Start picking the five-string Banjo like a pro with this definitive guide to bluegrass Banjo. Whether you?re an absolute beginner or an experienced player Bluegrass Banjo For Dummies gets you started offthe right way and is your road map for mastering today?s most popular traditional and contemporary Banjo picking styles. Online audio and video clips combine with the book?s clear step-by-step instructions to providethe most complete ? and fun - Banjo instruction experience available anywhere! Bluegrass Banjo has never been more popular and is heard today not only in country and folk music but in jazz rock and country styles.Bluegrass Banjo For Dummies provides everything you need to know to play just about any kind of music on the five-string Banjo by getting you started with the roll patterns essential to Scruggs style picking.You?ll then add left-hand techniques such as slides hammer-ons and pull-offs play great sounding licks and perform classic tunes like ?Cripple Creek? and ?Old Joe Clark.? You?ll navigate upthe neck on the instrument as well as learn the essential skills you need to play with others in jam sessions and in bands. You?ll even tackle contemporary banjo styles using melodic and single-string scales and pickingtechniques. Choose a Banjo and accessories that are just right for you and your budget. Put on your fingerpicks find your optimal hand position and start playing with the help of online audio and video.Explore the fingerboard using melodic and single-string playing styles. Accompany others in different keys with roll patterns and chord vamping techniques. Keep your Banjo sounding its best with practical andeasy set up tips.

Alan Munde one of the most respected contemporary Banjo players couples his deep understanding of the Banjo with 17 of America's best loved gospel songs. Ranging from the driving sound of bluegrass Banjo to the richchordal harmonies unique to his playing these arrangements bring out the fullness and sparkle of these great old songs.Every Banjo player needs a wide variety of tunes in the repertoire to cover all the performanceoccasions. Gospel tunes are always in demand. These all new professional settings for the great old classics will get the attention of any audience. Includes access to online audio. Included are the rousing renditions of'Swing Low Sweet Chariot ' 'Old Time Religion' (arranged in three keys) 'Somebody Touched Me ' and many more. There is the soul stirring arrangement of 'Wayfaring Stranger ' and the chordversions of the slow thoughtful numbers 'Old Rugged Cross ' 'Nearer My God to Thee ' 'What a Friend We Have in Jesus.' In tablature only.

Best-Loved Airs And Session Tunes-This album for 5-string Banjo contains 32 traditional airs and melodies from the British Isles including the folk favourites Danny Boy The Water is Wide (O Waly Waly) Whiskey in the Jar and The Skye BoatSong. Easy Irish And Celtic Melodies For 5-String Banjo demonstrates contemporary Celtic fingerstyle Banjo in G tuning using modern techniques. The tunes are perfect for beginning-intermediate playersand practice tempo suggestions are included. The ever-popular pieces in this collection are presented in standard notation and tablature with chord symbols included. The accompanying online audio features both play-alongand up-to-speed tracks. This is the companion work to Mel Bay's Easy Irish and Celtic Tunes for 5-String Banjo: Best-Loved Jigs and Reels (2012) with 68 tunes combining for a total of 100 Celtic melodies. The pieces canbe played individually or combined for session playing.

This comprehensive book contains 139 solos for the 5-string Banjo. Arranged by Neil Griffin Mark Barnett Karl Kurth Carl Jackson and Bob Forrest this book is the perfect resource to expand you repertoire of solopieces.Mel Bay's Complete Banjo Book contains no text and should not be considered a method book but rather a superb collection of intermediate to advanced solos. These pieces reflect contemporary conceptsof both Scruggs style and melodic/chromatic styling. While most of these tunes are written in both standard notation and tablature a few are in tab only.

Today's foremost player of the melodic Clawhammer Banjo presents a comprehensive guide to the instrument the style its heritage and culture complete with a supporting CD.Learn to play authentic versions of Appalachian fiddle tunes string band tunes New England hornpipes Irish jigs Scottish reels and much more. The arrangements showcase the unique styles of many important contemporary players and are presented alongside chapters detailing basic and advanced playing techniques as well as over 70 musical illustrations historical notes and period photos.A truly wide-ranging guide to this wonderfully characterful and exciting genre of music rich inhistorical detail and with every technique and tune you'd ever need to know!