, Rare Bird Alert, has received raves from critics, fans and players alike. His 13 songs and sparkling banjo solos, in both clawhammer and three-finger picking styles, are whimsical and fun-filled, always beautifully crafted and superbly played. This new book features tablature and lyrics, and Steve has added brief instructions for playing each tune. Songs: Rare Bird Alert • Yellow-Backed Fly • Best Love • Northern Island • Go Away, Stop, Turn Around, Come Back • Jubilation Day • More Bad Weather on the Way • You • The Great Remember (For Nancy) • Women Like to Slow Dance • Hide Behind a Rock • Atheists Don't Have No Songs • King Tut.
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The 5-String Banjo Fingering Chart includes tuning notes, chord shapes and a photo/diagram of the instrument.
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Published by popular demand, this long-awaited songbook contains exact transcriptions in banjo tablature that capture the unique playing style of Douglas Dillard. This fantastic collection includes all of his best-loved tunes, from the Andy Griffith Show, from his many great years of recording as the original Dillards, and from his solo banjo albums and his releases with The Doug Dillard Band. Features more than 20 tunes in G tuning, C tuning amd G modal tuning, including classics such as: Cripple Creek • Hickory Hollow • Jamboree • John Henry • Old Joe Clark • Buckin' Mule • and more. A must-have for all banjo players!
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Teach yourself authentic bluegrass banjo with this book and audio pack. The book contains clear instructions on the basics: right- and left-hand techniques, solos, backup, personal advice on performance, and much more, as well as a complete selection of the best bluegrass songs to learn from. The audio contains recordings of the examples contained in the book and backing tracks for several songs. Written by Tony Trischka, one of the world's most innovative banjo players, who, throughout his career, has defied limitations while exploring a wide variety of genres.
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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This book teaches the fundamentals of banjo playing through familiar tunes, including: Buffalo Gals • Down in the Valley • Blue-tail Fly • and many more.
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This convenient compilation includes Book 1 and Book 2 with the corresponding audio and video lessons. This banjo method can be used by students who want to teach themselves, or by teachers for private or group instruction. Simply follow the tips and lessons in the book as you listen to the teacher and watch the video. Learn at your own pace with over 140 great songs and examples! Topics covered include: songs, chords and melodies • picking and strumming • playing tips and techniques • music notation • and more.
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The Banjo Chord Finder is an extensive reference guide to over 2,800 banjo chords, covering four of the most commonly used tunings. Thirty different chord qualities are covered for each key, and each chord quality is presented in two different voicings. Also includes a lesson on chord construction and a fingerboard chart of the banjo neck!
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The ultimate self-teaching method designed to offer quality instruction, terrific songs, and a professional-quality audio is now available for banjo! This book can be used by students who want to teach themselves, or by teachers for private or group instruction. Simply follow the tips and lessons in the book as you listen to the teacher on the audio. You'll learn all the basics: songs, chords, and melodies; pinching, rolling, and picking; playing tips and techniques; music notation; and much more! Learn at your own pace and open the door to the world of banjo music! Over 90 great songs and examples with full-demo tracks. The audio is accessed online for download or streaming and includes PLAYBACK+ tools such as tempo adjustment, looping, and more!
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Play 5-string banjo arrangements of your favorite songs from Flatt & Scruggs, Hank Williams, Steve Martin, Bill Monroe, Carolina Chocolate Drops and more! This updated collection of 16 songs is presented in order of difficulty, beginning with roll variations and ending with melodic style. Songs include: Abilene • Big Sandy River • Cornbread and Butter Beans • Foggy Mountain Breakdown • I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow • Jambalaya (On the Bayou) • Words Unspoken • and more.
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An A-to-Z guide to mastering the Irish tenor banjo from Ireland's foremost exponent of the instrument. Suitable for both the beginner and more advanced players, the book includes 30 well-known Irish tunes in notes and tablature.
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18 of the Fab Four's finest for five string banjo! Includes: Across the Universe • Blackbird • A Hard Day's Night • Here Comes the Sun • Hey Jude • Let It Be • She Loves You • Strawberry Fields Forever • Ticket to Ride • Yesterday • and more.
