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This book is considered the first in-depth method book ever published for learning to play the 5-string banjo. First appearing in 1858, Phil Rice’s 1858 Method for the Banjo was written in standard notation in the tuning (eAEG#B). Kyle Gray Young has meticulously transcribed 64 solos from the original keys and notation to clear, easy-to-read tablature in modern C tuning; 15 of these solos also appear in G tuning. Since the intervals between strings are the same in the C or A tunings, these tablature editions are also playable on replica banjos in the 19th-century tuning.
In addition to its 64 solos, this Mel Bay edition features a complete transcription of the original step-by-step method on how to play stroke-style banjo as it was presented in 1858, but again—in modern tablature with online audio.
Some of these wonderful melodies haven’t been heard since the Civil War era. It’s time to bring them back to life!
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- Juba, a Jig Dance
- Where Did You Come From?
- Do Mr. Boker Do
- Hurrah for Hard Times
- Green Corn
- Rattlesnake Jig or Hoop De Dooden Doo
- Jump into the Wagon
- Oh, Come Along John
- Buckley’s Banjo Jig
- To the Other Side of Jordan
- Hear Him, Johnny, Hear Him!
- Oh, Sally Is the Gal for Me
- Rob Ridley
- Root Hog or Die
- Down in Alabama
- Gettin’ Up Stairs
- Picayune Butler’s Comin’ to Town
- Bobbin’ Around
- White Cat or Black Cat
- Hannah, Hannah, Where You Going?
- I’m Off for Nicaragua
- Machine Poetry
- United States, It Is the Place
- Oh, the Law Gals
- Oh, What’s the Matter Suse Ann?
- Somebody’s In the House with Dinah
- So Glad Dinah Left Me
- Don’t Mind Steven
- The Ole Grey Goose
- Oh, Jenny Get Your Hoe Cake Done
- Darling Nelly Gray
- Oh, Ladies All!
- That’s So and You’d Better Believe It
- Sandy Boy
- Hi! Ho! The Charleston Gals
- Go Away, Jenny
- Get Away, Gumbo, Sound Your Horn
- Where’s That Man?
- Sam Johnson’s Reel
- Devil’s Dream
- What’s Going On?
- Phil Rice’s Excelsior Jig
- Come Shine Out, Peggy
- Whoop Jamboree
- Oh John, Did You Ever See My Daughter Sally?
- The Old Gander
- Rise Old Napper
- Mrs McCloud’s Reel
- Set ‘Em Up John
- Come Day, Go Day
- Power of Music, as Executed by Tom Briggs
- John Diamond Walk Around
- Grape Vine Twist
- Oh, Bring Along the Gal
- Old Virginny Jig
- Mr. Brown
- Snap, Flip, Toodleum, Dee
- The Lady’s Jig
- Buckley’s Walk Round
- Essence of Old Virginia Dance
- Dick Sliter’s Reel
- Buckley’s Best Reel
- Unsworth’s New Jig
- Walk Around
- Alternate Solos in G Tuning:
- To the Other Side of Jordan
- Oh, Sally Is the Gal for Me
- Bobbin’ Around
- White Cat or Black Cat
- Hannah, Hannah, Where You Going?
- I’m Off for Nicaragua
- United States, It Is the Place
- Sandy Boy
- Sam Johnson’s Reel
- Come Shine Out Peggy
- Whoop Jamboree
- Oh John, Did You Ever See My Daughter Sally?
- Oh, Bring Along the Gal
- Essence of Old Virginia Dance
- Unsworth’s New Jig
Phil Rice's 1858 Method for the Banjo
Phil Rice's 1858 Method for the Banjo
SKU: 02-31038M
This book is considered the first in-depth method book ever published for learning to play the 5-string banjo. First appearing in 1858, Phil Rice’s 1858 Method for the Banjo was written in standard notation in the tuning (eAEG#B). Kyle Gray Young has meticulously transcribed 64 solos from the original keys and notation to clear, easy-to-read tablature in modern C tuning; 15 of these solos also appear in G tuning. Since the intervals between strings are the same in the C or A tunings, these tablature editions are also playable on replica banjos in the 19th-century tuning.
In addition to its 64 solos, this Mel Bay edition features a complete transcription of the original step-by-step method on how to play stroke-style banjo as it was presented in 1858, but again—in modern tablature with online audio.
Some of these wonderful melodies haven’t been heard since the Civil War era. It’s time to bring them back to life!
More Details
More Details
- Juba, a Jig Dance
- Where Did You Come From?
- Do Mr. Boker Do
- Hurrah for Hard Times
- Green Corn
- Rattlesnake Jig or Hoop De Dooden Doo
- Jump into the Wagon
- Oh, Come Along John
- Buckley’s Banjo Jig
- To the Other Side of Jordan
- Hear Him, Johnny, Hear Him!
- Oh, Sally Is the Gal for Me
- Rob Ridley
- Root Hog or Die
- Down in Alabama
- Gettin’ Up Stairs
- Picayune Butler’s Comin’ to Town
- Bobbin’ Around
- White Cat or Black Cat
- Hannah, Hannah, Where You Going?
- I’m Off for Nicaragua
- Machine Poetry
- United States, It Is the Place
- Oh, the Law Gals
- Oh, What’s the Matter Suse Ann?
- Somebody’s In the House with Dinah
- So Glad Dinah Left Me
- Don’t Mind Steven
- The Ole Grey Goose
- Oh, Jenny Get Your Hoe Cake Done
- Darling Nelly Gray
- Oh, Ladies All!
- That’s So and You’d Better Believe It
- Sandy Boy
- Hi! Ho! The Charleston Gals
- Go Away, Jenny
- Get Away, Gumbo, Sound Your Horn
- Where’s That Man?
- Sam Johnson’s Reel
- Devil’s Dream
- What’s Going On?
- Phil Rice’s Excelsior Jig
- Come Shine Out, Peggy
- Whoop Jamboree
- Oh John, Did You Ever See My Daughter Sally?
- The Old Gander
- Rise Old Napper
- Mrs McCloud’s Reel
- Set ‘Em Up John
- Come Day, Go Day
- Power of Music, as Executed by Tom Briggs
- John Diamond Walk Around
- Grape Vine Twist
- Oh, Bring Along the Gal
- Old Virginny Jig
- Mr. Brown
- Snap, Flip, Toodleum, Dee
- The Lady’s Jig
- Buckley’s Walk Round
- Essence of Old Virginia Dance
- Dick Sliter’s Reel
- Buckley’s Best Reel
- Unsworth’s New Jig
- Walk Around
- Alternate Solos in G Tuning:
- To the Other Side of Jordan
- Oh, Sally Is the Gal for Me
- Bobbin’ Around
- White Cat or Black Cat
- Hannah, Hannah, Where You Going?
- I’m Off for Nicaragua
- United States, It Is the Place
- Sandy Boy
- Sam Johnson’s Reel
- Come Shine Out Peggy
- Whoop Jamboree
- Oh John, Did You Ever See My Daughter Sally?
- Oh, Bring Along the Gal
- Essence of Old Virginia Dance
- Unsworth’s New Jig