HAL LEONARD

CONSTRUCTING A 5-STRING BANJO A Complete Technical Guide. H. Siminoff. 200 photos.

LIBRO DI LIUTERIA

CON PROGETTI COMPLETI . 

Siminoff vi insegnerà come fare il Rim la cassa armonica del Banjo, con il freno a tamburo di un camion.

Series: Reference
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Medium: Softcover
Composer: Roger H. Siminoff 

Just as in his other book, Constructing a Bluegrass Mandolin, Roger's simple and concise step-by-step instructions show you the how and the why of it all, leading you on a path that blends discovery with pure joy. Over 200 photos and illustrations provide the kind of valuable reference no other book in the field can offer. Roger has used his technical knowledge on design, sound, and all of the important stages of construction that go into the building of a musical instrument, and has incorporated these ideas into one text. The end result is this valuable book of information that will help you to learn more about the makeup of a 5-string banjo, and more importantly, will give you the satisfaction and pride in being able to accomplish the building of a banjo that you can play and enjoy for years to come. 64 pages.

+ 7 PAGINE APRIBILI DI PROGETTI

Roger H. Siminoff has been building and playing musical instruments for almost 30 years. During that time, he has had far more than a cursory interest in music, graphic arts, and industrial design - a combination that has made him one of America's foremost authorities on string instruments and their design, a leading music journalist, and a highly respected inventor. Born in 1940 in Newark, New Jersey, Siminoff showed an early interest in mechanical things. That laid an important foundation for his creative career. As a teenager Roger built his first instrument, a roughly crafted - but playable - 5-string banjo. The first led to a second, and that led to a whole series of instruments, and ultimately to a catalog full of Siminoff-crafted instrument parts. By the early 1960's, Roger was building custom banjo necks and parts for musicians in the New York metropolitan area. Before the end of the decade, his mail-order parts business, Siminoff Banjos, was providing special equipment and accessories to instrument makers in every part of the world. During that time, Roger was attending the Parsons School of Design in New York City. He majored in Industrial Design and then started a graphic arts company in New Jersey that specialized in photography, art services, and printing. Not limiting his mechanical interests to instrument construction, in 1963 he developed and built a prototype for a major East Coast printing equipment manufacturer, of an offset printing machine capable of printing the faces and flaps (at the same time) of envelopes at 18,000 impressions per hour - a rate unprecedented in the ihdustry. Having branched out into the building of guitars and mandolins in early 1970, Siminoff conceived and built special carving machines needed to do the exact shaping of instrument necks, and of mandolin top and back plates. By early 1973, he had developed a unique truss rod system to counteract the forces of string tension on musical instrument necks. For this design, he was awarded a U.S. patent in 1974. During the following year, that design was licensed to Gibson Incorporated, an internationally prominent musical instrument manufacturer now based in Nashville, Tennessee. With printing facilities readily available to him, Siminoff channeled his banjo expertise into the writing and preparation of an instruction book for bluegrass and banjo playing. The book established itself as a success in a matter of months. Then Roger embarked on an even more ambitious publishing project: the creation of a monthly music magazine that focused on bluegrass and old-time country music. In February 1974, PICKIN' MAGAZINE made its debut. Within two years, it was hailed as the most influential publication of its kind. By mid 1975, Roger had several other musical instrument and accessory designs in progress. These included the invention of a special fast-wind turning knob for string instruments (for which he was granted a U.S. And several foreign patents). The knob, dubbed the "CRANK," has been licensed to Gibson and to Schaller, (W. Germany) a world reknowned manufacturer of tuning machines. A unique nut, with adjustable slots for each string, also won Siminoff a U.S. patent and subsequently was Iicensed:to Dunlop Manufacturing. Then his frustrations at the inconvenience of changing strings won him a few more patents: he invented two methods to change instrument's strings without cutting, twisting, or knotting them. Both designs received U.S. Patents; and one, a string with a special pin_at its peg head end, was licensed to Gibson under the name "GRABBERS." In early 1984, Roger was granted another U.S. Patent for an unusual modular guitar, with interlocking parts that permit a musician to assemble an instrument to suit his or her tastes in much the same way a photographer might change camera bodies and lenses. Several other music-related designs are in progress on the Siminoff workbench, and simmmering with them on the burner are many projects not related to music, such as a radical design for a new valve system for the common gasoline engine. As a consultant to Gibson, Roger assisted in the reissuance of several instruments originally produced by Gibson in its earlier years. Among these were the Earl Scruggs model banjo (a replica of Scruggs' Granada model). Another was the reintroduction of the famed F-5 mandolin produced by Gibson in the 1920's. This instrument has been enthusiastically received since making its successful "comeback" in 1978. Doing consulting work for several other instrument manufacturers, Siminoff has been responsible for the development of special hand-finishing techniques, improved structural designs, and compatability "tuning" of the acoustic properties inherent in individual instrument parts. As an author, Siminoff's writings include literally hundreds of articles on instrument construction and repair, musical acoustics, and the history and craftsmanship of musical instruments. In 1978, Roger was invited to join GPI Publications in Cupertino, California, to head the staff of the newly founded magazine FRETS. As the magazine's editor, Roger helped build FRETS into a highly respected enterprise, boasting an international circulation, within a twoand- a-half-year period that saw FRETS purchase and absorb Roger's first magazine venture, PICKIN'. In the years that followed, Roger also became GPI's Production Director. In that capacity, he developed and installed a major computer system for all of the company's complicated subscription, advertising, and newsstand data processing. Now, in his capacity as GPI's Assistant Publisher, Roger Siminoff is helping to shape the music industry of tomorrow.