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A fun collection of 25 Disney favorites arranged for 5-string banjo, including: The Ballad of Davy Crockett • The Bare Necessities • Be Our Guest • Bella Notte (This Is the Night) • Cruella De Vil • It's a Small World • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious • Under the Sea • You've Got a Friend in Me • Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah • and more.
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Classic Rock Banjo is designed for your total enjoyment. Each song uses the original guitar parts arranged for the banjo. Also, we've added some suggested roll and picking patterns to add to the fun. Titles: After Midnight (Eric Clapton) • Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac) • Hotel California (Eagles) • It's All Over Now (The Rolling Stones) • Jump (Van Halen) • Long Train Runnin' (The Doobie Brothers) • Maggie May (Rod Stewart) • The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (The Band) • Paint It, Black (The Rolling Stones) • Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) • Sunshine of Your Love (Cream) • Truckin' (Grateful Dead).
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Now available with a helpful play-along CD, this great songbook for 5-string banjo pickers features 10 easy, 10 intermediate and 10 difficult arrangements of the most popular bluegrass banjo songs. This book/CD pack comes complete with a chord chart and includes tablature.
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Easy Rock Banjo features songs that are inherently simple, with just a few chords. All the tunes are arranged for banjo from the actual guitar parts, simplified just enough to keep them fun and musically satisfying. Plus, in many cases we've included banjo roll patterns to add to the fun. Titles: As Tears Go By (The Rolling Stones) • Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) • Casey Jones (Grateful Dead) • Gimme Some Lovin' (The Spencer Davis Group) • Gloria (Them) • Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (Green Day) • A Horse with No Name (America) • Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffett) • Moondance (Van Morrison) • Peaceful Easy Feeling (Eagles) • Take It Easy (Eagles) • Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver).
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These pocket-sized swatch packs are great for quick reference at home or on the go. Each Notecracker contains 70 handy reference cards, printed on both sides for quick access to chord diagrams, general music theory, jokes, quotes and snippets of musical trivia. Notecracker Banjo Chords includes all the essential chords presented on easy to read cards with clear fingering diagrams and a display of each note played, as well as diagrams of the two main tunings used. Whether you want to learn them one at a time or use as a quick reference guide, this handy little pack is the perfect companion for the banjo player.
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Follow along with Todd as he takes you through his easy-to-follow, step-by-step book and online video. Contains 9 chapters filled with details, techniques and over 60 photos on how to set up and keep your 5-string banjo maintained and sounding good. You'll learn how to: change the banjo head • tighten & tune banjo head • changing strings • set bridge intonation • adjust truss rod • raise & lower playing action • adjust tailpiece • sticky neck remedy • nut repair • and more.
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Ready to take your banjo playing up a notch? Renowned teacher Fred Sokolow presents valuable how-to insight from which banjo players of all styles and levels can benefit. The text, photos, music, diagrams and accompanying CD provide a terrific, easy-to-use resource for a variety of topics, including techniques, ear training, performance, and much more!
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Rock and Pop Banjo is designed for your total enjoyment. Each song uses the original guitar parts arranged for the banjo. Also, we've added some suggested roll and picking patterns to add to the fun. Titles: Beat It (Michael Jackson) • China Grove (The Doobie Brothers) • Do You Want to Know a Secret (The Beatles) • Don't Stop Believin' (Journey) • How You Remind Me (Nickelback) • Jumpin' Jack Flash (The Rolling Stones) • Layla (Unplugged version) (Eric Clapton) • Lyin' Eyes (Eagles) • Panama (Van Halen) • Running on Empty (Jackson Browne) • Stayin' Alive (Bee Gees) • Wild Night (Van Morrison).
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An A-to-Z guide to mastering the Irish tenor banjo from Ireland's foremost exponent of the instrument. Suitable for both the beginner and more advanced players, the book includes 30 well-known Irish tunes in notes and tablature.
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Play Today! is the ultimate self-teaching series, designed to offer quality instruction, terrific songs, and professional-quality demo tracks. This banjo method can be used by students who want to teach themselves, or by teachers for private or group instruction. Simply follow the tips and lessons in the book as you listen to the teacher on the CD. Book 2 features: more songs, chords, and melodies; melodic, single-string, and chord-melody styles; playing tips and techniques; banjo tablature; and more, with a 97-track CD. Learn at your own pace and open the door to the world of banjo music!
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Shows you all you need to know in order to start playing this enjoyable instrument. Simple explanations backed up by superb photographs.
