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Instructional Books and Recordings

This page updated 06/30/08

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	Gospel Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo by Dan Levenson Thirty popular Old Time Gosple tunes arranged for beginner to intermediate clawhammer players. Corresponds with *Old Time Gospel Banjo Solos* by Jack Hatfield, a bluegrass version with fmost of the same tunes. Selections: Amazing Grace, Angel Band, Are You Washed in the Bood, Childern Go Where I Send Thee, Crying Holy Unto the Lord, Drifting TRoo far From Shore, Fartther Along, Get on Board, Little Children, Great Spekled Bird, Hand Me Down My Walking Cane, He's Got the Whole World In His Hands, Holy, Holy, Holy, I Am a Pilgrim, In the Garden, In the Sweet Bye and Bye, Joy to the World, Just a Closer Walk With Thee, Keep On the Sunny Side, Life is Like a Mountain. Railroad, The Old Rugged Cross, Old Time Religion, Rock of Ages, Shall We Gather at the River, Sweet Hour of Prayer, What A Friend We Hhave in Jesus, Where the Soul of Man Never Dies, Will the Circle be Unbroken. Includes demo CD. List: 17.95 HM: 15.00 plus 2.00 P&H Add to Cart
	Easiest Banjo Tunes for Children by Larry McCabe - This book is for beginning and early intermediate banjo players. No prior playing experience or note reading ability is required. Emphasis is on compact banjo standards that are easy and fun to play. While writing the arrangements, the author has considered the small hands of children. There are no stretches that present inordinate technical difficulties. Every song in the book is included on the companion CD. The tunes are recorded at a moderate speed and include count-off notes and rhythm guitar accompaniment. List: $14.95 HM price: $13.00 plus 2.00 P&H Add to Cart
	Getting Into Bluegrass Banjo book and CD by Alan Munde is the accumulation of successful teaching concepts developed in his 40 plus years as a professional bluegrass musician and teacher. Munde presents a straight-forward and well-founded course of bluegrass banjo essentials. Designed for those who have never played a stringed instrument to those taking up bluegrass banjo as a second instrument. Getting Started - Covers the parts of the banjo, hand positions, first picking patterns, pull-offs, hammer-ons, slides, exercise songs, ending with the professional sounding “Levelland Mountain Breakdown.”Review of Rolls, New rolls, and combinations of Rolls, with Examples – Offers the most used rolls in bluegrass banjo playing with often-played examples of each. The player learns many of the licks used in the style with an example of how to combine them to make a solo. Roll Logic – How to place a melody into the several different roll patterns. Tools and Techniques – Helps develop left hand techniques through the use of intervals of thirds and sixths. Creating Solos to Songs – At the heart of the book is this revealing section with many examples of how to create many, many solos to the song Jesse James. Songs – Ground Hog, Wildwood Flower (two versions), Nine Pound Hammer, Worried Man Blues, Lost All My Money, Old Country Church, Kneel at the Cross, and Train 45. List: $17.95 HM: 15.00 plus$2.00 P&H. Add To Cart
	Up The Neck by Janet Davis 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, 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.List: $24.95 HM $22.00 plus $3.00 P&H (note - DVD also availabvle, click on "videos and DVD's" link below).Add To Cart
	Parking Lot Picker's Songbook by Bill Evans and Dix Bruce. A HUGE bluegrass word book (304 pages!) with lyrics, musical notation and simple banjo/guitar tab of the basic melody (NOT banjo arrangements with rolls and fill notes, just the basic melody as sung). Includes 225 songs, way too many to list here! A great value. Includes two-CD demo recording. List $29.95 HM: $28.00 plus $4.00 P&H.Add to Cart
	Introduction to Bluegrass Banjo by Eddie Collins This book by acclaimed teacher/author/recording artist Eddie Collins is designed to aid the novice attempting to learn the five-string banjo using 3 finger (bluegrass) style. Includes solos and backup. Two compact disc demo recordings included. Songs: Boil Them Cabbage, Camptown Races, Oh! Suzanna, Yankee Doodle, Annoying Banjos, Banjos and Gourds, Long Journery Home, Old Joe Clark, Bury me Beneath the Willow, Circle be Unbroken, Blackberry Blossom, 5-Strign Boogie, Train '45,. Devil's Dream, Red haired Boy, Cumberlnd Gap, Sally Goodin', Golden Slippers, Red River Valley. List: 22.95 HM: $21.00 plus 3.00 P&H. Add to Cart
	The Art of Tap Tuning by Roger Siminoff. The theory and practice of tuning a sound chamber to create the optimum tone and volume with fewest overtones. Not specificlly a banjo book, but useful for all acoustic instrument owners and especially "tinkerers". Written by the world's foremost expert on building acoustic instruments. List: $34.95 HM: $32.00 plus 2.00 P&H Add to Cart
	Banjo For Dummies by Bill Evans. Ths is truly a masterpiece publication from the respected publishing company that educates novices in practically all imaginable topics and endeavors. Banjo For Dummies was authored by Bill Evans who is one of the most highly respected banjo educators and professional players in the world. Banjo For Dummies contains all the information your instruction manuals and teaches DON'T tell you, things most of the old timers have learned from trial and error and years of experience. From getting an overview of different styles to how to choose a banjo and accessories to performing basic right and left hand techniues to doing setups and maintence, this is a MUST HAVE book for any novice or intermediate player, and should be required reading assigned by all banjo teachers. Huge at 330 pages but very concise, the amount of information is staggering! Includes demo CD. Wiley Publications List $24.99 HM: $22.00 plus 3.00 P&H Add to Cart
