The Art of the Mountain Banjo (Fant)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.27 (880 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786689005 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This book comes with an online audio download.. Progresses from easy tunes for the beginner to more difficult pieces. The styles include up-picking or Pete Seeger's basic strum; two-finger picking; three-finger picking; and what had variously been called frailing, clawhammer, knocking, rapping, overhand, fram-style, flayin' hand, and other Appalachian names, here called down-picking. A complete survey of traditional banjo styles complete with tunings, playing tips, and the author's deft drawings
Great overview of traditional banjo styles Kevin Schlottmann I second the review above -- this a great collection of tunes and arrangements that also provides an excellent introduction to many of the lesser-known pre-bluegrass mountain styles of banjo playing. It is worth noting that the clawhammer tab, which takes up about 3/4 of the book, is definitely more sophisticated than . red branson said Four Stars. great easy to follow songs.. Excellent! Amazon Customer Excellent book written by an iconic clawhammer banjoist and ethnicomusicologist. Grea t read!