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BANJO ENCYCLOPEDIA, Bluegrass Banjo from A to Z, Nickerson. CD TAB.

Product Description:
The Banjo Encyclopedia is a comprehensive, in-depth banjo instructional tool that covers the many intricacies of bluegrass banjo playing, including numerous topics that may have been overlooked in banjo instruction to date. The Banjo Encyclopedia can take a student from the beginning, to intermediate, and right through to more advanced styles of banjo playing. Ross Nickerson uses his many years of experience helping hundreds of aspiring banjo pickers by offering the banjo student an opportunity to learn in a practical, straightforward manner. This wide-ranging banjo instructional book will focus on many techniques that will help every aspect of a banjo player's musicianship while simplifying many subjects in the learning process. The included 99-track CD recording will enable the student to learn easily by hearing author Ross Nickerson demonstrate each song, and perform many of the banjo licks and phrases included in the book slow, and up to tempo. The CD also includes an advanced song section with a full bluegrass band accompanying Ross along with additional intermediate songs for the student to learn. The Banjo Encyclopedia is undoubtedly one of the most complete five-string banjo books on the market today and a must for every banjo player's collection.

Product Number: 99443BCD
Format: Book/CD Set
ISBN: 0786670746
UPC: 796279094214
ISBN13: 9780786670741
Series: Encyclopedia
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published: 9/24/2003

Contents:

About the Author
Foreword by Ross Nickerson
Tips On Learning The Most From The Book
Chapter 1: The Basics
Holding the Banjo, Using the Picks
How to Read Tablature
Parts on a Standard Five-String Banjo
Tuning Your Banjo
Right-Hand Postioning
Overcoming diffitculties
Final tips on right-hand positioning
Left-Hand Positioning
Do's and don'ts for common problems with left-hand technique
Photos of left-hand positions
Final Note
Chapter 2: The Right Hand
Rhythm & Timing
Rhythm and timing exercises
Learning the Basic Rolls
More tips on rolls
Earl Scruggs' contribution
Examples of basic rolls
Timing Review
Using a metronome
Some suggestions about using a metronome
Timing exercises using a metronome
Advanced Rolls
Working with and learning some advanced rolls
Working with the thumb
Working with the index and middle fingers
Middle finger exercises
Index finger exercises
Exercising the index and middle fingers together
Developing Tone and Dynamics
Angle of attack
Balance of tone
More about positioning
The effect of picks on tone
Dynamics in your banjo playing
Dynamic examples
Developing Speed
Technique factors in speed building
Psychology of speed
What if I make a mistake?
How hard should I pick?
Should I use a metronome?
Always use a metronome?
Speed-building metronome?
Tone Exercises
Advanced Rolls for Practice
Final Note
Chapter 3: The Left-Hand
Overview
Finger Exercises
Several reminders for practicing the exercises in this chapter
Memorize
A reminder before you start the exercises
Left-Hand Exercises
Left-hand exercises using thirds
Exercises for learning the notes on the fretboard in the G scale
Learning tips
Ways to Improve Slides, Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, and Chokes
Tips and reminders on slides, pull-offs, chokes and hammer-ons
Improving slides
Improving hammer-ons
Improving pull-offs
Improving chokes or bends
Adding and Improving Slides, Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, and Chokes in a Song
Banks of the Ohio - basic version
Banks of the Ohio - with slurs (slides, pull-offs, etc.)
Bury Me Beneath the Willow - basic version
Bury Me Beneath the Willow - with slurs (slides, pull-offs, etc.)
Final Note
Chapter 4: Practice Habits and Practicing Priorities
Overview
Practice builds confidence
Practice priorities and making the best use of practice time
How often should I practice and for how long?
Your practice area
Setting goals
Lesson Plans
Practice outline
Practice outline example
Splitting up practice time in the lesson plan
Working on Physical Challenges and Overcoming Obstacles
Isolating areas of practice
Tablature Discussion
Using CD, Video or DVD
Memorizing
Suggestions for memorizing
Working on the left and right hand separately while memorizing
A few more general suggestions on memorizing
Final Note