	Alan Munde - Solo Banjo A great collection of arrangements by one of the foremost players and teaches in the world of Bluegrass Banjo. Includes a nice balance of traditional tunes, and Munde originals, and many of Alan's classic recordings. with Jimmy Martin and Country Gazette. Intermediate to Advanced level. Demo CD included. Selections: Old Joe Clark, Fred's Frolic, Red Wing, Old Spinning Wheel, Seeing Nellie Home, Liza Jane, Lonesome Road Blues, Peaches and Cream, The Prisoner's Song,. Grandfather's Clock, Titanic, John Henry, The French Broad (River Song), Pavan for a Dead Horse. Mel Bay Publications. List: $16.95 HM price: $14.00 plus 2.00 P&H Add to Cart
	Banjo Picking- A Complete Method by Peter W. Pardee Beginner to Intermediate level. Banjo Picking is the ultimate banjo method to develop tone, timing and rock solid rhythm for the picking hand, thorough in scope from the beginning level to the challenges of "extreme banjo". With lots of exercises, tunes, photos and helpful text, tools for learning bluegrass, classical, jazz, folk, urban classic fingerstyle or other music, no finger picking banjoist should be without it. The CD can equip banjoists with all they need to develop skills, repertoire and confidence. 125 pages wire spiral bound. Mel Bay Publications.cat # 20743BCD List $24.95 HM price: $22.00 plus 3.00 P&H Add to Cart
	Old Time Festival Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo by Dan Levenson - A huge book (248 pages!) of 117 tunes for old time banjo players. Features selections most played at festivals and old time jams sessions fron beginner to advanced level. Each tune features basic melody line "as sung" in musical notation, then a basic melody in tablature for beginners or to "frame" the tune, followed by an embellished banjo arrangement melody complete with ornamentations such as pull-offs, hammer-ons. and slides, also in banjo tablature. Includes two demonstration CD's. List: $29.95 HM price: $26.00 plus $4.00 P&H. Mel Bay Publications Add to Cart
	Basics of Bluegrass Banjo by Eddie Collins is a comprehensive “start from scratch” instruction method, which will have you playing bluegrass banjo without any prior music experience. The useful tips and secrets should prove beneficial to both novice and experienced pickers. The lessons have been developed through Eddie’s 20 years of teaching and have proven successful with learners of all backgrounds. For the average learner, this book represents about two years' worth of lessons. BBB is 108 pages and comes with two instructional CDs – one plays every example in the book; the second is 32 songs performed by a bluegrass band with the banjo parts separated on the right channel.Selections: Several of the songs in the book are accompanied by a complete set of lyrics. Others have only the lyrics to a single verse or chorus. Click on a song title from the following list to view the complete lyrics for that song. 5-String Blues, 5-String Boogie, Amazing Grace, Annoying Banjos, Banjos And Gourds, Banks Of The Ohio, Bill Cheatham, Blackberry Blossom, Boil 'Em Cabbage Down, Bury Me Beneath The Willow, Camptown Races, Circle Be Unbroken, Cripple Creek , Cumberland Gap, Devil's Dream, Down In The Willow Garden , Golden Slippers, Golden Wings, Great Speckled Bird, In The Pines, Little Maggie, Long Journey Home, Mountain Dew, New River Train, Nobody's Darling, Oh! Susanna, Red Haired Boy, Red River Valley, Sally Goodin', Salty Dog, Simple Song, Train 45, When The Saints Go Marching In, When You And I Were Young, Maggie, Yankee Doodle. List: 24.95 HM: $22.00 plus 3.00 P&H Add to Cart
	Beyond the Basics of Bluegrass Banjo by Eddie Collins Picks-up where Basics of Bluegrass Banjo left off, with about another three years' worth of lessons. The material is intended to help you become a complete player – one who knows the entire neck and can perform solos and back-up in a variety of keys without a capo. Scruggs, Melodic and Single-String styles are used interchangeably. There are extensive sections in regards to creating your own solos, improvising and understanding music theory as it relates to the banjo. BBBB is 112 pages and comes with two instructional CDs – one plays every example in the book, the second is 26 songs performed by a bluegrass band with the banjo parts clearly separated in the mix.Banjo Selections; Happy Blues, Battle Hymn Of The Republic, Beaumont Rag, Bill Cheatham, Blues In E, Ed's Cabbage, Dark Hollow, Flop Eared Mule, Going Down That Road Feeling Bad, Haystack Rag, I Don't Love Nobody, John Hardy, June Apple, Knoxville Girl, Maple Leaf Rag, Meet Me In The Moonlight, Nine Pound Hammer, Oakdale At Midnight, Old Joe Clark, Old Time Religion, Red Haired Boy, Sailor's Hornpipe, Sally Goodin', Shelton's Connection, Sitting On Top Of The World, Shucking The Blues, Turkey In The Straw, Whiskey Before Breakfast. List: 24.95 HM: $22.00 plus 3.00 P&H Add to Cart
	BANJO TAB FROM BELA FLECK'S "DRIVE" ALBUM Tablature transcribed by Bela himself! Selections:Whitewater, Slipstream, Up Around The Bend, Natchez Trace, See Rock City, The Legend, The Lights of Home, Down in the Swamp, Sanctuary, The Open Road, Crucial County Breakdown. Homespun Tapes.Book only, does not include CD. List: $12.95 HM: $10.00 plus 1.00 P&H Add To Cart
	The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From the Acoustic Planet Vol. Two - tab book by Bela Fleck. The official banjo transcriptions to the songs on Béla's sensational new CD. Learning to play these amazing solos will bring anyone's banjo skills to a whole new level. Includes: Blue Mountain Hop • Buffalo Nickel • When Joy Kills Sorrow • Spanish Point • Polka on the Banjo • Clarinet Polka • The Over Grown Waltz • Ode to Earl • Home Sweet Home • Valley of the Rogue • Plunky's Lament • Maura on a Bicycle • Stout and Molasses • Way Back When • Dark Circles • Old Jellico • Puddle Jumper • Dead Man's Hill • Katmandu • Do You Have Room? • Major Honker.54 pages. 60-Pages. Book only, does not include CD. List: $16.95 HM $15.00 plus 1.00 P&H Add to Cart

