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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

Traditional Songs for the 5-String Banjo features 22 classic old-time favourites specially arranged for 5-string Banjo.The distinctive sound of the 5-string Banjo is most usually associated with folk country and bluegrass music. In this book you’ll find a superb collection of traditional songs that lend themselves perfectly to a variety of Banjo styles.From the lively The Midnight Special to the wistfulWild Mountain Thyme each song has been chosen and arranged to make the most of the instrument’s unique capacity for rolling rhythms and flexible fingerpicking patterns. Whether your favourites are jazzy folky orcountry you’ll find plenty here to help you play sing and extend your repertoire.

The distinctive sound of the 5-string Banjo is most usually associated with folk country and bluegrass music...but this instrument can sound at home in lots of popular genres.In this book you’ll find a superb collectionof 20 favourite songs all specially arranged to show off the adaptability of the Banjo.Ho Hey and Wagon Wheel are naturals but you’ll also enjoy just how well hits by Ed Sheeran Adele and The Who soundin 5-string Banjo arrangements.Whatever your favourites you’ll find plenty here to help you play sing and extend your repertoire.

Learning to play the 5-string Banjo is a highly rewarding experience but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you choose the right instrument and accessories and then gets you playing -fast!Full colour pictures clear diagrams and genuinely practical advice combine to make Start-Up 5 String Banjo do exactly what is says on the cover. You'll start off on the right trackand that makes everything else come more easily.Contents include:Tuning your banjoChord shapesReading tablatureBasic strum styleHammer ons andpull-pffsClawhammer styleDrop thumb frailingBluegrass styleA selection of timeless bluegrass and folk songs to play

Complete with full lyrics and easy-to-read chord boxes this songbook allows Banjo players to pick and sing along to 30 of Dylan's greatest hits including All Along The Watchtower Blowin' In The Wind Like A Rolling Stone The Times They Are A-Changin' and more.