Bluegrass Jamming on Banjo
Title | Bluegrass Jamming on Banjo PDF eBook |
Author | Wayne Erbsen |
Publisher | Native Ground Music |
Total Pages | 112 |
Release | 2013-01-06 |
Genre | Banjo |
ISBN | 9781883206659 |
Bluegrass Jamming on Banjo teaches the tips, tools, tricks and tunes to jam in bluegrass style. Its simple and fun method shows you how to play and improvise on 31 bluegrass jam standards, what to do at your first jam and how to make the tunes your own. You'll learn to make up your own licks and fills while you march fearlessly into your first jam with your banjo blazing away (well almost). This FUN book is fully illustrated with almost 200 vintage photos, 112 pages, spiral binding, 9 x 12." Includes an audio instructional CD with a whopping 197 MP3 tracks to play on your computer.
Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus!
Title | Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus! PDF eBook |
Author | Wayne Erbsen |
Publisher | Native Ground Books & Music |
Total Pages | 131 |
Release | 2014-05-26 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1883206677 |
Beginning banjo lessons have never been more fun! Written for the absolute beginner, this FUN book is guaranteed to help you learn to play bluegrass banjo (How many books come with a personal guarantee by the author?). · Teaches the plain, naked melody to 23 easy bluegrass favorites without the rolls already incorporated into the tune. · Wayne shows simple ways to embellish each melody using easy rolls. · With Wayne’s unique method, you’ll learn to think for yourself! · Learn how to play a song in different ways, rather than memorizing ONE way. · Includes a link to download 99 instructional audio tracks off our website! You WILL learn to play: Bile ‘Em Cabbage Down, Blue Ridge Mountain Blues, Columbus Stockade Blues, Down the Road, Groundhog, Little Maggie, Long Journey Home, Lynchburg Town, Man of Constant Sorrow, My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains, Nine Pound Hammer, Palms of Victory, Pass Me Not, Poor Ellen Smith, Pretty Polly, Put My Little Shoes Away, Red River Valley, Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms, Shall We Gather at the River, Wabash Cannonball, When I Lay My Burden Down, When the Saints Go Marching In.
Banjo Camp!
Title | Banjo Camp! PDF eBook |
Author | Zhenya Gene Senyak |
Publisher | Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | 156 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9781600592829 |
Uses the concept of a "virtual camp we call Blue Mountain Banjo Camp (BMBC), run by an invented camp director ... situated in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalachian Range,"--P. 8. Provides imaginative "interviews, workshops, and campfire conversations with Bob Altschuler, Bobby Anderson, Bob Carlin, Janet Davis, Wayne Erbsen, John Herrmann, Geoff Hohwald, David Holt, Adam Hurt, Steve Kaufman, Bill Keith, Brad Leftwich, James McKinney, Alan Munde, Ken Perlman, Pete Seeger, Rich Stillman, Tony Trischka, Pete Wernick, Todd Wright, and more."-- p.9.
Bluegrass Banjo
Title | Bluegrass Banjo PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Wernick |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation |
Total Pages | 156 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Music |
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"A complete guide to three-finger bluegrass-styles. Basic right hand patterns through many advanced techniques. Information on how to buy a banjo, and playing in groups. Includes an annotated discography."--Cover.
Bluegrass Jamming on Fiddle
Title | Bluegrass Jamming on Fiddle PDF eBook |
Author | Wayne Erbsen |
Publisher | Native Ground Music |
Total Pages | 96 |
Release | 2012-02-14 |
Genre | Bluegrass music |
ISBN | 9781883206635 |
Bluegrass Jamming on Fiddle will teach the tools, tricks and tunes to jam in bluegrass style. It covers: 31 bluegrass jam standards, how to jam with others, how to improvise and make up your own tasteful licks and fills, almost painless music theory, how to play harmony, how to transpose and play in different keys, and everything you'll need to march fearlessly into your next jam or picking session! This FUN book is fully illustrated with almost 200 vintage photos. Coming soon: Bluegrass Jamming on Banjo (available Winter, 2012) and Bluegrass Jamming on Guitar (available Spring, 2013). All the books in the series are 96 pages, 9" x 12" and teach the same 31 tunes. Each book includes an audio instructional CD.
A Bass Player's Guide to Jamming
Title | A Bass Player's Guide to Jamming PDF eBook |
Author | CARL YAFFEY |
Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
Total Pages | 28 |
Release | 2011-01-04 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1610653459 |
This book presents everything a beginning or intermediate bass player needs to know to participate in a jam session. There are sections that describe the anatomy of a jam session, jam session etiquette and chords and keys for jamming. A play-along CD is included with 9 typical bluegrass jam tunes. the tunes are played twice: once with the tune played on the left channel and a verbal description on the right channel and once in stereo. Joining a jam session can be intimidating. This book presents everything a beginning or intermediate upright or electric bass player needs to know to participate in a jam session. There are sections that describe how jam sessions work, and jam session etiquette. the book also describes the typical chords and keys for jamming and describes typical bluegrass rhythm. A section is included on the role each instrument plays in bluegrass rhythm. A play-along CD is included with 9 typical bluegrass jam tunes. the tunes are played twice: once with the tune played on the left channel and a verbal description on the right channel and once in stereo.
The Banjo Encyclopedia
Title | The Banjo Encyclopedia PDF eBook |
Author | ROSS NICKERSON |
Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
Total Pages | 241 |
Release | 2015-06-29 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1610657659 |
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 downloadable audio with 99-track 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 audio download available online includes anadvanced 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. Includes access to onlineaudio