Arranging Tunes for Solo Banjo
Arranging Tunes for Solo Banjo

Author: Alan Munde

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2015-10-08

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 1619113287

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Arranging Tunes for Solo Banjo is designed to help players develop a solid understanding of arranging fundamentals for five-string solo banjo. In particular, this book takes an in-depth look at chord melody playing. Examples include popular melodies from the American song book in the keys of C, G and D. Thebook presents tools and techniques to help you create beautiful and intricate arrangements, with lessons on diatonic chords, altered chords, cyclingtechniques, and rhythmic variations. This introduction to arranging for the banjo will expand your knowledge of this instrument and its capabilities. The book comes with accompanying audio available for download online.

Alan Munde Solo Banjo
Alan Munde Solo Banjo

Author: Alan Munde

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2011-01-04

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 1610652975

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Alan Munde has long been a major artist in the 5-string banjo world. Here for the first time, is the book/cd combination of Alan's unaccompanied playing from his popular Solo Banjo project. the book contains entire as- played-by versions with many variations of 12 bluegrass standards and 3 Munde originals including the popular Peaches and Cream in harmony!

Basic Music Theory for Banjo Players
Basic Music Theory for Banjo Players

Author: Rick McKeon

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2018-05-24

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1619118149

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book is a "hands-on" approach to music theory with lots of playing examples for the banjo. Music theory does not have to be mysterious or difficult. In fact, taken a little bit at a time, it’s easy and fun! Each of the approximately 50 lessons in this book has a limited scope, but by the time you complete them, you will have a thorough understanding of the basics of music theory as applied to the banjo. While a single book can't cover everything in so vast a subject, the author has tried to choose topics that will address the needs of most beginning banjo players. These include: scale theory, reading tablature and standard notation, key signatures, accidentals, transposition, time signatures and note values, intervals and chord construction, the three kinds of minor scales, pentatonic scales, and more. In addition, each chapter features playing examples and review questions to both test and clarify understanding of the materials presented. Rather than proceeding from chapter to chapter, as each individual banjo player is likely at a different point in their musical journey, the reader is encouraged to “jump around and spend more time in those areas that interest you most.” The important thing about the journey is to begin. Includes access to online audio and video.

Up the Neck
Up the Neck

Author: Janet Davis

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2011-01-13

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1610658744

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A superb instructional text for five-string banjo dealing with the 5th through the 22nd fret. Included are chapters on roll patterns, chords, songs, licks, chord progressions, arranging songs, improvising, melodic style, chromatic style, chromatic style, back-up, and much more! Also included is an abundance of great Janet Davis solo tabs. Written in tablature.The two CDs included in this package contain 144 tracks in stereo to accompany the book. Listen and play along with Janet Davis as she explains and plays each exercise.

Appalachian Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo
Appalachian Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo

Author: Ken Perlman

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2020-05-27

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1513455087

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This comprehensive collection features over 100 note-for-note skillfully-crafted clawhammer banjo arrangements of “old-time” Southern fiddle tunes, in clear tablature - with suggested guitar chords at a wide variety of skill levels. It contains most of the tunes played in concert or recorded by author Ken Perlman and renowned Appalachian-style fiddler Alan Jabbour, plus over 50 more classic tunes from Ed Haley, Edden Hammons, John Salyer and many other iconic roots fiddlers. Also included: • Instruction on basic and advanced techniques • Tips on improving your musicianship • How to play syncopated rhythms and melodies in clawhammer style • Frameworks for dealing with crooked tunes and modal tunes • Historical notes and picturesque backstories • Ken Perlman demonstrates all tunes and most musical illustrations on 124 online audio tracks *Online Audio Includes: 24 tracks featuring excerpts from recordings of the author performing with the virtuosic fiddler Alan Jabbour, to whom the book is dedicated.

The Great American Banjo Songbook
The Great American Banjo Songbook

Author: Alan Munde

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2017-07-01

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1540002632

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

(Banjo). Explore the repertoire of the Great American Songbook with this 70-song colletion, masterfully arranged by Alan Munde and Beth Mead-Sullivan for 3-finger, Scruggs-style 5-string banjo. Rhythm tab, right hand fingerings and chord diagrams are included for each of these beloved melodies. Songs include: Ain't She Sweet * Blue Skies * Cheek to Cheek * Home on the Range * Honeysuckle Rose * It Had to Be You * Little Rock Getaway * Over the Rainbow * Sweet Georgia Brown * and more.

Back-Up Banjo
Back-Up Banjo

Author: JANET DAVIS

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2011-01-13

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 161065871X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

With its wealth of information on how technique can be tastefully applied, Back-Up Banjo is the definitive book on the subject of banjo accompaniment. Since a banjo player in a band plays accompaniment at least 75% of the time, it is extremely important to master playing in this style. Janet Davis offers specific suggestions for accompanying a vocalist or instrumentalist in a variety of styles- and then provides musical examples illustrating her points. Janet breaks her concepts down into their basic components, making them crystal clear in lay terms. the various back-up techniques are separated into categories determined by song tempo, by lead instrument being accompanied, and by the area of the fingerboard in which the chords are being played. In notation and tablature.This set includes a companion 2-CD set which demonstrates the examples in the book.

Melodic Banjo
Melodic Banjo

Author: Tony Trischka

Publisher: Oak Publications

Published: 2005-03-17

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1783235047

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Tony Trischka presents his groundbreaking guide to the melodic (chromatic) Banjo style, made famous by the great Bill Keith. The technique allows the Banjo player to create complex note-for-note renditions of Bluegrass fiddle tunes, as well as ornamenting solos with melodic fragments and motives. Along with a full step-by-step guide to developing the skills of the melodic style, this book also featuresBill Keith's personal explanation of how he developed his formidable technique, in his own words and music.37 tunes in tablature, including a section of fiddle tunes.Interviews with the stars of te melodic style including Bobby Thompson, Eric Weissberg, Ben Eldridge and Alan Munde.

School of Banjo: Bluegrass Melodic Style
School of Banjo: Bluegrass Melodic Style

Author: Janet Davis

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2015-09-24

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 1610659562

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The melodic style is a beautiful three finger picking style which can be traced to the early 1900's and became a fully accepted style for playing the five-string banjo in the 1960's, and is today an integral part of the three-finger style of many banjo players at all playing levels. Plus, the songs arranged in this style are easy and fun to learn. Although the melodic style may sound impossible with all of those notes coming from it, surprisingly you will find that it is not that difficult to learn and no previous musical knowledge is needed. This course covers the melodic style from the very basics of this picking style to the advanced techniques and provides many fun to play and well-known songs arranged in the three-finger melodic style for upper level beginning players through advanced level players.

Ragtime Banjo For Tenor or Plectrum Banjo
Ragtime Banjo For Tenor or Plectrum Banjo

Author: Mel Bay

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2010-10-07

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1609746694

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Ragtime music has a character all its own. While it lends itself ideally to a variety of settings and moods, it always maintains its unique joyful feeling. the banjo is an instrument ideally suited for ragtime. the bright crisp banjo sound truly adds a new dimension to the ragtime feeling. Mel Bay and Roy Smeck have teamed together in arranging a variety of Scott Joplin and some original rags. All of the music contained herein can be played by tenor, plectrum, or 5-string banjo. It is with great pleasure that we present the joyful sound of Ragtime Banjo! Standard notation only.