Revised and Enhanced Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo book

Originally published in 1968. The Hal Leonard editorial team worked directly with the Scruggs family to completely renovate the method with additional information, updated lessons, more songs, new engravings, a new cover, and many other added features.
Hal Leonard's new Revised and Enhanced Edition of Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo includes: a history of the instrument; tuning the banjo; instruction on how to read music and tablature; right-hand rolls and left-hand techniques; exercises on chords and picking; information on Scruggs Tuners and how to make them; how to build a banjo; autobiographical notes; and much more. The book teaches over 40 songs in great detail, and the companion CD features Earl Scruggs himself playing and explaining over 60 examples.

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The long-awaited Hal Leonard's Revised and Enhanced Earl Scruggs and the Five-String Banjo is now available, Finally, now with demo CD. A sample of the tab from the appears to the right. The tab is very clear and precise, indicating chord formations in problem spots and even indicating such nuances as how much to choke a sting...whether it is a full tone choke or a half tone choke, and whether the string is already choked before it is picked (called in the book a "pre-choke)".Other musical symbols such as fermatas are used. Fingering tips are sometiems added and repeated finger sequences are sometimes bracketed (see tab example at right). The musical notation from the first edition is left out, a welcome change since nobody paid any attention to it anyway ( aince rolls and banjo licks create a graphic shape on the page, tablature is much prefferred to musical notation). Another big plus: Many songs that were not in the original version. New songs include: American Made, World Played, Bleeker Street Rag, Broad River, Carolina Boogie, Instrumantal in D Minor, Loraderojost III Breakdown, Pedal to the Metal, Pretty Polly, Roller Coaster, Silver Eagle, Station Break, String Bender, Train Number Forty Five (!) and Pickalong. Another improvement is the section on the number system, (called here the "Nashville" number system, but actually believed to have been conceived in ancient Egypt). There is a better section on "D-Tuners" that desctibes not only the outdated cam-style tuners, but also the precision macined mechanical tuners popular today (they show SCHALLER tuners in the photo, not KEITH! hmmm...).The demo recording is available on CD for the first time, a welcome aspect because it is easy to access a particular exercise or song with a remote control. Unfortyunately, The CD is unchanged from the cassette tape or vinyl record of the original edition and does nto include any of the new material.

Many tunes are more complete. For example, Foggy Mountain Breakdown now shows all 95 measures Earl recorded in the original session, as opposed to the original edition's 32 measures. Tab corrections known about for years have been made, but since there is a wealth of new tab and ALL the old tab has been re-set, do not be surprised if there are new errors to be found by Earlheads in the months and years to come. It is almost impossible to typeset, proof read and correct this much tab without a few glitches.

There are a few other minor faults. One thing that is rather disappointing is that rather than convey the tab in the universally accepted 4/4 time, Hal Leonard chose to stick with 2/4 time. Though this is actually more "correct" in formal musical terms, it makes the tab somewhat cluttered, introducing sixteenth notes and even thirty-second notes where pull-offs and hammer-ons occur. Anybody who has read tab before can quickly figure it out though. Another unnecesary holdover from the old edition is the section on building a banjo. Though interesting, the methods used are long since outdated. With Gibson-style hardware, kits and and wood parts readily available in various stages of completion, the directions shown in Earl's book are not only labor-intensive, they also will produce a banjo which is less in overall quality than the widely - popular Gibson design most people use as a model today. Another complaint form customers is that although the book is available by itself, the CD is not availabe as a seperate item.

One should not take these criticisms too seriously, though. The pros FAR outweigh the cons.What really matters is Earl's music, and there is tons of it here. This is an important and yes, necessary book for the collection of any bluegrass banjo player at any level.

Jack Hatfield

Books written or published by Jack Hatfield:

BLUEGRASS BANJO METHOD

Magazine Reviews:

"Bluegrass Banjo Method . . . is the best graduated approach to banjo currently on the market. Hatfield takes pains to explain everything in close detail . . . "Do I recommend this text? Yes, it is clear, exact and accurate." - Wayne Shrubsall, Banjo Newsletter magazine."Students who follow along through Hatfield's step-by-step progression will end up with a mastery of basic roll patterns and other essentials of bluegrass banjo vocabulary. They will also come away with a solid foothold in the bluegrass repertoire." - Jim Halto, Frets magazine."This book is designed to teach the beginner the basics of Scruggs style banjo. It is more capable of doing that than any other manual I can think of, possibly including Earl Scruggs and the Five-String Banjo. " - Fred Geiger, Bluegrass Unlimited magazine."Bluegrass Banjo Method . . . is recommended as the best available method for those students who are in the market for a step-by-step approach." - Bill Evans, Bluegrass Now! magazine."Bluegrass Banjo Method, Book Two takes up where Book One leaves off, and does it very well... Hatfield's instruction is first-rate...this is the book for the intermediate...At a cost of $22.00, the manual and tape are a steal." -Wayne Shrubsall, Banjo Newsletter Magazine.

SPECIAL FEATURES: Extremely Graduated Approach - only one new idea introduced per lesson. Each lesson builds on the information presented in previous lessons. Boldface Melody Notes - Shows which notes to emphasize, making the melody obvious. Conceptual Approach - Teaches structure of banjo style so the student can begin to arrange his own tunes and learn by ear at an earlier stage. Cassette /CD- Songs and exercises played slow, then at performing speed. Banjo and rhythm instruments on seperate channels, so you can eliminate the banjo and play along with the band when ready. Helps timing, improvisation skills, and prepares the student to play with others sooner.

BLUEGRASS BANJO METHOD, BOOK ONE (Beginner level) by Jack Hatfield - Proper hand position, tuning, reading tablature, counting time, basic rolls, first-position chords, left-hand techniques, endings.- Twenty-six songs including: Banks of the Ohio, Boil Them Cabgage, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Coming 'Round the Mountain, Cripple Creek, D Banjo Boogie, Down Yonder, Good Night Ladies, Handsome Molly, Home, Sweet Home, John Hardy, John Henry, Little Maggie, Make Me a Pallet, Mountain Dew, My Old Kentucky Home, Old Joe Clark, Old-Tme Religion, Rocky Top, Sail Away Ladies, Sourwood Mountain, Tom Dooley, Whoa, Mule, Whoa, Train '45, Two-Dollar Bill, Wil The Circle be Unbroken.

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BLUEGRASS BANJO METHOD, BOOK TWO (Intermediate level) by Jack Hatfield - Playing in 3/4 time, playing up-the-neck, playing in different keys. Teaches a system for learning the fingerboard, allowing you to instantly find any major, minor, or seventh chord anywhere on the neck. Exciting upper neck arrangements of songs from Book One. Thirty songs including: All The Good Times Are Past & Gone, Amazing Grace, Banks of the Ohio, Black Mt. Rag, Battle Hymn, Bill Cheatham, Bugle Call, Cumberland Gap, I Don't Love Nobody, In The Pines, John Hardy, Ky. Mandolin, Little Maggie, Lonesome Road Blues, Make me a Pallet, More Pretty Girls, Reuben, Sweet Baby's Arms, Sail Away Ladies, Sally Goodin', Salty Dog, Salt Creek, Sittin' On Top of the World, Soldier's Joy, Train '45, Under the Double Eagle, Wildwood Flower.

