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Bluegrass Banjo Melodic Style

50 TUNES FOR BANJO, VOL.1: TRADITIONAL, OLD TIME, BLUEGRASS & CELTIC SOLOS by Mark Geslison Photo
Book/3-CD set. Many parts are arranged in standard Scruggs style, some in frailing or "clawhammer" style, and many in melodic style. Scruggs style is less melody/more finger roll pattern. Melodic style, as the name implies, is more melody/less finger roll pattern. Clawhammer uses no finger roll patterns; instead, it is made up of a melody within a strumming rhythm pattern. Clawhammer is considered a self-accompaniment style. One book in a 5-book series that contain the same 50 tunes for ensembles & individuals, arranged for different instruments. Beginning/intermediate. 163 pp.
02-99939BCD $29.95

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BANJO SCALE FINDER - EASY-TO-USE GUIDE TO OVER 1,300 BANJO SCALES by Chad Johnson Photo
Learn to play scales on the banjo with this comprehensive book. Contains fretboard diagrams for the major, natural minor, major pentatonic, minor pentatonic, blues, harmonic minor, melodic minor, mixo-blues, half-whole diminished, whole-half diminished, whole tone, and chromatic scales, plus all of the modes. Includes multiple patterns for each scale, a lesson on scale construction and a fingerboard chart of the banjo neck. 9" x 12" edition. 111 pp.
49-695780 $6.95

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BANJO SCALES IN TAB by Janet Davis Photo
Formerly titled "Major Scales For The 5-String Banjo." A thorough treatment of all the major scales plus licks, tips, more. With finger-building exercises and practical applications of the scales. Includes CD. Spiralbound, 109 pp.
02-97010BCD $22.95

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BILL KNOPF PLAYS SCOTT JOPLIN ON FIVE-STRING BANJO by Bill Knopf Photo
Tablature for 12 rags including "Elite Syncopations," "Easy Winners," "The Entertainer," "Maple Leaf Rag," "The Casades." 52 pages.
274-6 $15.95

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MELODIC BANJO by Tony Trischka Photo
Book/CD pack. New 2004 edition! A complete instruction guide for chromatic playing. Includes: a step-by-step explanation of how to play melodic style, Bill Keith's explanation of how he developed his approach, interviews and transcribed solos of Bill Keith, Bobby Thompson, Eric Weissberg, Ben Eldridge, Alan Munde, and others, 37 tunes in tab, melodic blues runs and appendices on music theory and setting up your banjo. CD features Tony with a backing band playing many of the tunes. Tablature only. 127 pp.
01-963149 $22.95

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TWIN BANJO WORKSHOP taught by Mark Maniscalco Photo
Learn a melody solo and a harmony part for 11 tunes. Includes "Old Joe Clark," "Blackberry Blossom," "Cuckoo's Nest," "Roanoke," "Big Mon," "Turkey in the Straw," "Devil's Dream," more. Includes CD and handwritten tab booklet. 23 pp.
196-21CD $16.95

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Bluegrass Banjo Melodic Style

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