• Constructing A Bluegrass Mandolin (Hal Leonard Publishing)

INTRODUCTION

FOREWORD

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PREFACE

CHAPTER ONE

THE INSTRUMENT

TOOLS

HARDWARE

CHAPTER TWO

ACOUSTICS OF THE BANJO

CHAPTER THREE

WOOD

mahogany

walnut

ebony

rosewood

Availability Of Woods 

CHAPTER FOUR

GLOSSARY

CHAPTER FIVE

BUILDING THE NECK

The Truss Rod

Attaching The Ears

Locating The Fretboard Plane

Shaping The Neck

Attaching The Peghead Veneer

Finalizing The Peghead Thickness

Shaping The Peg head

Drilling The Peg head

CHAPTER SIX

THE FRETBOARD

Binding The Fretboard

Installing The Fretboard

Position Markers

Shaping The Neck To The Fretboard

Drilling The Fifth Peg Hole

DECORATION 22

Creating The Designs

Cutting The Pearl

Inlaying The Pieces

Cementing The Pieces In Place

Finishing The Inlaid Surface

INSTALLING THE FRETS

FINISHING TOUCHES TO THE NECK

CHAPTER SEVEN

CONSTRUCTING THE RIM

Types Of Rim Constructions

Three-Ply Rims

Pie-Shaped Laminated Rims

Flat-Board Laminated Rims

STEAMING AND BENDING MAPLE

Steam Bending, Step By Step

LAMINATING THE 1/4" STRIPS

CONSTRUCTING RIMS WITH PIE-SHAPED PIECES

CONSTRUCTING FLAT-BOARD LAMINATED RIMS

CONSTRUCTING VENEER LAMINATED RIMS

MACHINING THE RIMS

ADDING A LIP FOR TUBE-AND PLATE FLANGES

CHAPTER EIGHT

THE RESONATOR .

Constructing The Rim .

Constructing The "Dish" .

Assembling The Resonator .

Adding The Outer Side Veneer .

Machining The Resonator .

Installing The Binding .

Cutting The Neck Opening In The Resonator Rim .

CHAPTER NINE

PRE-FITIING ALL THE PARTS

Shaping The Neck Heel .

Fitting The Nut .

CHAPTER TEN

FINAL SANDING 

FILLING THE WOOD'S PORES 

CHAPTER ELEVEN

COLORING .

