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Gospel Banjoarranged by Dennis CaplingerFeatures 15 spiritual favorites, each arranged in 2 different keys for banjo. Includes: Amazing Grace, Crying Holy, I'll Fly Away, In the Sweet By and By, Just a Closer Walk with Thee, Life's Railway to Heaven, Nearer My God to Thee, Old Time Religion, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Wayfaring Stranger, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, more! |
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Melodic Clawhammer BanjoA Comprehensive Guide to Modern Clawhammer Banjoby Ken PerlmanKen Perlman, today's foremost player of the style, brings you this comprehensive guide to the melodic clawhammer. Over 50 tunes in clear tablature. Learn to play authentic versions of Appalachian fiddle tunes, string band tunes, New England hornpipes, Irish jigs, Scottish reels, and more. Includes arrangements by many important contemporary players, and chapters on basic and advanced techniques. Also features over 70 musical illustrations, plus historical notes, and period photos. |
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Minstrel Banjo - Briggs' Banjo Instructorby Joseph WeidlichThe Banjo Instructor by Tom Briggs, published in 1855, was the first complete method for banjo. It contained "many choice plantation melodies," "a rare collection of quaint old dances," and the "elementary principles of music." This edition is a reprinting of the original Briggs' Banjo Instructor, made up-to-date with modern explanations, tablature, and performance notes. It teaches how to hold the banjo, movements, chords, slurs and more, and includes 68 banjo solo songs that Briggs presumably learned directly from slaves. |
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More Minstrel Banjoby Joseph WeidlichThis is the second book in a 3-part series of intabulations of music for the minstrel (Civil War-era) banjo. Adapted from Frank Converse's Banjo Instructor, Without a Master (published in New York in 1865), this book contains a choice collection of banjo solos, jigs, songs, reels, walk arounds, and more, progressively arranged and plainly explained, enabling players to become proficient banjoists. Thorough measure-by-measure explanations are provided for each of the songs, all of which are part of the traditional minstrel repertoire. |
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Old Time String Band Banjo Stylesby Joseph WeidlichOld Time String Band Banjo Styles will introduce you to the traditional, rural string band banjo styles as played in the southern mountains of the eastern United States, which were used to “second” vocal songs and fiddle tunes during the Golden Age of recorded string band music, from the early 1920s through the early 1930s. Includes: Historical Background , String Band Transcriptions of Selected Backups and Solos, Building a Thumb-lead Style Backup |
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