With Online Audio-Easy to play five-string Banjo arrangements of twelve Christmas favourites by Banjo master Ross Nickerson. Each song is arranged and performed using proper three-finger bluegrass technique. The arrangements arecarefully designed to bring out the melody but easy enough for a beginner or intermediate player to learn quickly. The tablature in the book is large and easy to read with accent marks for melody notes as well as rightand left-hand fingering indications. This book is not simply a tablature book! Christmas Music Made Easy for Banjo also features instruction on learning the chords to each song chord progression charts for eachsong special learning tips for each arrangement a full page of advice on memorising the songs and more. In the instructional sections of the book Nickerson draws on his many years of experience teaching studentsprivately to anticipate and point out the most common obstacles and challenges with each song. This section also features a page of general advice that includes suggestions on the best use of practice time and how to develop theskills needed to succeed with each piece. Additionally Christmas Music Made Easy for Banjo features a high-quality studio recorded online audio accompaniment of all the songs played at three speeds including abackup rhythm track to practice along with. Also included is a page entitled Advice on using the online audio and rhythm tracks to help ensure that the student fully utilises the audio recordings to learn the songs moreefficiently and with greater ease.

Banjo Book With Online Audio-In Everything You Wanted To Know About Clawhammer Banjo one of the world's leading Banjo players Ken Perlman addresses nearly every aspect of the popular 5-string Banjo style known as clawhammer orfrailing.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.This book features 120 tunes along with numerousexercises and musical examples in crystal clear tablature. Access to online audio is included featuring all tunes illustrated by the author.

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 yourversatility 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 usefulfor advanced players.? Tony Trischka Banjo Great

With Online Audio-Gospel Songs For Banjo Made Easy is a collection of gospel favorites arranged for bluegrass 5-string Banjo. The arrangements stay true to the classic three-finger 'Scruggs style' techniques with the melody skillfullywoven in. On the 68-track downloadable online audio Nickerson plays each song at three speeds with a rhythm track for each song to practice along with. The tab is large and easy to read with accent marks for melody notes.Chord charts for each song are also provided to give instruction on how to play through the songs using only the chords Nickerson also writes out tips and suggestions for each song which is not normally seen in song books.This should give you a significant head start by having the most challenging spots pointed out to you before you even get started. In Gospel Songs For Banjo Made Easy. Ross Nickerson brings all his knowledge fromyears of teaching privately and writing books to help you learn these fun to pick classics the EASY way! Includes access to online audio.

With Online Audio-Banjo Picking is the ultimate Banjo method to develop tone timing and rock solid rhythm for the picking hand thorough in scope from the beginning level to the challenges of 'extreme Banjo'.With lots ofexercises tunes photos and helpful text tools for learning bluegrass classical jazz folk urban classic fingerstyle or other music no finger picking Banjoist should be without it. The online audio recording can equipBanjoists with all they need to develop skills repertoire and confidence. Includes access to online audio.

20 Pieces Arranged for 5-String Banjo-Break out of the bluegrass mode and expand your horizons with this collection of 20 famous classical melodies arranged for three-finger style 5-string Banjo. Each piece is written in Banjo tab and includes rhythm notation chord symbols and right hand fingerings. Works include: Air on the G String (Bach) Ave Maria (Schubert) Ave Maria (Gounod) Canon in D (Pachelbel) Für Elise (Beethoven) In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) Ode to Joy (Beethoven) Pomp and Circumstance (Elgar) Spring (Vivaldi) Theme from Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky) and more.

Deluxe 2-CD Set-This album filled with some of the greatest banjo classics is designed to help musicians develop basic bluegrass techniques based on the styles of groups such as Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys Flatt and Scruggs the Foggy Mountain Boys the Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys. The banjo solos on the CD featuring such classics as The Ballad of Jed Clampett Salty Dog Blues and Jesse James are written out note-for-note in easy-to-follow tablature notation in the booklet enclosed with the album. You listen to the complete version with soloist then you step in as soloist with the great Country Cookin' bluegrass band featuring fiddle guitar mandolin bass andvocals! Performed by Peter Wemick banjo

Know only 20 Banjo solo licks? How about 50? 100? 200? If that's all then you need this book designed to help you improvise bluegrass style Banjo solos. These 400 licks are played over standard chord progressions; the use of licks sometimes will take precedent over stating the melody. The progressions used are based primarily on common vocal numbers. Some of the licks included are: chromatic licks embellishing a fiddle tune high position licks Reno style pentatonic blues boogie licks swing phrasing sequential licks back-up licks and many more.Uses standard G tuning.

Join Swiss banjo player extraordinaire Jens Kruger for an exciting journey into the art of five-string banjo. This outstanding lesson by a true virtuoso contains a wealth of ideas for players at all levels and will help you expand your musical knowledge build your technique and make your playing stand out from the crowd. Heklping to develop skills creativity and musicianship Jens passes on numerous concepts exercises and gorgeous original tunes to: help get a better sound sustain the notes you play greater tone faster picking speed and incorporate tempo and dynamics changes. As well as demonstrating some of the tunes Jens isaccompanied by the Kruger Brothers Band with Uwe Kruger on guitar and Joel Landsberg on bass.

A Complete Guide to the Basics-Learn at your own pace and open the door to the world of banjo music! Play Today! is the ultimate self-teaching method and this DVD is designed to offer quality instruction terrific songs and on-screen Banjo tablature so you can play all the music examples.Simply follow along with the music on the screen as you watch and listen to the teacher. This complete guide to the basics covers:songs chords and melodiespinching rolling and pickingplaying tips and techniquesmusic notationand much more.

10 great songs you can start playing while working on Play Banjo Today! books 1 and 2. Includes: Cripple Creek Drowsy Maggie Greensleeves Harvest Home Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring Lorena The Morning Star The Star Spangled Banner Stone's Rag Sweet Sunny South. The price of this book includes access to audio tracks online for download or streaming using the unique code inside the book. The online audio player features Playback+ functionality that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right available exclusively from Hal Leonard.

Centerstream Publishing is proud to present Todd Taylor's incredible arrangements in notes & banjo tab of classics including: Dust in the Wind • El Cumbachero • Freebird • How Great Thou Art • I Can't Stop Loving You • Norwegian Wood • Rocket Man • Wayfaring Stranger • Yakety Sax • and more plus some of Todd's terrific originals. The book includes a bonus CD of Todd's masterful playing on six searing tracks. An absolute must for all banjo players!

Covering all the basics of bluegrass banjo including melodic and 'Scruggs-style' playing. Studies of more than 20 bluegrass standards appear in the book and are featured on the accompanying CD.