Chapter 5: Earl Scruggs' Style
Overview
Learning the Basics of Scrugg's Style Picking
Accenting Notes
Accenting Exercise
Bringing out the Melody
Sitting on Top of the World
Blues in the Scruggs' Style
Nine Pound Hammer
Learning a Breakdown in Scruggs' Style
Banjo Students' Breakdown
Final Note
Chapter 6: The Melodic Style
Overview
Melodic Style Exercises
Learning Songs in the Melodic Style
Sailor's Hornpipe
Turkey in the Straw
John Hardy
Playing in Harmony in the Melodic Style
Devil's Dream - Lead part
Devil's Dream - Harmony part
Playing the Blues in the Melodic Style
Blues Scale Melodic Exercise
Final Note
Chapter 7: The Single-String Style
Overview
Exercises Using the Single-String Style
Learning Some Scales in the Single-String Style
Chord shape single-string exercises
Don Reno Style Exercise
The Darktown Stutters' Ball
Learning Songs in the Single-String Style
Wildwood Flower - basic single-string version
Wildwood Flower - more complex single-string version
Arkansas Traveler
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Chapter 8: Mixing the Scruggs', Melodic and Single-String Technique, Learning to Play
Up the Neck, and Learning More About the Blues
Overview
Mixing the Scruggs', Melodic and Single-String Styles
Banjo licks that serve a similar purpose in each style
A Song Mixing the Three Styles With Some Blues
The Scruggs, Melodic, Single String Blues
Playing Up the Neck
Licks serving the same purpose, up and down the neck
Learning Both Down and Up the Neck Versions of a Song, for Comparison
She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain - lower neck version
She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain - up the neck version
Bonus Song, Mixing the Styles
Oh, Susanna
Learning More About the Blues
Blues Scales
Making Common Banjo Licks "Bluesy"
Blues comparison licks
Learning the blues scale exercise
The Blues Scales Blues
Another Song Mixing the Styles
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Final Note
Chapter 9: Rhythm, Chords and Playing Backup
Overview
Learning Chords and More About Them
F form chords
D form chords
Barre form chords
More about chords
Chromatic scale for finding any chord
Chord Inversions for G, G7 and G Minor
Chord Inversions for D, D7 and D Minor
Chord Exercises - Blackberry Blossom
Chord Progressions for Practice
Augmented, Diminished and More on Seventh Chords
Augmented chords
Diminished chords
Learning More About Scruggs' Style Backup
Scruggs' style backup lick examples
Passing Tones
An exercise using bass run passing tones
Bass Run Passing Tone Exercises With Chords
Four Examples of Playing Backup
Backup example for verse and chorus
Song Example for Verse and Chorus Backup
Playing backup on a slower tempo song
Slow Backup Song Example
Backing up a fiddle
Fiddle Backup Example
Waltz backup
Waltz Backup Example
Using Seventh Chords
Seventh chord form chart
Seventh Chord Exercise
Final Note
Chapter 10: Improvising and Learning to Play by Ear
Overview
Improvising
Taking what you know and turning it into ten things
Improvising in small steps
Thinking in terms of playing by the chords
Improvising practice assignments
Sample Chord Progression Using a Specific Roll
Reverse Roll Chord Breakdown
Building Up Your Chord Changing and Locating Ability
Sliding into the Chord Exercises
Tip on changing chords
Recovering from mistakes
Knowledge of the neck
Notes on the fretboard chart
More on Improvising
Plugging in licks that work with the chord changes in the song, and other
Options
Comments on improvising
Improvising using chords
Writing your own arrangements and playing songs that you have never
Heard before
Learning to play without tablature
Cautions when improvising
Importance and joy of not using tab
Final Note
Chapter 11: Beginnings, Turnarounds and Endings
Overview
Beginnings
Common bluegrass song beginnings or "kickoffs"
Bluegrass Song Kickoff Example
Pig in a Pen
"Bluesy" Kickoff Example
Kickin' Blues
Turnarounds
Basic turnarounds
Endings
Some common endings to bluegrass songs
Final Tips on Beginnings, Turnarounds and Endings
Final Note
Chapter 12: Jamming
Overview
Priorities in Preparation for Jamming
Preparation and practice
Practice timing
Know you chords and how to back others up
Learn songs that others should know and standard bluegrass
Arrangements
Taking the scare out of it
Learning How Standard Bluegrass Arrangements Work
Typical bluegrass vocal arrangement
Popular Vocal and Instrumental Songs at Jam Sessions
Other Tips and Suggestions for Learning How to Jam with Others
No One is Perfect and Everyone Makes mistakes
Final Note
Chapter 13: Adapting an Easy Melody to a Bluegrass Banjo Arrangement
Overview
Music Reading Basics Made Easy
Learning the notes
Counting time
Rests
Creating a Bluegrass Banjo Arrangement Using Quarter and Eighth Notes
When the Saints Go Marching In
Red River Valley
Final Note
Chapter 14: Playing in Different Keys, Tunings and Using a Capo
Overview
Using a Capo
Types of capos and tips on using them
Capoing the fifth string
Playing Chords in Different Keys
The I - VII chords in seven different keys - chart
Playing a song using roman numerals rather than chord names
Chord Progression Practice
Learning to Play the Same Song in Three Different Keys
Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky - Key of G
Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky - Key of C
Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky - Key of D
C Tuning
Wildwood Flower
D Tuning
Home Sweet Home
Jesse James
G Minor Tuning
Pretty Polly
Chapter 15: Playing at Slower Tempos and ¾ Time
Overview
Different Techniques Used in Playing Slower Songs
Learning Some Songs in ¾ Time
Some suggestions for learning the songs
Silent Night
Amazing Grace
The Streets of Laredo
Chapter 16: Banjo Maintenance by Mike Munford
Introduction by Ross Nickerson
Preface by Mike Munford
Bridges
Bridges and tone
Tuning, intonation and setting the bridge
Changing the Strings
More on Strings
Tailpieces
The Nut
The 5th string nut
5th String Spikes
Actual spike location
The head
Action Adjustments
Neck and Resonator Woods
Good Tools
General Maintenance Tips
Cases
Final Note
Chapter 17: Advanced Song Section
Overview
John Henry
Train 45
Glossary of Common Banjo Terms
Acknowledgements
Closing Comments and Credits
CD Track Sheet

