Grab a private lesson with one of the true innovators of the five-string banjo Eddie Adcock and discover the secrets to his unmistakable Bluegrass style in this unique DVD tutorial.Adcock's style combines the traditional Scruggs-style bluegrass with country folk blues gospel and rockabilly sounds. Working with some of his most-requested instrumentals Adcock analyses licks and chord shapes for each tune opening up new techniques and a host of ideas for the picking student. Discover how a basic Travis picking guitar line can be transferred to the banjo (complete with a damped bass string and bluesy details). Larn how to create pedal-steel style hammer-ons anddouble bends as well as how to play melodic lines and scales with single string rolls.

Listen étoffe and Learn série renforcer vos compétences tout en bâtissant un répertoire de bluegrass grands morceaux de banjo ! Tony Trischka a personnellement choisi vingt solos de banjo traditionnels qui vont vous apprendre de nouvelles idées et l'ajouter à votre arsenal de licks et techniques. Sur le CD, les Tony effectue lentement, chaque morceau ensuite jusqu'à la vitesse, ce fournissant des explications et des conseils précieuses qui se rend. Au moment où que vous avez maîtrisé tous ces solos, vous allez avoir acquis les compétences de base nécessaires pour jouer dans les styles de Earl Scruggs, Don Reno, Sonny Osborne et autres grands du bluegrass. / Guitare

Hal Leonard Banjo Method-This innovative method teaches 5-string bluegrass style and is an inspirational course with a proven track record. With two instruction books and two cross-referenced supplement books this method offers the beginner a carefully-paced and interest-keeping approach to the bluegrass style. Covers easy chord strums for the beginner; learning tablature; right-hand rolls characteristic of bluegrass; techniques such as hammer-on slide and pull-off. Includes a recording for tuning and standard patterns.

A comprehensive 96-page large print perfect-bound banjo tune/solo book with over 50 tunes. Songs include gospel bluegrass patriotic and popular folk tunres. Chord charts are included showing all chords needed to play thesesongs. The tunes are shown in tablature only.

Beginning with basic left- and right-hand techniques, Dennis Caplinger guides you through developing great backup parts and playing all over the neck. You'll learn the classic Scruggs style of picking along with the melodic style. Plus you'll study over 20 classic bluegrass standards, and you'll learn how to play them in several different styles. All books in the Ultimate Beginner Bluegrass Basics series are fully correlated to work together. This is the ideal method for the family that wants to play music together!

The Absolute Beginners Irish Tenor Banjo book tells you everything you need to know about playing this unique instrument from the very first moment you pick it up. Featuring helpful and practical guides toeverything from holding your Tenor Banjo to playing your first tunes this book and accompanying download card will take you through your beginning stages and beyond. Beginning with a short history of theinstrument the book takes you through the anatomy of a Tenor Banjo how it's tuned and how to hold it before getting you playing and picking. The book continues by teaching you the D Major scale and basic rhythm then moves onto your first tunes. The inclusion of real songs (in notation and tablature) from the very beginning helps you to put what the theoretical concepts that you've learned into context developing your musicality as well as yourknowledge. As you are introduced to more strings more scales and more tunes you will see how Tenor Banjo players use ornamentation to embellish their playing and make it more musical and more fun. Withhelpful detailed explanations of each concept clear pictures throughout and short musical passages transcribed in standard notation and tablature the Absolute Beginners Irish Tenor Banjo tutorial book willteach you the basics and get you playing some really fun tunes at the same time. The unique download card that accompanies this book features over 60 demonstrations of each tune recorded by the author to help you pick and pluckyour way through every note. It's simple to use all you have to do is download each track to your computer and listen as you go through. If you have always wanted to learn Irish Tenor Banjobut have never been able to find a comprehensive method or you've just discovered its fantastically distinctive sound this edition of the Absolute Beginners series is for you. With authoritative

This book presents more than 70 tunes in the unique highly developed clawhammer style known as 'Round Peak' -named after the Blue Ridge Mountain North Carolina community where it originated. While not intended for theabsolute beginner this book will benefit players at various experience levels. Tunes in the book are organized according to the specific Banjo tuning used with A and D tunings most prominent. Much of the book's commentary andthe audio download recording is directed towards the fretless variant of the 5-string Banjo but as these tunes are written in standard 5-string Banjo tablature they can most definitely be played on the more common frettedinstrument. Includes tune lyrics and extensive historical and biographical notes plus technical tips and a discography.Written in 5-string Banjo tablature only.Audio download availableonline.

