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Complete Bluegrass Banjo Method. 5-String Banjo sheet music.

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Complete Bluegrass Banjo Method. 5-String Banjo sheet music.

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Complete Bluegrass Banjo Method composed by Neil Griffin. For Banjo. 5-String. Wire bound, Methods. Complete. Bluegrass. Multiple Levels. Book. CD Set. 244 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. MB.93345BCD. ISBN 9780786665211. Bluegrass. 8.75 x 11.75 inches. One of the very best G tuning five-string bluegrass banjo methods available. The book teaches how to pick out tunes single-string style. one note at a time. , how to play chord accompaniment, and how to play solos in the full three-finger, bluegrass style. Topics include note and tab reading, chord background styles, traditional bluegrass techniques, fills and endings, use of the capo, rolls, slides, hammers, pull-offs, choking, harmonics, and up-the-neck playing. In notation and tablature. The CD includes acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, and a rhythm track as well as the 5-string banjo. All songs and most exercises are included in this teaching recording, performed at a tempo that the student should be able to maintain in short order. Part One. About Part One. The Author. Left-Hand Position. Right-Hand Position and Fingering. The Picks. The Quickest Way to Learn. Music-Reading Section. The Rudiments of Music. Other Musical Signs and Terms. Tuning the Banjo. Reading Tablature. Time Values of Notes and Rests. Counting Time in Tablature. Counting Time. Playing Songs on the First, Second, and Fifth Strings. Playing a Song on the Second and Third Strings. Chord Background. The Chord Symbol. The Basic Chords. Down and Up Strumming. Pinching the Chords. Melody and Pinch Chords Together. Chromatics. Key Signatures. Counting Review. 3-Finger Picking Section. Counting Bluegrass Style. The Basic Rolls. Forward Rolls. Backward Rolls. Thumb-Alternating Rolls. Rolls on the D and D7 Chords. Combination Rolls. Daily Practice Patterns. Right-Hand Patterns. The Basic Banjo Picking Effects. Fills and Endings. The Capo. Solo Section. The Banjo and Its Parts. Part Two. Foreword. Chord Studies. Mixing the Major Chord Forms. The I, IV, and V Chords. The I, IV, V, I Progression. Other Movable Chord Forms. The Dominant Seventh Chord. The Diminished Seventh Chord. The Augmented Seventh Chord. Right-Hand Chord Background Patterns. Blues & Boogie Back-Up Section. Blues Rock Back-Up. 5-String Boogie. Melodic Thirds and Sixths. Melodic Thirds and Sixths Mixed. Blues-Rock Chorus. Melodic or "Chromatic" Picking. Advanced Solo Song Section. Chord Diagrams for Solo Section. Circled Tab Numbers. The Choke. Chimes. ENDINGS.

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Complete Bluegrass Banjo Method composed by Neil Griffin. For Banjo. 5-String. Wire bound, Methods. Complete. Bluegrass. Multiple Levels. Book. CD Set. 244 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. MB.93345BCD. ISBN 9780786665211. Bluegrass. 8.75 x 11.75 inches. One of the very best G tuning five-string bluegrass banjo methods available. The book teaches how to pick out tunes single-string style. one note at a time. , how to play chord accompaniment, and how to play solos in the full three-finger, bluegrass style. Topics include note and tab reading, chord background styles, traditional bluegrass techniques, fills and endings, use of the capo, rolls, slides, hammers, pull-offs, choking, harmonics, and up-the-neck playing. In notation and tablature. The CD includes acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, and a rhythm track as well as the 5-string banjo. All songs and most exercises are included in this teaching recording, performed at a tempo that the student should be able to maintain in short order. Part One. About Part One. The Author. Left-Hand Position. Right-Hand Position and Fingering. The Picks. The Quickest Way to Learn. Music-Reading Section. The Rudiments of Music. Other Musical Signs and Terms. Tuning the Banjo. Reading Tablature. Time Values of Notes and Rests. Counting Time in Tablature. Counting Time. Playing Songs on the First, Second, and Fifth Strings. Playing a Song on the Second and Third Strings. Chord Background. The Chord Symbol. The Basic Chords. Down and Up Strumming. Pinching the Chords. Melody and Pinch Chords Together. Chromatics. Key Signatures. Counting Review. 3-Finger Picking Section. Counting Bluegrass Style. The Basic Rolls. Forward Rolls. Backward Rolls. Thumb-Alternating Rolls. Rolls on the D and D7 Chords. Combination Rolls. Daily Practice Patterns. Right-Hand Patterns. The Basic Banjo Picking Effects. Fills and Endings. The Capo. Solo Section. The Banjo and Its Parts. Part Two. Foreword. Chord Studies. Mixing the Major Chord Forms. The I, IV, and V Chords. The I, IV, V, I Progression. Other Movable Chord Forms. The Dominant Seventh Chord. The Diminished Seventh Chord. The Augmented Seventh Chord. Right-Hand Chord Background Patterns. Blues . Blues Rock Back-Up. 5-String Boogie. Melodic Thirds and Sixths. Melodic Thirds and Sixths Mixed. Blues-Rock Chorus. Melodic or "Chromatic" Picking. Advanced Solo Song Section. Chord Diagrams for Solo Section. Circled Tab Numbers. The Choke. Chimes. ENDINGS.