Clawhammer Style Banjo
Clawhammer Style Banjo

Author: Ken Perlman

Publisher: Centerstream Publications

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780931759338

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(Banjo). A complete guide for beginning and advanced banjo players! From Ken Perlman, here is a brilliant teaching guide that is destined to become the handbook on how to play the banjo. The style is easy to learn, and covers the instruction itself, basic right and left-hand positions, simple chords, and fundamental clawhammer techniques; the brush, the 'bumm-titty' strum, pull-offs, and slides. For the advanced player, there is instruction on more complicated picking, double thumbing, quick slides, fretted pull-offs, harmonics, improvisation, and more. The book includes more than 40 fun-to-play banjo tunes.

Clawhammer Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus!
Clawhammer Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus!

Author: Wayne Erbsen

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2004-08

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781883206437

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Finally, clawhammer banjo instruction that is for 100% beginners! Originally written in 1973, this book has taught more people to play clawhammer banjo than any other book. This brand new 40th Anniversary Edition is newly updated and improved, complete with spiral binding. It contains the same friendly, clear and simple instruction as the original book, and it will teach you to play 31 old-time classics from the ground up. You will learn to play: Buffalo Gals, Cluck Old Hen, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cripple Creek, The Cuckoo, Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase, Darlin' Cory, Down in the Willow Gardens, East Virginia, Groundhog, Handsome Molly, Little Birdie, Little Sadie, Lynchburg Town, Muley's Daughter, New River Train, Old Holly Hare, Old Blue, Old Joe Clark, Polly Put the Kettle On, Poor Wayfaring Stranger, Rain and Snow, Red Rocking Chair, Shady Grove, Shortening Bread, Sugar Hill, Swannanoa Tunnel, Sweet Sunny South, Wild Bill Jones.

Wade Ward Clawhammer Banjo Master
Wade Ward Clawhammer Banjo Master

Author: Bob Carlin

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2016-04-26

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 1619110083

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Wade Ward Clawhammer Banjo Master is a collection of clawhammer banjo tablature as played by Wade Ward, with modern interpretations by Bob Carlin and Dan Levenson. This book is the second in a series of transcriptions of tunes from the old masters-in this case, Wade Ward-who gave definition to our style of old time clawhammer banjo playing. the repertoire, presented in tablature, is intended to be a starting point for your journey through the old time music world. As such, each piece is presented in multiple arrangements, but on the page and on the accompanying audio CD. the recordings are for the most part played at a learning tempo and are close to the written notation but not exact in all cases.

Clawhammer Banjo
Clawhammer Banjo

Author: Miles Krassen

Publisher: Banjo

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13:

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(Music Sales America). Traditional Appalachian banjo tunes in tablature based on the music of Wade Ward, Fred Cockerham, Henry Reed and others. With tunings and all basic right and left hand techniques: drop-thumbing, the Galax lick, pull-offs, slide & plucking.

Bob Dylan for Clawhammer Banjo
Bob Dylan for Clawhammer Banjo

Author: Bob Dylan

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2018-07-01

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 1495061809

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(Banjo). 14 Dylan classics arranged specifically for clawhammer banjo, including: All Along the Watchtower * Blowin' in the Wind * Don't Think Twice, It's All Right * Hurricane * It Ain't Me Babe * Knockin' on Heaven's Door * Lay Lady Lay * Like a Rolling Stone * Mr. Tambourine Man * Positively 4th Street * Shelter from the Storm * Tangled up in Blue * The Times They Are A-Changin' * You Ain't Goin' Nowhere.

Melodic clawhammer banjo
Melodic clawhammer banjo

Author: Ken Perlman

Publisher: Centerstream Pub

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781574242027

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(Banjo). Ken 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.

A Hot-bed of Musicians
A Hot-bed of Musicians

Author: Paula Hathaway Anderson-Green

Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9781572331808

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Anderson-Green (English, Kennesaw State U.) tells the stories of several legendary performers and instrument makers from the Upper New River Valley-Whitetop Mountain region. With a focus on performers from Alleghany and Ashe Counties in North Carolina and Carroll and Grayson Counties in Virginia, she reveals how they started to bring the music of Appalachia to a wider audience well before the emergence of Nashville as a country music center, and she relates the experiences and values behind the practice of this musical heritage. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Red River Blues
Red River Blues

Author: Bruce Bastin

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780252065217

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This story of the origins and evolution of the American blues tradition draws on oral history interviews and research into neglected primary sources. Book jacket.

Fiddle From Scratch: An Un-Shuffled Guide for the Bowless!
Fiddle From Scratch: An Un-Shuffled Guide for the Bowless!

Author: Dan Levenson

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2016-07-28

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1619113708

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This book and accompanying audio are an excellent introduction to the fiddle andold-time music. The lessons are designed to help the reader develop a solidfoundation on the instrument. The book employs a practical teaching style, rather than traditional methods and conventions. A brief history of the fiddle is presented first, followed by a visual overview of the instrument, basic technique and playing style. Twelve jam session tunes are included, along with a commentary on jam session etiquette and an extensive discography of suggested recordings. Theaudio includes slow and up-to-speed versions of all the exercises and tunes. Includes access to extensive online audio