Par LEE DREW ANDREWS. La première Jam série a été créée pour donner aux enfants et débutants de tous âges un livre de mélodies simples, communs à apprendre. Elles sont \' Jam \'tunes dans les styles de musique Bluegrass Old Time. Tous les livres de cette série sont écrites dans les mêmes clés - ils peuvent tous être joués ensemble sans problème. Si vos amis ou la famille qui joue de la guitare, mandoline, banjo, ukulélé, dulcimer ou Dobro ensemble, s\'emparer de ces livres et démarrer le brouillage. Improvisation - une autre idée derrière écrit la série Jam première était de fournir un certain nombre d\'airs qui étaient faciles à apprendre, mais qui sont aussi un grand pour commencer à travailler sur l\'improvisation. Chaque livres offrent la mélodie pour cet instrument particulier ainsi que les accords de recul pour un autre instrument de vous accompagner. Chaque chanson est représentée dans l\'onglet, notation et symboles de la corde. Le CD qui l\'accompagne a deux pistes pour chaque chanson. Le premier jouant la chanson avec la ligne de la mélodie, la deuxième piste offre seulement la sauvegarde afin que vous puissiez jouer la mélodie dessus ou même improviser... / Niveau : Débutant / Bluegrass - Improvisation / Tablatures / Banjo Tablatures à 5 Cordes

Ecrit par Bill Evans, un joueur de banjo à cinq cordes accompli, professeur, écrivain et historien, Banjo For Dummies offre de mise à jour des cours de pratique avec des exemples et des conseils sur les techniques d'apprentissage les plus utiles, étape par étape. Un instrument traditionnellement associé avec le folk, la musique country et de bluegrass, le Banjo a gagné en popularité au cours des dernières années. Ce guide complète rend le Banjo accessible à n'importe qui avec de la patience et de la volonté de l'apprendre. Banjo For Dummies couvre tout le joueur de banjo aspirant a besoin de savoir, de la façon de choisir le bon instrument pour le développement de la posture de la main correcte, et la façon de régler, entretenir, et faire des réparations simples à votre instrument. Cette deuxième édition comporte un composant multimédia mis à jour, qui comprend des pistes compagnon audio et vidéo des leçons complémentaires pour donner aux apprenants un soutien encore plus. / Banjo

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Acoustic Music Number of pages : 112 This book covers all of the major scales in depth as applied to the 5-string banjo, answering potential questions concerning the use of major scales for any level of player, beginning through advanced. It features finger-strengthening exercises, chords, licks, practical applications of the scales and corresponding exercises which will increase the player's speed, accuracy and ability. While this is not a dictionary of all scales for the banjo, it will teach you how scales work in songs and will help you play in any key. With this knowledge and these skills, you should have a solid foundation and the necessary background for understanding and using all scale types. Written in tablature only.

Bach for the Banjo is a collection of some of Bach's best-known pieces transcribed for the five-string banjo. Several pieces appear in tablature for banjo with a second part for guitar: Inventions 1 8 13 and 14; March; Minuetin G; Polonaise in G minor; Minuet in G minor; and Musette. Others appear in notation and tablature for solo banjo: Prelude from Partita No.III for Solo Violin; Bouree II from Suite IV for Solo Cello; Menuets I & II from Suite IIfor Solo Cello; Courante from Suite I for Solo Cello; Gavotte en Rondeau from Partita No.III for Solo Violin; and Prelude from Suite I for Solo Cello. Finally Bauerntanz is offered as a banjo duet in tablature only. Thesetranscriptions are taken from the recordings 'The Classical Banjo' and 'Bach on the Banjo' which take Bach's classic pieces to new heights.BauerntanzBourée II/Suite IV for Solo Cello Courante/Suite 1 forSolo Cello Gavotte en Rondeau/Partita No. III for Solo Violin Invention #1 Invention #13 Invention #14 Invention #8 March Menuets I & II/Suite II for Solo Cello Minuet in G Minuet in G Minor Musette Polonaise in G Minor Prelude/Partita No. III for Solo Violin Prelude/Suite 1 for Solo Cello

Alan Munde has long been a major artist in the 5-string Banjo world. Here for the first time is the book and audio download combination of Munde's unaccompanied playing from his popular Solo Banjoproject. The book contains entire as-played-by versions with many variations of 12 bluegrass standards and 3 Munde originals including the popular Peaches and Cream in harmony! Audio download availableonline.

Many musicians including some that are technically quite advanced never break away from the printed page to learn by simply listening and re-creating. The common name for this process is 'playing by ear'. With some basicguidelines any musician with rudimentary skills can teach himself or herself to play by ear adding a new dimension to their playing skills. This book teaches the 5-string banjoist to listen and play solos and chord progressionsby ear providing essential ear training and techniques needed to participate in jam sessions of all types! Chapters include: Learning Chord Progressions by Ear; Faking a Solo; Playing the Melody by Ear; and Using Licks. Writtenin tablature only. The companion recording is in split-track format with the melody track on the left and the rhythm on the right.

Par MC CABE LARRY. Ce livre est pour début et tôt intermédiaire des joueurs de banjo. Aucune expérience préalable de jeu ou de la note, aptitude à la lecture est exigée. Accent est mis sur les normes de banjo compact qui sont facile et amusant à jouer. Les arrangements de la rédaction, l\'auteur a examiné les petites mains des enfants. Il n\'y a aucune étendues qui présentent des difficultés techniques excessifs. Chaque chanson dans le livre est inclus sur le CD compagnon. Les mélodies sont comptabilisées à une vitesse modérée et comprennent le comte-off de notes et d\'accompagnement de guitare rythmique. / Niveau : Débutant / Children\'s - Tune Book / Recueil / Banjo