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YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF© BANJO BY EAR by Jack Hatfield. A great book to follow up Bluegrass Banjo method series (above). For the banjoist who is tired of memorizing and is ready to start arranging his own songs by ear, play in jam sessions, and instantly create a basic roll backup to any song. Shows how to: figure out a progression by ear, "fake" a solo, expand the faked solo into a melody-oriented solo, and finally, add "hot licks" to the melody oriented solo for embellishment, or create an improvised solo using licks. The C.D. has ear training, twelve sample progressions, and guides you through step-by-step procedure. 120 pages. Mel Bay Publications. Mr. Hatfield, I thought you might appreciate some positive feedback on the book you put out regarding learning to play the banjo by ear. It changed my approach to banjo and to my appreciation of the instrument. Since I started working with the book's clear, concise and orderly instruction, I've written 35 different versions of several of my favorite bluegrass songs in just four months....what an eye-opening experience your book has been. Thanks, again ... Charles Holderby

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YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF© MANDOLIN BY EAR

For the mandolinist who is tired of memorizing and is ready to start arranging his own songs by ear, play in jam sessions, and instantly create a basic solo to any vocal song. Shows how to: figure out a progression by ear, "fake" a solo, expand the faked solo into a melody-oriented solo, and finally, add "hot licks" to the melody oriented solo for embellishment, or create an improvised solo using licks. The C.D. has ear training, twelve sample progressions, and guides you through step-by-step procedure. 120 pages. Mel Bay Publications.

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OLD-TIME GOSPEL BANJO SOLOS by Jack Hatfield - Thirty-one gospel favorites, beginner to advanced arrangements, most with down-the-neck and up-the-neck solos. The accompanying C.D has all songs played by Jack Hatfield, and features rhythm on one channel, lead on the other, so you can play along with the band after you learn the solos.Lyrics provided in large, easy-to-read type. Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

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First Lessons Banjo

by Jack Hatfield Absolutely the easiest beginner manual on three-finger (bluegrass) banjo available. Very detailed explanations, many photos and only the very basic rolls and chords used. Many practice tips and instructions on how to practice. Caution marks at problem spots. Starts with single-note melodies (no rolls) and advances to arrangements using only Alternating Thumb and Forward rolls, using recognizable songs that are learned quickly because they are well known. Builds up to great banjo classics Cripple Creek and Cumberland Gap. Lyrics included for extra help with melody. Bold face melody notes. Even small children can understand this book. The CD has banjo and rhythm on seperate channels. All tunes played on CD not just two, but THREE different speeds: VERY slow, slow ,then meduim with rhythm. Includes: Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Tom Dooley, Good Night Ladies, Old Time Religion, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cumberland Gap, When The Saints Go Marching In, Cripple Creek. Mel Bay Publications. Book/CD set - only $8.00 plus $1.00 P&H Add to Cart

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HATFIELD BANJO Complied and edited by Ed Wing. This is a collection of twenty-one of Jack Hatfield's most popular and playable arrangements. Difficulty level ranges from beginner to advanced, with most of the arrangements falling in the intermediate category. All arrangements except one are in Scruggs style. This is an excellent supplement for Bluegrass Banjo Method, Book One (see below) or just a fun book for any banjoist who knows the basic fundamentals and is looking for some new tunes. All selections played slow and faster on accompanying CD. Includes: Two Dollar Bill, Comin' 'Round the Mountain, Bugle Call Rag, Salty Dog Blues, Eight More M iles to Louisville, Sourwood Mountain, Cindy, Soldier's Joy, Roanoke. Selections included that are not found in Bluegrass Banjo Method : Eight More Miles to Louisville, Life is Like a Mountain Railway, In the Sweet Bye and Bye, Rose of Old Kentucky, Cindy, Roanoke, Sittin' On Top of the World, Nine Pound Hammer, Dixie Breakdown, Lady of Spain, and features two Hatfield originals, Forty West and Dancer. Hatfield Music.

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Jack Hatfield's Gospel Collection

Twelve most-loved Old time Gospel songs, arranged for five string banjo, beginner to late intermediate level. Includesd slow-fast CD (banjo solo only, no rhythm instruments on CD). There is some duplication of titles with Hatfield's "Old Time Gospel Banjo Solos" published by Mel Bay (see below), so if you already ahve that book check songlist. selections include: Amazing Grace, Crying Holy, Farther Along, I'l Fly Away, I'm Using My Bible for a Roadmap, In The Sweet Bye and Bye, Life is Like a Mountain Railway, Rock of Ages, Uncloudy Day, What a Friend We Have in Jesus, When The Roll is Called up Yonder, Will The Circle Be Unbroken.

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Jack Hatfield's Christmas Collection

Twelve seasonal favorites, arranged for five string banjo, beginner to late intermediate level. Includesd slow-fast CD (banjo solo only, no rhythm instruments on CD).

Auld Lang Syne, Blue Christmas, Deck The Halls, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Jingle Bells, Joy to the World, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Clause is Coming to Town, Silent Night, We Three Kings, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, What Child is ThisWish You a Merry Christmas.

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Chords: Their Construction and Use

For The Five-String Banjo Player. Banjo Newsletter Concepts and Systems columns from January 1995 through July 1996. Goes from scales to simple triads to jazz chords, showing where they come from, how to identify them by ear and how to use them in arranging/composing. Includes tabs to chord scale tunes, not included in the original BNL articles: Dancer, Dixie Breakdown, Little Rock Getaway, Dewdrops, Sweet Georgia Brown, Blackberry Blossom. $10.00 plus 2.00 P&H Add to Cart

RHYTHM TRAX^TM Practice Recordings
by Jack Hatfield

Enjoy a backup band at your disposal any time - a band that is patient and untiring. Practice songs over and over, improve your timing, accuracy, speed, and improvising skills. Guitar, mandolin, and bass play solid accompaniment to ten standard bluegrass songs, slow speed and performing speed. Each recording coincides with one or more of the TUNES^TM books listed at right.

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Five Recordings available.

Song titles listed below.

Now available only from Hatfield Music on Compact Disk!

BANJO TUNES, VOL. 1 Add to Cart

BANJO TUNES, VOL. 2 Add to Cart

BANJO TUNES VOL 3 Add to CartNEW!

