The Banjo Encyclopedia is a comprehensive in-depth Banjo instructional tool that covers the many intricacies of bluegrass Banjo playing including numerous topics that may have been overlooked in Banjoinstruction to date.The Banjo Encyclopedia can take a student from the beginning to intermediate and right through to more advanced styles of Banjo playing. Ross Nickerson uses his many years ofexperience helping hundreds of aspiring Banjo pickers by offering the Banjo student an opportunity to learn in a practical straightforward manner.This wide-ranging Banjo instructional book will focus on many techniquesthat will help every aspect of a Banjo player's musicianship while simplifying many subjects in the learning process. The downloadable audio with 99-track recording will enable the student to learn easily by hearing authorRoss Nickerson demonstrate each song and perform many of the Banjo licks and phrases included in the book slow and up to tempo.The audio download available online includes an advanced song section with a fullbluegrass band accompanying Ross along with additional intermediate songs for the student to learn. The Banjo Encyclopedia is undoubtedly one of the most complete five-string Banjo books on the markettoday and a must for every Banjo player's collection. Includes access to online audio.

Just for Fun: Christmas Banjo contains over 40 classic Christmas songs. Most of the songs in the book feature three arrangements: the melody in notation and TAB, an easy rhythm option with a simple rhythm pattern and chords, and an intermediate-level rhythm option written in full notation and TAB. The intermediate rhythm option often combines full melody and chords, making it perfect not only for accompanying a singer and but also for solo performances for friends, family, and recitals. There's even a banjo chord dictionary in the back of the book. Plus, this book correlates to the matching guitar, ukulele, and mandolin editions, so you can have family Christmas jams and sing-alongs. / Banjo

Par NICKERSON ROSS. Easy to play five-string banjo arrangements of twenty-four Children's favorites by banjo master Ross Nickerson. Not only are these songs fun to play but from an instructional standpoint they are perfect for helping you develop the ability to bring out the melody in the bluegrass banjo style. Accenting the melody within the steady rhythmic roll of banjo playing is one of the biggest challenges facing banjo students and these familiar melodies are ideal for your development of that skill. Each song is arranged and performed using proper three-finger bluegrass technique. The arrangements are carefully 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 right and left-hand fingering indications. This book is not simply a tablature book! Children's Made Easy for Banjo also features instruction on learning the chords to each song, chord progression charts for each song, special learning tips for each arrangement, a full page of advice on memorizing the songs and more. Also, in the instructional section of the book Ross includes a page of suggestions on the best use of practice time and how to develop the skills needed to succeed with each piece. Children's Songs Made Easy for Banjo features a high quality studio recorded CD of all the songs played at three speeds and a bonus track of Ross performing improvised versions of several of the songs in the book. / Niveau : Débutant / Children's - Solos / Tablatures / Banjo Tablatures à 5 Cordes

Easy to play five-string Banjo arrangements of twenty-four Children's favorites by Banjo master Ross Nickerson. Not only are these songs fun to play but from an instructional standpoint they are perfect for helping youdevelop the ability to bring out the melody in the bluegrass Banjo style.Accenting the melody within the steady rhythmic roll of Banjo playing is one of the biggest challenges facing Banjo students and these familiarmelodies are ideal for your development of that skill. Each song is arranged and performed using proper three-finger bluegrass technique. The arrangements are carefully designed to bring out the melody but easy enough for abeginner or intermediate player to learn quickly. 

Tenor Banjo Chord Book contains all of the Tenor Banjo chords you'll ever need. Suitable for beginners to intermediate players Tenor Banjo Chord Book includes all of the essentialchords in all 12 keys for the Tenor Banjo in C-G-D-A tuning.This narrow format book fits neatly into your case so you can take it everywhere.

2 Pieces Arranged for 5-String Banjo-The banjo shares many of the same sonic qualities as a harpsichord so although it's so closely associated with more homespun genres the instrument actually lends itself very well to classical music! The pieces in Bach for Banjo are in tablature only with chord symbols arranged at the beginning to intermediate level for five-string banjo players. As in classical guitar arrangements the melody and harmony are combined. Most pieces are on facing pages with no page turns required and beginners can pick through the selections at a slow pace. The book features just the best-known parts of 20 beloved Bach pieces: Air on the G String · Arioso · Minuet in G · Sheep May Safely Graze· Sleepers Awake · and more.