Curly Maple Grain Contrast .

Sunburst Shading .

Coloring The Rim .

CLEANING THE BINDING .

CHAPTER TWELVE

FINISHING .

Preparation For Spraying .

Wet Sanding .

Polishing .

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

ASSEMBLING THE INSTRUMENT .

Dressing The Fretboard .

Dressing The Frets .

Truss Rod Cover .

Installing The Geared Machines .

Installing The Fifth-String Peg .

Installing The Fifth-String Nut .

Attaching The Neck .

Attaching The Tailpiece .

Attaching The Armrest .

Resonator Hardware .

Filling The String Slots In The Nut .

MAINTENANCE AND MINOR ADJUSTMENTS .

PARTING THOUGHTS .

APPENDIX I

SUPPLIERS 

APPENDIX II

FRETIING SCALES 

APPENDIX III

HARDWARE 

DIAGRAMS 1-7 .

TANGO FOR GUITAR, Jorge Polanuer e Brian Chambouleyron. 13 titoli con base. CD

LIBRO E CD

Tango for Guitar
Series: Guitar
Publisher: Centerstream Publications
Format: Softcover with CD
Author: Brian Chambouleyron
Composer: Jorge Polanuer

At the beginning of the 20th Century, the tango was born in Buenos Aires, and it was a style that spread dramatically all over the world. Tango is a dance, a rhythm and a characteristic musical color. The 13 solos in this book were written especially for guitar by award-winning composers Jorge Polanuer and Brian Chambouleyron, and each tune is performed on the CD by Brian, one of the most popular guitarists in Buenos Aires. The solos are presented in different degrees of complexity – tune up with the tuning notes on the CD and play along with the tangos, milangos, waltzes and even a guitar duet. The songs are also repeated on the CD without the lead for you to play the solo part.

Inventory #HL 00000379
ISBN: 9781574241464
UPC: 073999329162
Width: 9.0"
Length: 12.0"
32 pages

The guitar is a charasteristic musical instrument in Argentine culture. Since the arrival of Spaniards to South America, it has had a key role in our folk music. Its sound has been the composers and interpreters' favorite. At present there is a broad and comprehensive catalog of songs and instrumental pieces, which encompasses early genres of the 19th century as well as the latest pop creations. At the beginning of the 20th century (around the time of the blues), the tango was born in Buenos Aires: a style arising from immigration and the melting pot which was going to spread dramatically all over the world. Tango is a dance, a rhythm and a charasteristic musical color. It is in tango where the guitar reaches a remarkable level of technical and expressive development. Today I propose an approach in the 'tanguero' style of playing the guitar, with some pieces specially composed by Jorge Polanuer, a composer and a friend, and myself. The tangos in this book are accompained by valses-tango and milonga-tango, similar and complementary genres also played in ballrooms. For each piece I suggest fingering based on the criterion of economy of movements. The numbers on the notes indicate the finger with which that note must be played, and the encircled number refers to the string. There can be other ways of fingering which might be more practical for you; that being the case, feel free to modify it accordingly. There's a way to play for every instrumentalist! The pieces present different degrees of complexity; therefore, they could also make an excellent complement in learning how to play the instrument. I hope you find this approach useful and you feel like filling yourselves with tango.