FIDDLE TUNES, VOL. 1 Add to Cart

FIDDLE TUNES, VOL. 2 Add to Cart

TUNES^TM BOOKS by Jack Hatfield $6.00 each plus .75 P&H

Banjo Tunes Vol. 1 Add to Cart
Banjo Tunes Vol. 2 (Scruggs transcripts) Add to Cart
Banjo Tunes Vol. 3 Add to CartNEW!
Fiddle Tunes for Fiddle, Vol. 1 Add to Cart
Fiddle Tunes for Fiddle, Vol. 2 Add to Cart
Fiddle Tunes for Banjo, Vol. 1 Add to Cart
Fiddle Tunes for Banjo, Vol. 2 Add to Cart
Fiddle Tunes for Mandolin, Vol. 1 Add to Cart
Fiddle Tunes for Mandolin, Vol. 2 Add to Cart
Fiddle Tunes for Guitar, Vol. 1 Add to Cart
Fiddle Tunes for Guitar, Vol. 2 Add to Cart

SEE LISTS of TUNES BELOW

Tune list
RHYTHM TRAX^TM PRACTICE RECORDINGS and corresponding TUNES^TM BOOKS

Banjo Tunes, Vol. 1
Boil Them Cabbage
Comin' Round the Mt.
Cripple Creek
Cumberland Gap
Fireball Mail
Lonesome Road Blues
Old Joe Clark
Sourwood Mountain
Tom Dooley
Train '45'

Banjo Tunes, Vol.2
(Note-for-note Earl Scruggs transcriptions, as recorded. Only four tunes, but three times the music as other Tunes© books because the entire recorded solos are included.

Bugle Call Rag
Foggy Mountain
Breakdown
Dear Old Dixie
Shucking The Corn

Banjo Tunes, Vol 3
Six advanced classics all banjo players should know!

Clinch Mtn. Backstep
Dixie Breakdown
Dueling Banjos
Foggy Mt. Special
Follow The Leader
Theme Time

Fiddle Tunes, Vol 1
Black Mountan Rag
Cotton-Eyed Joe
Devil's Dream
Faded Love
Liberty
Old Joe Clark
Ragtime Annie
Sally Goodin'
Salt Creek
Soldier's Joy

Fiddle Tunes, Vol 2
Arkansas Traveler
Bill Cheatham
Billy in the Lowground
Down Yonder
Eighth of January
Fire on the Mountain
Golden Slippers
Red-Haired Boy
Turkey in the Straw
Whiskey Before Breakfast

Theory books published by Jack Hatfield

ADVANCED STUDIES IN FIVE-STRING BANJO

by A.B. King - A spiral bound photocopy version of Andy King's handwritten manuscript. This labor of love is based on studies of classical banjo technique and jazz theory. Includes exercises and arrangements using advanced techniques players like Bela Fleck, Tony Furtado, and Tony Trischka are currently using. Many exercises and chord diagrams for jazz chords, scales, modes, chord scales, fingerboard patterns, techniques such as single string technique using, all three fingers on all four strings, single-string tremolo, chord tremolo, and more. Notation and tablature. Tunes include closed-position 'three fingers on all strings', arrangements of Arkansas Traveler, 'A' Train, Old Black Joe, Flight of the Bumblebee, Satin Doll, Three-Finger Breakdown, plus tremolo arrangements of Abide With Me, Amazing Grace, Tennessee Waltz, Spanish Eyes, Wednesday Night Waltz. Available only from Hatfield Music. Book only available, no CD.

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THE MOST VALUABLE BOOK ON THIS WEBSITE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE "WHY'S" OF CHORDS AND PROGRESSIONS AND TAKE THE NEXT STEP AFTER PLAYING ONLY FROM TAB OR SHEET MUSIC!

HOW TO PLAY by EAR - a Guide for Musicians, Songwriters, & Composers

by Jack Hatfield - Get out of the rut of learning by rote or playing strictly from notation or tab. Teaches basic music theory to those who have had no formal music instruction. Not strictly a banjo book - For all musicians and all instruments. Includes: number system, scale & chord construction, chord progression logic, probabilities and educated guessing. Explains and SHOWS via demo tape what to listen for, and why. Ear training cassette, actually trains your ear to hear intervals, chord types, and common chord movement. All without ANY musical notation or tablature.

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MASTERS OF THE FIVE STRING BANJO by Tony Trischka and Pete Wernick. Acutab Publications. The most comprehensive book ever written on the great banjoists, in their own words. Interviews with Earl Scruggs and Bill Monroe give insights to the role of the banjo in bluegrass music. Find out how your favorite pro wears his picks, how he approaches practice, how he sets up his banjo, and dozens of other topics including picking techniques, biographies, antecdotes, accurate tab transcriptions. Overview of sixty-eight top playes and in depth interviews with the top twenty! Features setup comparison chart of top pros. At 413 pages and almost 200 photos, a great recource for years to come. New Acutab edition contains corrections and updates! DISCOUNTED PRICE: $55.00 plus $5.00 P&H Add to Cart

NEW Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus by Wayne Erbson Written in the same witty style as " A MANUAL on HOW TO PLAY THE BANJO for THE COMPLETE IGNORAMUS " which is a clawhammer book, (see below) Erbson has now released the Bluegrass version. This book can be understood by ANYBODY who devotes any time to practice at all. Uses pre-roll right hand patterns, getting the student prepared to use rolls. No slides, hammer-ons or pull-offs. An introduction to the four basic four note and eight note bluegrass rolls, and slides is actually the final chapter of this book. These rolls can then be substituted for the pre-roll patterns already learned in the songs. This is an excellent primer for Bluegrass Banjo Method, Book One by Jack Hatfield (see below). Tunes; Bile Them Cabbage, Blue Ridge Mt .Blues, Columbus Stockade Blues, Down The Road, Ground Hog, Long Journey Home (Two Dollar Bill), Lynchburg Town, Man of Constant Sorrow, My Home's Across the Blueridge Mts, 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. 64 pages. Book/ CDset $17.00 plus $2.00 P&H Add to Cart

A Banjo Player's Guide to Jamming by Carl Yaffey. Many important tips and techniques for those who have never played with others. CD includes songs played on one channel by the band and the banjo on the other channel so the student can adjust balance control and play along with the band. Includes lyrics. For late beginner-internmediate level players. Songs on CD: Hot Corn, Cold Corn, Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms, Nine Pound Hammer, John Henry, Two Little Boys, Columbus Stockade blues, Down The Road, Little Maggie, John Hardy. Mel Bay Publications, Inc. List; $14.95 HM price; $13.00 plus $2.00 P&H Add to Cart