BANJO SOLOS, TARRANT BAILEY JR., His Life and Works. Chris Sands. CD TAB.

Product Description:
An outstanding collection of original 5-string banjo solos by legendary virtuoso and composer Tarrant Bailey Jr. Covering a broad range of musical styles and varying in their degree of technical difficulty, these pieces offer a wealth of original and ingenious ideas, representing the very finest of this composer's works. Of further interest is a comprehensive section containing previously unpublished autobiographical excerpts and many rare historical photographs, giving a fascinating insight into Tarrant Bailey Jr.'s life with the banjo. The accompanying CD features new recordings of all the pieces, specially recorded by Chris Sands and Patrick Sykes for release with this edition. The music is presented in fully fingered music notation and tablature settings.

Contents:

Introduction
Tarrant Bailey Jnr.
Tuning and Symbols

Songs
Ragtime Express
Beauty Spots
Summertime Rag
Sunlit Motorway
Dancing Kitten
Festival March
Flowing Streams
Flashpoint Rag
Why Worry?
Old Wine in a New Bottle
The Swallow
Jazzbo's Holiday
Chamonix
Piropo Polka
Silicon Chips
Carnival

BLUEGRASS MANDOLIN, J. Tottle. Stile di musicisti famosi, picking, tremolo, gli accordi, 160 pagine. TAB.

About Bluegrass Mandolin
By Jack Tottle. For Mandolin Tab, with chord symbols. Bluegrass. Sheet Music. 160 pages. Jack Tottle. Learn from the music of Bill Monroe, Bobby Osbourne, Jesse McReynolds, Frank Wakefield and John Duffy. Covers everything from simple basics to fancy fingerwork.

Contents
Arkansas Traveller
Banks Of The Ohio
Billy In The Lowerground
Black Diamond
Blackberry Blossom
Bluegrass Part One
Boil Em Cabbage Down Part I
Boil Em Cabbage Down Part Iia
Boil Em Cabbage Down Part Iib
Careless Love
Cripple Creek
Fisher's Hornpipe
Grandfather's Clock
Home Sweet Home
See all contents
In The Pines
Jesse James
John Hardy
Lonesome Road Blues
M.A.Special
Mean Mother Blues
New Camptown Races Catnip
Nine Pound Hammer
Oh Susanna
Old Joe Clark
Pretty Polly
Red-haired Boy
Sailor's Hornpipe
Slickville (Twin River Rag)
Soldier's Joy
Stoney Creek
Sure-fire
The Girl Behind The Bar
Too Many Tears
Wildwood Flower
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Woody's Rag Part I
Woody's Rag Part Ii

COMPLETE BOOK OF IRISH & CELTIC 5-STRING BANJO, Hanway. CD TAB.