Brian Chambouleyron became a musician studying several disciplines (guitar, singing, composition, musical analysis, arrangements and orchestration). Always fascinated with popular music, he traveled to different Latin American countries to learn their traditions. He began his professional activity as a music teacher in 1990.Teaching led to the creation of children's shows. As a composer of popular songs, he participated in the Buenos Aires' Young Artists biennial exhibition. In 1993he went on his first professional tour to Europe, going all over France and Switzerland for two months and performing as both soloist and together with other musical bands. He also gave courses on Argentine popular music. From then on, his activities in European countries became regular. In 1996 he was in charge of the musical direction of the successful show Recuerdos son recuerdos (which received 5 ACE awards nominations). Brian Chambouleyron was nominated for 'male revelation'. (CD Recuerdos son recuerdos - La Trastienda Records). In 1998 he participated in the show Glorias Portenas (1998ACE award) together with Soledad Villamil, which was given an excellent reception by the critics and the public. The show toured continuously throughout Argentina, Latin America and Europe for two years, and participated in prestigious international festivals (CD Glorias Portenas vol. I and II - Epsa Music). Brian Chambouleyron was given the 1999Trinidad Guevara award for 'male revelation of the year' by the Department of Culture of Buenos Aires City. In 2000 he created the show Patio de Tango with Esteban Morgado, which also had a wonderful reception at a national level, and he started a long international tour (Paris, Rome, Madrid, Barcelona, etc). (CD Patio de Tango - BAM records, Department of Culture). With his last show, Tangos, valses and Milongas, he has performed in several cultural events and toured abroad, being highly acclaimed by audiences and critics. Brian has also composed the music for several theatre plays: "La firecilla domada" , 2004; "Pequena historia del tango", 2002; "Granadina", 2003; ect. In 2004 recorded the CD "Chambouleyron sings GardeI", a selection of the finest compositions by Gardel, arranged by B. Ch. (Random records, Buenos Aires). In 2005 recorded the CD "Voiceand Guitar", Twenty tradicional tango and argentinian popular music pieces, arranged by Chambouleyron. (Random records, Buenos Aires) on Ie canta a Gardel (Chambouleyron sings Gardel). This work is a selection of the finest compositions by Gardel-plus a few jewels from his songbook - recreated in an intimate and romantic atmosphere.

Blanca

Childhood Memories

Don't Kill Me Or I'll Die

If Mamma Says So

It's Raining

My Friend

Nobody Left In Town

Nothing To Lose

Pretty Buenos Aires

Rainy Day Waltz

Strolling

The Farewell Waltz

Without Realizing It

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, Guitar Play-Along DVD Volume 20. SHEET MUSIC BOOK WITH GUITAR TABLATURE DVD

VIDEO DVD LEZIONE DI MUSICA ROCK, CON BASI.

METODO PER CHITARRA. 

Series: Guitar Play-Along DVD TAB
Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival

The Guitar Play-Along DVD Series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch, listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then, the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from three viewing options: fret hand with tab, wide view with tab, pick & fret hands close-up. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know! Volume 20 includes: Bad Moon Rising - Born on the Bayou - Down on the Corner - Fortunate Son - Green River - Lodi - Proud Mary - Up Around the Bend. 96 minutes.

Bad Moon Rising
Born On The Bayou
Down On The Corner
Fortunate Son
Green River
Lodi
Proud Mary
Up Around The Bend

EASY STEPS TO BOSSA NOVA GUITAR, Add Brazilian Sounds to Your Repertoire, Aaron Gilmartin. TABLATURE  DVD

DVD DI MUSICA, LEZIONE PER CHITARRA CON SPARTITI E TABLATURE. 

Series: Homespun Tapes
Publisher: Homespun DVD - TAB

Artist: Aaron Gilmartin
This basic lesson is for guitarists who want to add the jazzy chords and samba rhythms of Bossa Nova to their guitar playing. These techniques can be used to add distinctive new colors and feels to any song, and will be a great start for anyone wanting to get into new musical genres. INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB - LEVEL 3 - 80 MIN.

PINK FLOYD, THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, LEARN THE SONGS FROM, A Step-by-Step Breakdown of Pink Floyd's Guitar Styles and Techniques. DVD

DVD DI LEZIONE PER CHITARRA

Series: DVD
Publisher: Cherry Lane Music
Medium: DVD
Author: Nate LaPointe
Artist: Pink Floyd

A must-have DVD for every Floyd fan, this DVD examines the licks from eight songs on their classic CD. Each guitar part is played up to speed, then broken down note by note. Analyzes: Any Colour You Like - Brain Damage - Breathe - Eclipse - The Great Gig in the Sky - Money - Time - Us and Them.

Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Breathe
Eclipse
The Great Gig In The Sky
Money
Time
Us And Them