NEW!! Great Picking Tunes for Banjo by Alan Munde. Playable, melody- oriented arrangements from one of the modern day masters who is also one of the world's best teachers. Tunes presented in both Scruggs style (vocal tunes) and melodic style (fiddle tunes) Late Beginner to Late Intermediate level. A great value with twenty-eight tunes in four different keys, (no capo!). Several tunes in D out of G tuning, no capo. Demo CD. Includes: Angeline the Baker, Arkansas Traveler, Bile Them Cabbage, Blackberry Blossom, Black Mt. Rag, Boston boy, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Cumberland Gap, East Tennessee Blues, Down Yonder, Eighth of January, Flop-Eared Mule, Georgia Boys, Goodbye Liza Jane, Home Sweet Home, Mississippi Sawyer, Little Maggie, Turkey in the Straw, The Old Spinning Wheel, Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet, Seeing Nellie Home, Redwing, Saint Anne's Reel, Old Joe Clark, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Wreck of the Old '97, John Hardy, John Henry. Book/CD set: $14.00 plus $2.00 P&H Add to Cart

NEW!! Favorite Gospel Tunes for Banjo by Alan Munde. Eighteen oif the most loved gospel tunes and hymns. Amazing Grace, Lonesome Valley, Are You Washed in the Blood?, Crying Holy, In the Sweet Bye and Bye, Just a Closer Walk with Thee, Old Time Religion, Softly and Tenderly, Somebody Touched Me, Soul of Man (in F) Soul of Man, (in G), Study War No More, Swing Low, Sweet CVhariot, The Old Rugged Cross, Unclouded Day, Wayfaring Stranger, What a Friend We Have in Jesus, Nearer My God to Thee. Book/CD set: $14.00 plus $2.00 P&H Add to Cart

NEW!! Banjo Scales in Tab by Janet Davis - Easy to understand presentation of all 12 major scales with useful approach - presents scales in melodic and single string style and integrates the scalesd with chords. Suggested scale-based licks are also presented. (note: this book presents major scales onl;y. For ALL the scales see "Advanced Studies in Five String Banjo" below) Book/CD Suggested list: $22.95 HM: $20. plus 3.00 P&H Add to Cart

Banjo Tablature Book. Thirty -two tear-out pages of blank five-line tablature for writing arrangements, taking notes at lessons and workshops, jotting down original licks or teaching. Blank chord diagrams on each page. Mel Bay Publications, Inc. $4.00 plus 1.00 P&H Add to Cart

The Banjo Encyclopedia by Ross Nickerson -A comprehensive, in-depth banjo instructional tool that covers the many intricacies of bluegrass banjo playing, including topics that have been overlooked in banjo instruction to date. Takes a student from the beginning, to advanced styles of banjo playing. Nickerson teaches 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 features author Ross Nickerson demonstrating each song, and performs many of the banjo licks and phrases included in the book slow and fast.

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. One of the most complete five-string banjo books on the market today and a must for every banjo player's collection. Huge - 228 pages! Mel Bay Publications. Book/CD set: List: $29.95 HM price: $26.00 plus 3.00 P&H. Add to Cart

Banjo Chord Chart - Shows common Major, Minor, Seventh, Diminished and Augmented chord forms for G tuning and C tuning. Reverse side shows individual note locations in G and C tunings up to the seventh fret.

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New Twists for the Five-String Banjo by D-tuner national contest winner Vince Sadovsky. The best book available forbuilding your repertiore of D-tuner songs. Includes; Cripple Creek, Wildwood Flower, Rose Connely, Home Sweet Home, Red River Valley, Amazing Grace, Grandfather's Clock, Jet Lag, Snow Train, Soldier's Joy, Auld L ang Syne, East Stree Getaway, Oh Suzanna, ury me beneath the Willow, Under the Double Eagle, Bottoms Up, Juggernaut, Nickolai Includes demonstration CD. Mel Bay Publications, Inc. List; 17.95H; $16.00 plus $2.00 P&H Add to Cart

TUNER TECHNIQUES

by David Guptill, designer of ProPicks - Setting and using Keith tuners for all levels. Tunings, adjustments, arrangements of fourteen standards and fiddle tunes, plus six Guptill originals and forty tuner hot licks. Includes: Cripple Creek, Pig in a Pen, Auld Lang Syne, Home Sweet Home, Saints Go Marching In, New River Train, Soldier's Joy, Turkey in the Straw, Sally Goodin', Billy in the Lowground, Cumberland Gap, Devil's Dream, Black Mt. Rag, Little Sadie, six original tunes. recording now in CD format!

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Christmas Songs For 5-String Banjo by Janet Davis. Twenty classic Christmas songs, most with two and even three variations, from beginner to advanced level. All songs demonstrated on compact disk. Selecions: Away In A Manger, Jingle Bells, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, Joy To The World, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Deck The Halls, O Come, All Ye Faithful, Angels From The Realms of Glory, Oh Tannenbaum (Oh Christmas Tree), Oh Little Town of Bethlehem, Go Tell It On The Mountain, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas, We Three Kings, Oh Holy Night, It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, Silent Night, The First Noel, What Child Is This? (Greensleeves), Ave Maria. List: book/CD set: $24.95 HM pridce: $23.00 plus 3.00 P&H. Add to Cart

Now available - Two-CD set for Backup Banjo by Janet Davis

THE CLASSIC DOUGLAS DILLARD SONGBOOK of Five String Banjo Tablature

Note-for-note transcriptions of over 20 recordings Doug Dillard made with the Dillardsand on his solo album, including most of the tunes played by the Dillards working under the name "The Darlings" on the "Andy of Mayberry" TV series. Features lyrics to vocal songs and chords, tunes in three different tunings and complete Dillard discography. Includes; Banjo In the Hollow, Blackeyed Suzie, Cripple Creek, Cumberland Gap, Dooley, Doug's Tune, G String Boogie, Grandfather's Clock, Hickory Hollow, Jamboree, John Hardy, John Henry, Little Maggie, Lonesome Indian, Sinkin' Creek, Old Joe Clark, Old Home Place, What's That? Bucking Mule, Green Corn, Whole World Round, (No CD available) List: $19.95 HM price: $18.00 plus 2.00 P&H Add to Cart

Famous Banjo Pickin' Tunes

by Janet Davis - Thirty beginner/intermediate arrangements of popular tunes, many with variation. Mostly Scruggs style, a few melodic. Includes: Auld Lang Syne, Jimmy Cracked Corn, Oh Suzanna, Yellow Rose of Texas, Swanee River, La Cucaracha, William Tell Overture, Little Brown Jug, Chop Sticks, Wabash Cannonball, Beautiful Brown Eyes, Twinlke, Twinkle Little Star, Yankee Doodle/Dixie Duet, Star Spangled Banner, Amazing Grace, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Saints go Marching In, Just a Closer Walk With Thee, I'll Fly Away, House of the Rising Sun, I've Been Working on the Railroad, Old Spinning Wheel, When You and I Were Young Maggie, Eighth of January, Arkansas Traveler, Turkey in the Straw, Jingle Bells. Mel Bay MB98530BCD Unbelievable value, with Compact Disk at $6.00! plus 1.00 P&H. Add to Cart

