Hal-Leonard - Banjo

The Banjo Chord Finder is an extensive reference guide to over 2 800 banjo chords covering four of the most commonly used tunings. Thirty different chord qualities are covered for each key and each chord quality is presented in two different voicings. Also includes a lesson on chord construction and a fingerboard chart of the banjo neck! Also available in a 9 inch. x 12 inch. edition

Learn to play scales on the banjo with this comprehensive and easy to use book. Contains over 1300 scale diagrams for the most often used scales and modes. Also includes a lesson on scale construction.

For 5-String Banjo-The Hal Leonard Folk Banjo Method is designed for anyone just learning to play folk-style 5-string Banjo. This easy-to-use beginner's guide takes you through the basics with a focus on strumming and accompaniment featuring traditional tunes to learn and play plus audio tracks demonstrating every example and song in the book.The price of this book includes access to audio tracks online for download or streaming using the unique code inside the book.Covers: the basics; tuning; chords; strumming patterns & variations; picking styles; hammer-ons pull-offs and slides; playing in different keys; and more.

Banjo Play-Along Volume 5-This volume in Hal Leonard's Banjo Play-Along series features eight songs by the American folk singer Pete Seeger including the favourites Blue Skies Get up and Go If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) Kisses Sweeter Than Wine Mbube (Wimoweh) Sailing Down My Golden River Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) and We Shall Overcome. This book will help you to play these Pete Seeger hits quickly and easily with incredible backing tracks to help you sound like a bona fide pro! Just follow the Banjo tab listen to the demo track on the CD to hear how the Banjo should sound and then play along with the separatebacking tracks. The CD is playable on any CD player and also is enhanced so Mac and PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch. This special volume also includes extensive performance notes for all of the featured songs. The songs are arranged and recorded by renown clawhammer banjoist Michael Miles and up-picking banjoist Mike Kropp.

Banjo Solo-More Easy Banjo Solos is a bluegrass/country supplement to the Hal Leonard Banjo Method Book 2. This volume contains 16 songs including Abilene I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Jambalaya (On The Bayou) and more.

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.

For 5-String Banjo-Newly updated and revised this easy-to-use beginner's guide is a continuation of the banjo basics and techniques taught in Book 1. The material in Book 2 not only reinforces and strengthens Book 1 instruction but also features many new songs techniques and rolls to learn and play. Covers: right-hand rolls and patterns; playing back-up; melodic style banjo; fiddle tunes & reels; solos and licks; new hammers pull and slides; banjo chimes; scales & modes; using a capo; and more! The accompanying CD contains 63 tracks of full-band demos for every song in the book!

Learn to play scales on the banjo with this comprehensive yet easy-to-use book. The Banjo Scale Finder contains more than 1 300 scale diagrams for the most often-used scales and modes including multiple patterns for each scale. Also includes a lesson on scale construction and a fingerboard chart of the banjo neck. This edition is in A5 format (6ins x 9ins) and contains all the same scales and diagrams in a more compact and portable gig-bag friendly book.

Includes more solos and standard licks for melodic-style banjo fiddle tunes playing back-up use of the capo and more music theory.

Banjo Play-Along Volume 2-This volume of the Banjo Play-Along series features 8 traditional Country songs all expertly arranged for Banjo in TAB notation. The Banjo Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily with incredible backing tracks to help you sound like a bona fide pro! Just follow the banjo tab listen to the demo track on the CD to hear how the banjo should sound and then play along with the separate backing tracks. The CD is playable on any CD player and also is enhanced so Mac and PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch! Each Banjo Play-Along pack featureseight cream of the crop songs.

You Should Play on Banjo-If you're new to the 5-string Banjo you're probably eager to learn some songs. This book provides easy-to-read Banjo tab chord symbols and lyrics for the most popular songs beginning Banjo players like to play.Players with years of experience will also discover tunes never before arranged for Banjo. Explore clawhammer and three-finger-style Banjo in a variety of tunings and capoings with this one-of-a-kind collection of master-crafted arrangements.Songs include Angel from Montgomery Blowin' in the Wind Carolina in My Mind Cripple Creek Danny Boy The House of the Rising Sun I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow Maple Leaf Rag Mr. Tambourine Man ShadyGrove Take Me Home Country Roads This Land Is Your Land Wildwood Flower and many more.

Selected Banjo Tab Accurately Transcribed for Over 80 Tunes. This collection contains tab for Earl's banjo breaks, intros and tags, plus complete banjo instrumental transcriptions for over 80 tunes spanning his recording career. It also includes recording references and tuning and capo infofor each piece. The presentation of the songs follows the format in the world's best-selling banjo method, Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo. Songs include: Bugle Call Rag · Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Will the Circle BeUnbroken) · Duelin' Banjos · Foggy Mountain Breakdown · I'm Goin' Back to Old Kentucky · Lonesome Road Blues · My Little Girl in Tennessee · Nine Pound Hammer · Petticoat Junction · Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town · SteelGuitar Rag · When the Angels Carry Me Home · and many more.

15 Blues Classics Arranged for 5-String Banjo-The form and spirit of Robert Johnson's original recordings are faithfully captured in these 15 arrangements while incorporating the unique sonic qualities of the 5-string banjo. The results are a heretofore unavailable opportunity for banjo players to experience the immense satisfaction of performing the music of one of the greatest legends of the blues. Also includes historical information on the origins of the banjo and its ties to the blues: biographical information of blues banjo artists from the 1920s to the present: song-by-song performance notes: and a tunings list. Songs include: Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) - Drunken Hearted Man - From Four Until Late - HellHound on My Trail - I Believe I'll Dust My Broom - I'm a Steady Rollin' Man (Steady Rollin' Man) - Kind Hearted Woman Blues - Love in Vain Blues - Me and the Devil Blues - Ramblin' on My Mind - Stop Breakin' down Blues - Sweet Home Chicago - They're Red Hot - 32-20 Blues - Walkin' Blues.