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From learning how to hold the banjo to playing complete bluegrass songs, this easy-to-understand method will turn you into a 5-string banjo player no time. You'll learn how to read banjo tablature, all the basic banjo rolls, chords, authentic bluegrass techniques, banjo tuning and maintenance, and more! This book also has an audio CD with demonstration tracks of the essential bluegrass songs including: Cripple Creek • John Hardy • Nine Pound Hammer • Red River Valley • and others. With detailed photographs and simple instructions, this is the 5-string banjo method for getting results fast!
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Featuring more than 65 classic songs, this interesting book teaches how to play the minstrel banjo like players who were part of various popular troupes in 1865. The book includes: a short history of the banjo in the US in the antebellum period, including the origins of the minstrel show; info on the construction of minstrel banjos, evolution of the lower-pitched minstrel banjo tunings, and idiomatic techniques peculiar to the minstrel banjo; chapters on each of the seven major banjo methods published through the end of the Civil War; songs from each method in banjo tablature, many available first time; info on how to arrange songs for the minstrel banjo; a reference list of contemporary gut and nylon string gauges approximating historical banjo string tensions in common usage during the antebellum period (for those Civil War re-enactors who wish to achieve that old-time “minstrel banjo” sound); and an extensive cross-reference list of minstrel banjo song titles found in the major antebellum banjo methods. MORE»
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Play and improvise with more expression and freedom in bluegrass and related styles. These ideas, exercises and etudes will help you expand your palette of improvisational and compositional techniques and sounds. Develop your versatility over the fingerboard, and master rhythmic ideas on the banjo. The CD features demo and play-along tracks performed by an all-star bluegrass band!
“This book opens up new vistas on the banjo, particularly useful for advanced players.”
– Tony Trischka, Banjo Great
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The eight lessons on this DVD represent clawhammer instruction at its very best. Each segment, taught by a master of the instrument, has been chosen to give beginning and advanced players alike new techniques, tunes and musical insights. Includes lessons for: Shortenin' Bread (Bob Carlin) • Josh Thomas's Roustabout (Mike Seeger) • Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase (Cathy Fink) • Cripple Creek (David Holt) • John Brown's Dream (Kirk Sutphin) • Shout Little Lulie and Little Birdie (Ralph Stanley) • Cherokee Shuffle (Mark Johnson) • Sandy Boys (Frank Lee). 1 hr., 30 min.
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This is the second book in a 3-part series of intabulations of music for the minstrel (Civil War-era) banjo. This particular book of banjo music comes from Frank Converse's Banjo Instructor, Without a Master from 1865. It includes a choice collection of banjo solos, jigs, songs, reels, walk arounds, etc. in tab, progressively arranged and plainly explained, enabling the learner to become a proficient banjoist without the aid of a teacher. MORE»
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This collection features 18 essential songs ideal for “dueling” banjos, each playing the song in a different style. The songs are arranged in tablature with online audio for bluegrass, old-timey and folk styles using standard rolls and multiple tunings. Songs include: Cripple Creek • Cotton-Eyed Joe • Distant Thunder • Groundhog • Old Joe Clark • Skip to My Lou • Tom Dooley • Will the Circle Be Unbroken • and more.
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Includes the book/CD pack Tony Trischka Teaches 20 Easy Banjo Solos (00699056) and the DVD Classic Bluegrass Banjo Solos (00641567) in one money-saving pack.
In the book/CD, Tony Trischka has personally chosen twenty traditional banjo solos that will teach you new ideas and add to your arsenal of licks and techniques. Tony performs each tune slowly, then up to speed, providing invaluable tips and explanations as he goes. By the time you have mastered all of these solos, you'll have acquired the basic skills necessary to play in the styles of Earl Scruggs, Don Reno, Sonny Osborne, and other bluegrass greats.
In the DVD, Tony teaches eleven classic pieces. You'll learn them, note-for-note, just as they were played by some of the greatest players in the history of the instrument. By learning these tunes you'll not only expand your repertoire, but in the process will also become more flexible in your ability to mix up various rolls, play in several keys without a capo, and move more freely around the neck. Songs include: John Henry • Sitting on Top of the World • Gold Rush • Bye Bye Blues • Dixie Breakdown • and more.
A great value at $44.95!
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