Knee Deep in Banjo

by Acutab Publications. Features accurate tablature transcriptions of all banjo solos on the IBMA Instrumental Album of the year for 2001: "Knee Deep in Bluegrass" CD. Great solos and selected backup by Terry Baucom, Joe Mullins, Alan Munde, Sammy Shelor, Tony Trischka, Scott Vestal, and Pete Wernick. List: $20.00 HM price: $18.00 plus 2.00 P&H. Add to Cart

STARTING BLUEGRASS BANJO FROM SCRATCH

by Wayne Erbson - An easy manual which focuses on the most fundamental aspects of bluegrass banjo style, including tips not found in other manuals such as: a history of the banjo, how to set up the banjo, how to change strings, how to read tab. Also includes valuable practice tips, vamping, playing up the neck, waltz time, using a capo, even tips on beginning melodic style. Twenty-Four songs, including; Skip to my Lou, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Walking Cane, Ground Hog, Cripple Creek, Jesse James, Boil Them Cabbage, Cumberland Gap, Sourwood Mountain, When You and I Were Young, Maggie, What a Friend We have in Jesus, Grandfather's Clock, Pretty Polly, Little Maggie, John Hardy, Old Joe Clark, Lonesome Road Blues, Down in the Valley, Willow Garden, Wildwood Flower, Devil's Dream, Banks of the Ohio. All songs played on CD.

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THE KEY TO THE FIVE-STRING BANJO

by Pat Cloud, the undisputed master of jazz banjo - This long-awaited book reduces years of study and experimentation to five simple fingerboard position diagrams which are superimposed on the basic chord forms. An efficient and simple system to put improvisational skills under your fingertips. Adaptable to Scruggs, melodic or single-string style, this book shows how to solo against any major or minor chord by making slight alterations in the basic grids. Highly recommended for anybody who wants to break out of a rut and create new sounds based on a fundamental knowledge of the fingerboard. Includes CD.

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DELUXE GOSPEL BANJO SONGBOOK

by Mike Bailey - Easy tab, lyrics, and seperate melody line. Selections: Tell it to Jesus, Stand up For Jesus, Are you Washed in the Blood, When the Roll is Called Up Yonder, Power in the Blood, Do Lord, Michael Row the Boat Ashore,When I Survey the Wondroius Cross, 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus,.There is a Fountain, Lord, I'm Coming Home, Pass Me Not, Oh Gentle Savior, Glory to his Name, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Leaning On His Everlasting Arms, I Am Thine, Oh Lord, Nothing But the Blood, Holy, Holy, Holy, At The Cross, America, The Beautiful, I Surrender All, Great Speckled Bird, Oh I Want To See Him, We Have an Anchor, At Cavary, Only Trust In Him, Send The Light, Blessed Be the Name, Shall We Gather at the River, Battle Hymn of the Republic, In the Sweet By and By, Precious Memories, Old Time Religion, Instrumental Endings. Book only available - $10.00 plus $2.00 P&H. Add to Cart

MASTER ANTHOLOGY OF BANJO SOLOS (formerly titled "2000 Banjo")

Huge collection of banjo arrangements in tablature and two compact disks full of original banjo compositions and arrangements by notable players and legends such as: Mark Foxworthy, Eddie Adcock, Joe Mullins, Lisa Schmitz, John Hartford, Brad Leftwich, Terry Baucom, J.D. Crowe, Janet Davis, Michael J. Miles, Chris Sands, John Herrman, John Bullard, Sammy Shelor, Mark Barnett, Bill Emerson, Alan Munde, Pete Wernick, Mark Schatz, Ken Perlman, Tony Furtado, Jack Hatfield, Dan Levinson, Fred Sokolow, Wayne Erbson, Larry Vanek, Pat Cloud, Tony Trischka, Laura Boosinger, Tarkant Bailey, Tom Hanway, Dick Weissman, Scott Vestal, Jim Mills, and Ira Gitlin. MB9837BCD List: $29.95

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INTRODUCTION TO IRISH & CELTIC

An Introduction to Celtic Tunes for the Five-String Banjo by Alan Johnson. Finally, a collection of Celtic tunes that the intermediate banjo player can manage. These difficult Irish and Scottish melodies usually require a combination of styles and right hand techniques such as triplet hammer-ons, pull-offs and double fingering of the right hand. Johnson's approach is to render the accurate basic melody with only a minimum of left hand techniques. The difficult hammers, pulls and slides can then be added later. Includes helpful playing tips. SEVENTY tunes included, grouped in reels, polkas, jigs and slip jigs. Selections include: The Navvy on the Line, Mcfadden's Handsome Daughter, The Holy land, The Banshee, the Maid Behind the Bar, Ger the Rigger, Billy Sullivan, Father O'Flynn's, Old Hag You Have Killed Me, (I love it!), The Trip to Sligo, Lark in the Morning, The Rocky Road to Dublin, dozens of others. All tunes demonstrated on the accompanying CD.

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IRISH AND CELTIC 5-STRING by Tom Hanway - A colossal book -182 pages, 100 tunes! Tunes arranged in three-finger, melodic and single string style, for beginner to advanced players. Nice essays on the origins of the tunes. Incorporates Scruggs, melodic, and single string styles to play accurate melodies. CD Categorized in tune style (Set tunes, Hornpipes, Jigs, Slip Jigs and Slides, Polkas, Reels and hornpipes, Strathspays, O'Carolan tunes, and bonus section of North American Celtic tunes.) and by country of origin (Irish, Scottish, etc). Many appendices, exercises, and more!

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5-String Banjo Stanley Style by John Wright, former Clinch Mountain Banjo columnist for Banjo Newsletter magazine. Forty note-for-note transcriptions of classic Ralph Stanley recordings including Boar Hog, Bootleg John, Careless Love, Daybreak in Dixie, Handsome Molly, Hard Times, Highway of Regret, I'll Fly Away, John Henry, Man of Constant Sorrow, Maple on the Hill, many others. Book only, no recording available. Unbelievable price. Book only available

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ACUTAB^® BOOKS - Note-For-Note transcriptions of the recordings of today's great banjo players - proofed and approved by the players themselves. By John Lawless. All Acutab books $2.00 off list price!

