You need only minimal playing skills and three chords--G, C, and D7--to accompany all these great songs. The perfect book for beginners and casual players. Absolutely bursting with a great variety of music: Old-time, bluegrass, gospel, Christmas, children's, Stephen Foster, British and Celtic, cowboy, blues, more. Some of these songs, like "Dark Hollow" and "Way Downtown," are hard to find in print. Guitar, uke & five-string banjo diagrams are included for the three chords, with tips on strumming and transposing for singers. Melody and lyrics. 124 pp.
02-99476
$14.95
ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION - SO LONG, SO WRONG
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Transcriptions from the album by bluegrass' biggest new superstar. Vocal, with guitar and banjo parts. Note/tab. 100 pp.
03-9716
$22.95
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ALL STAR BLUEGRASS JAM ALONG - BANJO
featuring Tony Trischka
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Book/CD pack. This series is designed to teach aspiring pickers the intros, endings, back-ups and lead parts for 21 essential bluegrass tunes. Each book features a different instrument--guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin or bass--so that every member of your band can learn their part. On the CD, the backup band (featuring a virtual "dream team" of professional pickers) provides multiple rhythm tracks at slow-to-moderate tempos. Tony jumps in and plays a basic version of the melody, followed by a more adventurous improvisation. He drops out and the band continues, providing solid backup tracks. All intros, endings and solos are transcribed note-for-note in the book. Tablature only. 41 pp.
300-591
$19.95
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AN INTRODUCTION TO JAZZ IMPROVISATION FOR THE 5-STRING BANJO - VOL. 1
by David Crisler
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Book/CD pack. Features chapters on major scales, chords derived from major scales, modes, learning jazz tunes, improvising and how to practice. Taught using tab. Spiralbound, 45 pp.
405-16
$40.00
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BANJO CHROMATICISM - VOL. 2 OF AN INTRODUCTION TO JAZZ IMPROVISATION FOR THE 5-STRING BANJO
by David Crisler
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Book/CD pack. This book presents a number of chromatic techniques for use as building blocks for jazz improvisation. Major sections include: Applying Chromatic Principles to the Major Scales, Applying Chromatic Principles to the Mixolydian Scales, Some Solos Utilizing the Techniques. Spiralbound, 54 pp.
405-18
$40.00
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CD - LET'S JAM! - COUNTRY AND BLUEGRASS
by Peter Vogl
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High quality audio CD with 23 jam tracks. Recorded "live" by top studio musicians, these extended 3-4 minute jams are in a variety of keys and grooves, with several tunes that are played at two different speeds. Includes 16 page booklet with rhythm charts and soloing tips. Songs include "9 Pound Hammer," "Old Joe Clark," "Sitting On Top of the World," "Salt River," "Lonesome Road Blues," "Little Maggie," "Sally Goodin" & "John Hardy." Free lessons are also available on their website with audio and video clips. Great for practicing guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, keyboard, harmonica, pedal steel, or voice.
56-21
$9.95
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STEVE KAUFMAN'S FOUR-HOUR BLUEGRASS WORKOUT FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS, SERIES TWO
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Book/4 CD pack. 50 songs! Provides you with a backup band that gives rhythmic support for invaluable practice sessions. Each song is played three times slowly and then three times at a faster pace. CDs 1 and 2 contain the slow versions, while CDs 3 and 4 bring you up to speed. Improve your picking, build your speed and stamina, and get those licks and solos working! Songs include: "Angeline the Baker," "Back Up and Push," "Big Scioty," "Bull Durham," "Cattle in the Cane," "Cold Frosty Morn," "Jerusalem Ridge," "John Hardy," "Lonesome Fiddle Blues," "Nothing To It," "Rawhide," "Silver Bells," "Snowflake Reel," "Stone's Rag, " "Texas Gales," "Wheel Hoss," more. Includes chords and music plus tab for guitar and mandolin. Comb-bound. 105 pp.
300-596
$44.95
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THE KEY TO THE FIVE STRING BANJO
by Pat Cloud
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Assumes basic knowledge. This is a book about sound perception and execution on the banjo. It includes closed-positions as well as open-string fingerings which are found throughout the entire fretboard. Note/tab. Includes CD, 56 pp.
02-96926BCD
$19.95
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TUNER TECHNIQUES: THE KEITH BANJO TUNER SONGBOOK
by David Guptill
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Book/CD set. 20 songs arranged especially for the Keith Banjo tuners. An intro. covers the basics of tuning and the 5 moves found in all the tuner songs. The CD plays the songs at slow and normal speed. Standards, fiddle tunes and new compositions: "Cripple Creek," "Devil's Dream," "Pig In A Pen," "Little Sadie," more. There is an overlap of 4 songs with the book "New Twists For The 5-String Banjo: A Guide To The Use Of Keith Tuners" (330-1). A section of 40 Tuner licks lets you add to songs you already know. With bibiography & discography. Comb-bound, 72 pp.
158-41
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$17.55
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UP THE NECK
by Janet Davis
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Book/2-CD set. A superb instructional text for five-string banjo dealing with the 5th through the 22nd fret. Chapters on: roll patterns, chords, songs, licks, chord progressions, arranging songs, improvising, melodic style, chromatic style, chromatic style, back-up, and much more! Lots of great solo tabs. The CDs contain 143 tracks; Davis explains and plays each exercise. Intermediate/advanced. In tab. 144 pp.
02-94820BCD
$24.95
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