Par MARK JONES. Learn from the best. Grandpa Jones was a country music legend and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. He was very well known and respected for his own style of clawhammer banjo. The instructions are helpful for the beginner, with tips on caring for your banjo to keep it sounding its best. The text covers tunings, chord diagrams, and the right hand rhythm patterns that made Grandpa Jones famous with the 5-string banjo. For the intermediate musician, there are alternate tunings, drop thumb rhythm, and exercises for practicing your new skills. Included are several favorite songs, along with lyrics and chords for your accompanist. The preface of the book, written by Grandpa Jones, along with the collection of personal photographs, makes this an excellent keepsake as well. This is simply a must for your music library. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Clawhammer/Frailing - Solos / Recueil / Banjo à 5 Cordes

Over 190 licks and picking patterns at your fingertips for the 5-string banjo! Quickly and easily select picking patterns by chord to substitute in songs you already play or combine patterns of your choice to create your ownarrangements. The licks are organized and grouped by type use and by chord for on the spot improvising arranging and for changing a song you already know to make it 'yours!' This easy to follow Picking Patterns Chartincludes: traditional bluegrass licks and popular variations roll patterns and variations melodic style patterns common up the neck licks back up licks and moveable patterns for any chord 'famous' patterns by chord licksidentified from songs moveable patterns by shape licks for specific chords pick up notes to begin a song and popular endings. This easy to follow layout is organized for study as well. Students who follow this chart inorder from the first lick to the last will find that it also teaches 'lick' theory as it pertains to the identification development and applications of licks in a brief easy to understand method. A suggested exercise on howto improvise completes the chart. This chart fills a gap in understanding and applying banjo licks for all level players. It builds on the knowledge base of 5-string banjo students with an easy to follow layout by patterntype and technique. . . AND is fun and easy to use! For all levels especially the intermediate player Standard G tuning Key of G.

Banjo Picking Tunes - Fun Solos to Play. This collection of 47 favorite melodies includes reels, jigs, waltzes, fiddle tunes, and a few William Bay originals, all written as melodic lines in tablature for the 5-string banjo in G tuning (gDGBD). Suggested chords are provided for parking lot or after-hours bluegrass jammers, as well as those who want to create their own melody/chord arrangements. With many up-tempo tunes borrowed from fiddle literature, this outstanding collection is sure to delight audiences and fellow jammers as well as the solo intermediate banjo player. Includes access to the author?s exceptional online audio recording of each piece.

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 solo pieces. The 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 concepts of 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. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Bluegrass - Solos / Tablatures / Banjo Tablatures à 5 Cordes

Par SLATER ALEC. With this volume, the reader is pleasantly surprised with two books in one- Section One by Alec Slater, and Section Two by Lisa Schmitz. Alec's portion is intended as a guide for the clawhammer or frailing banjo player with some previous experience in this style. He stresses the fact that this style of music can be fully learned only from within the oral tradition in which it grew. The instruction included here is meant to provide a review, and not to take the place of qualified teacher. Alec recommends that '...anyone wanting to get this playing right, should find someone in your area who plays and have him/her teach you. Listen to it, watch it, and make it your own.' In Section Two, Lisa Schmits presents an extensive collection of 163 jigs, reels, polkas, hornpipes, strathspeys, waltzes, and songs from Ireland, Scotland, the Shetland Islands, Cape Breton, New England and Southern Appalachia for banjo solo. The national origin of each tune is indicated. Lisa offers personal, authoritative settings of a great variety of tunes at an intermediate level. Written in tablature only. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Old Time - Solos / Tablatures / Banjo Tablatures à 5 Cordes

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.

Learn from the best. Grandpa Jones was a country music legend and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. He was very well known and respected for his own style of clawhammer banjo. The instructions are helpful for thebeginner with tips on caring for your banjo to keep it sounding its best. The text covers tunings chord diagrams and the right hand rhythm patterns that made Grandpa Jones famous with the 5-string banjo. For the intermediatemusician there are alternate tunings drop thumb rhythm and exercises for practicing your new skills. Included are several favorite songs along with lyrics and chords for your accompanist. The preface of the book writtenby Grandpa Jones along with the collection of personal photographs makes this an excellent keepsake as well. This is simply a must for your music library.