Banjo (5-string) -
Intermediate
SKU:
MB.21599M
For
5-String Banjo and All
Instruments. Composed
by Tom Hanway.
Saddle-stitched, Banjo:
5-String, Tunebook,
Style, Solos and Duets.
Celtic / Irish. Book and
online audio. 52 pages.
Mel Bay Publications, Inc
#21599M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.21599M).
ISBN
9780786690848. 8.75 x
11.75
inches.
OCarolans
best-loved harp tunes are
notated in a contemporary
style that makes them
accessible to all
instrumentalists. This
ideal collection with
accompanying audio lays
bare 20 classic Irish
compositions for melody
and backing players using
standard notation and
chords. For all 5-string
banjo players, fretting
and picking-hand
fingerings are included
in the transcriptions
which match the
play-along tracks. This
is Hanways fourth
collection demonstrating
Celtic fingerstyle banjo
in G tuning. It is part
of a Celtic 5-string
series that includes Mel
Bays Easy Irish and
Celtic Tunes for 5-String
Banjo: Best-Loved Jigs
and Reels 2012 and Mel
Bays Easy Irish and
Celtic Melodies for
5-String Banjo:
Best-Loved Airs and
Session Tunes 2013 . Tom
Hanways pioneering work,
Mel Bays Complete Book of
Irish and Celtic 5-String
Banjo 1998 , was
acclaimed by Bluegrass
Unlimited magazine 1999
as the bible for any
5-string player with an
interest in this joyous
music. The current
collection breathes life
into the Gaelic classical
melodies of Ireland.
Access to online audio
download.