Product Description:
An important anthology of Irish and Celtic solos for the 5-string banjo featuring a comprehensive, scholarly treatise on the history, techniques, and etiquette of playing the banjo in the Celtic tradition. Includes segments on tuning, pick preferences, and tablature reading followed by 101 jigs, slides, polkas, slip jigs, reels, hornpipes, strathspeys, O'Carolan tunes, plus a special section of North American Celtic tunes. A generous collection of photos of Irish folk musicians, street scenes, and archaeological sites further enhances this fabulous book. All of the solos included here are written in 5-string banjo tablature only with a few tunes set in unusual banjo tunings. The appendices provide a sizable glossary and a wealth of information regarding soloists and groups playing Celtic music, Irish festivals, music publications, on-line computer resources, cultural organizations, and more. If you are serious about playing Celtic music on the 5-string banjo, or if you don't play the banjo but simply want to expand your knowledge of the Celtic music tradition-you owe yourself this book. The first-ever CD collection of Irish and Celtic music for 5-string banjo provides 68 lovely melodies and demonstrates revolutionary techniques for playing highly ornamented tunes and rolling back-up. Recorded in stereo with virtuosos Gabriel Donohue (steel- and nylon-string guitar and piano) and Robbie Walsh (bodhran- frame drum played with a stick), the five-string banjo is "out front" and plays through each melody in real-life tempo with authentic Celtic chordal and rhythmic backing. The recording features the music of all Six Celtic Nations and includes jigs, reels, hornpipes, slides, polkas, marches, country dances, larides, andros, slipjigs, strathspeys, airs and O'Carolan tunes. 35 songs in the book are not on the CD.

Format: Book/CD Set
Series: Complete

Banish Misfortune -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Padraic O'keefe's Slide (Denis Murphy's Slide) -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Carolan's Draught -- Turlough O'carolan, Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Drowsy Maggie -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Kathleen's Homecoming -- Tom Hanway
Kesh Jig -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Nyth Y Gwcw (The Cuckoo's Nest) -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Rickett's Hornpipe -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Teetotaler's Fancy (Temperance Reel) -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Boys Of Ballysadare -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The High Level Hornpipe -- James Hill, Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Alexander's Hornpipe -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Garry Owen -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Planxty George Brabazon -- Turlough O'carolan, Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Sally Gardens -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Sporting Paddy -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The First Night In America -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Men Of Wrexham's Hornpipe -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Road To Lisdoonvarna -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Tarbolton -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Far From Home -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Gavotte De Skrignag -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Ships Are Sailing -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Foxhunter's Jig -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Rights Of Man -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Sean Ryan's Polka -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Swansea Horpipe -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Arkansas Traveler -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Cum Y Chenn Oanrey Cheh -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Liverpool Hornpipe -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Morrison's Jig -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Si Bheag Agus Si Mhor -- Turlough O'carolan, Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Andrew Duffy's Jig -- Jerome O'sullivan, Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Denis Murphy's -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Fisher's Hornpipe -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Kid On The Mountain -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Red Haired Boy (The Little Beggarman) -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Saint Anne's Reel -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Irish Washerwoman -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Mason's Apron -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Sailor's Bonnet -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Traditional Strathspey #7 -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Brian Boru's March -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Bridget Battle's Hornpipe -- Linda Hickman, Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Joe Cooley's Reel -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Morgaine's Hornpipe -- Tom Hanway
The Cameronian -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Harvest Home -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Nyth Y Gog (The Cuckoo's Nest) -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
O'keefe's Slide -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Braes Of Mar -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Salamanca -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Scholar -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Cronin's Hornpipe -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Highlander's Jig -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Miss Mcleod's Reel (Did You Ever See The Devil, Un -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Munster Buttermilk -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Pen-Rhaw -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Belfast Hornpipe (The Sweeps) -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Connaughtman's Rambles -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Cuckoo's Nest -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Star Of Munster -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Hughie Rory Mackinnon -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Out On The Ocean -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Planxty Irwin -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Soldier's Joy -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Cliffs Of Moher -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Longford Collector -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
8 Beat Laridenn -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Ballydesmond Polka -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Blackberry Blossom -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Garry Owen -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
June Apple -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Mountain Road -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Silver Spear -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Wind That Shakes The Barley -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Trip To The Cottage -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
6 Beat Laridenn -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Anthony Payne Of Stratton -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Kitty's Wedding -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Leather Britches (Related To "Lord Macdonald's Ree -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Miss Johnson Of Pittworth -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Onen Hag Oll -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Pigeon On The Gate -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Flowers Of Edinburgh -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Merry Blacksmith -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Road To Lisdoonvarna -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Witches -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Devil's Dream (The De'il Amang The Tailors) -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Hanging Out To Dry -- L.E. Mccullough, Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Boys Of Bluehill -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Musical Priest -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Whiskey Before Breakfast -- Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
An Dro: Crios Bride Ceremony Tunes -- Arr. By: Alexei Kondratiev
Eunyssagh Vona - Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
O'carolan's Concerto - Turlough O'carolan, Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Off To California - Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Cuckoo's Nest - Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
The Humours Of Ballyloughlin - Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Turkey In The Straw - Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway
Up Sligo - Arr. & Edited By: Tom Hanway