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Scott Vestal Vol 1- $13.00 plus 2.00 P&H. Add to Cart

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BACK-UP BANJO by Banjo Newsletter columnist and Mel Bay author Janet Davis.- The best instruction book available on backup. At 238 pages, also possibly the best value for any banjo instruction book on the market. Chords, embellishment, up-the-neck backup, guidelines for using backup techniques, backup in any key, fiddle backup, slow song backup, waltz time, current trends. Mel bay Publications.

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THE KEY OF C FOR THE 5-STRING BANJO by Eddie Collins - How to play in C without using a capo or retuning. Includes scales, chords, licks, solos, backup, 4/4, 3/4 and 6/8 time, and playing in the key of A minor. Twenty-two songs. All selections played on accompanying compact disk. Book/CD set - $22.00 plus $3.00 P&H.

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THE KEY OF D FOR THE 5-STRING BANJO by Eddie Collins - How to play in D without using a capo or retuning. Includes scales, chords, licks, solos, backup, blues, chromatic notes, arpeggios, covers the entire fingerboard. Songs in 4/4, 3/4 and 6/8 time. Twenty-one songs. All selections played on accompanying compact disk. Book/CD set - $22.00 plus $3.00 P&H. Add to Cart

Old Time (Clawhammer or "Frailing") Banjo

BASIC CLAWHAMMER BANJO by Ken Perlman -

Includes instruction on Reading Tablature and Basic Clawhammer Techniques. Feastures tablature for thirty tunes arranged for the novice to intermediate clawhammer player, including: Set tunes, Hornpipes, Jigs, Slip Jigs and Slides, Reels, Waltz time tunes.CD demonstrates all tunes. Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

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CLAWHAMMER BANJO for THE COMPLETE IGNORAMUS

(originally titled A Manual on How To Play the Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus) by Wayne Erbson. - Easiest manual available for clawhammer, or 'frailing' style. Written in a humorous style by one of the most understandable and successful teachers in the country. Many interesting old photos and illustrations. Detailed explanation of tuning, playing position, setup and maintenence. Three different tunings shown. Basic melody and clawhammer banjo arrangement on seperate tracks. Twenty-three familiar and classic old-time songs: Old Molly Hare, Little Birdie, Lynchburg Town, Old Blue, Groundhog, Sugar Hill, Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase, New River Train, Down in the Willow Garden, Polly Put the Kettle On, East Virginia, Rain and Snow, Wild Bill Jones, The Cuckoo, Cluck Old Hen, Wafaring Stranger, Muley's Daugheter, Red Rocking Chair, Darlin' Corey, Sweet Sunny South, Shady Grove. 64 pages.

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A Manual on How To Play the Banjo For The Complete Ignoramus

Same as Clawhammer Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus above, but an earlier version, different cover. Includes CD. $15.00 plus 2. 00 P&H Add to Cart

Gospel Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo by Dan Levenson Thirty popular Old Time Gosple tunes arranged for beginner to intermediate clawhammer players. Corresponds with Old Time Gospel Banjo Solos by Jack Hatfield, a bluegrass version with fmost of the same tunes. Selections: Amazing Grace, Angel Band, Are You Washed in the Bood, Childern Go Where I Send Thee, Crying Holy Unto the Lord, Drifting TRoo far From Shore, Fartther Along, Get on Board, Little Children, Great Spekled Bird, Hand Me Down My Walking Cane, He's Got the Whole World In His Hands, Holy, Holy, Holy, I Am a Pilgrim, In the Garden, In the Sweet Bye and Bye, Joy to the World, Just a Closer Walk With Thee, Keep On the Sunny Side, Life is Like a Mountain. Railroad, The Old Rugged Cross, Old Time Religion, Rock of Ages, Shall We Gather at the River, Sweet Hour of Prayer, What A Friend We Hhave in Jesus, Where the Soul of Man Never Dies, Will the Circle be Unbroken. Includes demo CD. List: 17.95 HM: 15.00 plus 2.00 P&H Add to Cart

Clawhammer Banjo from Scratch, a Guide for the Claw-less. (see photo, top of page) MB 20190BCD by Dan Levinson. Book/ 2CD set. Super easy guide, assumes no prior experience with the banjo or any other musical instrument. Takes the novice student well into intermediate range. Starts with Spotted Pony, the demo tune from video/ DVD of same title, so those who started with Dan's other method can pick up from where they left off. Over a dozen tunes, most revisited at least three times with more advanced arrangements as new techniques are learned. Many well-known tunes so the student gets a repertiore of tunes he can actually use in jams. Includes: Angelina the Baker, Arkansas Traveler, Forked Deer, Fortune, Mississippi Sawyer, Old Molly Hare, Over the Waterfall, Rock the Cradle Joe, Soldier's Joy, West Fork Gals, The Year of Jubilo. Loaded with photos of proper hand position and other aspects that are often not emphasized enough in books. Other aspects not often included: Discography of important clawhammer reciordings, jam session etiquette, blank tab for notes and variations, working wth a metronome. includes TWO Cds full oddemonstration! List: $26.95 HM: $24.00 plus 3.00 P&H Add to Cart

Tenor (four string) Banjo

Fun With the Tenor Banjo An introduction to tenor banjo. Teaches major, minor and seventh chords. Lyrics and musical notation to the tunes. also, Moveable Chords chart. CD included. Includes; Long, Long Ago, Down in the Valley, Skip to My Lou, Buffalo Gals, Clementine, Blue Tail Fly, On Top of Old Smoky, Marine's Hymn, There is a Tavern in the Town, Our Boys Will Shine Tonight, Coming 'Round the Mt, Hand Me Down My Walking Cane, Red River Valley, Home on the Range, I've Been Working on the Railroad, In the evening by the Moonlight, Darling Nellie Gray, My Bonnie, Little Annie Rooney, Oh Susanna, Good Night Ladies. Mel bay Publications, List: 14.95 HM price: 14.00 plus 2.00 P&H Add to Cart

Mel Bay's Complete Tenor Banjo Method Teaches solo playing. How to read music, scales, exercises, extended chords, playing in several different keys. Includes 30 tunes and several studies. book only, no recording available. List: $10.95. HM price; $10.00 plus 2.00 P&H

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