Illustrated with Playing Examples for the 5-String Banjo. Composed by Rick Mckeon. Technique, Theory and Reference. Banjo: Clawhammer. E-book and online audio/video. 160 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #30671MEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music

Banjo (5-string) - Intermediate - Digital Download SKU: M0.96574BCDEB Composed by Kyle Datesman. Banjo: 5-String, World. British Isles. E-book and online audio. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #96574BCDEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.96574BCDEB). ISBN 9781610655859. 8.75x11.75 inches.A treasure trove of Anglo-Celtic music adapted to the 5-string banjo. Music of the British Isles for Banjo provides material for banjo players to expand beyond the confines of the key of G major playing in different keys while retaining G major tuning. There is a section where each tune is arranged in more than one key either in tow or three different keys. It teaches the student not to rely on the 5th string while providing fresh insight into the uses of the 5th string capo. Also exposes the player to ancient modal scales as well as the more modern Major/Minor scales. All tunes are presented in the perpetual motion so they may be viewed as limbering-up exercises for the fingers. On the accompanying online audio the tunes are played much slower than normal in order for the student to better grasp the material. In tablature only. Includes access to online audio.

Banjo - Intermediate - Digital Download SKU: M0.99126MEB Solos & Duets. Country. Ebook and online audio. 41 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #99126MEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.99126MEB). ISBN 9781610657266. 8.75x11.75 inches.Provides the intermediate clawhammer (5-string) banjo player with a fresh repertoire of 21 traditional and 5 original tunes as played by the author with the Boiled Buzzards Old Time String Band. The book briefly addresses clawhammer basics with a few pages of exercises and scales before presenting the tunes. The banjo tunings in this book are: double C tuning (gCGCD), modified double C tuning (eCGCD), G tuning (GDGBD), A tuning (aEAC#E), D tuning (aDADE), and Double-D tuning drop 5th (f#DADE). Written in banjo tablature only with suggested backup chords. Voted one of the top 10 clawhammer banjo players by Banjo Newsletter readers, Levenson advises the reader that the tablature in this book is to be used only as a guide and to play the tune as you hear it, not slavishly as written. This approach allows the reader to play within his/her style and level of ability. Includes access to online audio.

Banjo - Intermediate - Digital Download SKU: M0.30909MEB Holiday. Folk. Ebook and online audio. 33 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #30909MEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.30909MEB). ISBN 9781513459554. 8.75x11.75 inches.This collection of 20 Christmas carols is written for the intermediate to advanced 5-string banjo player familiar with tablature in gDGBD tuning. These tunes are considered timeless folk songs that will enhance your musicianship and technique, and delight your friends and family at holiday gatherings. Recordings and extensive right-hand fingerings are provided as learning aids for each tune, leaving interpretation and left-hand fingerings up to the player. Readers are encouraged to make their own recordings of the carols to better evaluate their playing.Most importantly, you’ll celebrate Christmas with the joyous sound of the 5-string banjo! Includes access to online audio.

Banjo - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1101468 Composed by Robert Schumann. Arranged by Doctor JerBear. Children,Classical,Film/TV,Romantic Period. Score. 3 pages. Doctor JerBear #704844. Published by Doctor JerBear (A0.1101468). There aren't many classical pieces that are well-suited to a beginning arrangement for clawhammer banjo, but Schumann's The Happy Farmer is one of them. I wasn't deliberately aiming for a beginner's arrangement, but I noticed it was naturally in Open G, with no drop thumb, and nothing difficult to reach except perhaps the 4th string F#... If you are a beginning clawhammer player and want to add a classical piece to your playbook, especially if you like the Wizard of Oz, this is one to pick!

Banjo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1294826 Composed by Ludwig Goransson. Arranged by Daniel Fitzpatrick. Film/TV. Score. 21 pages. Fitzpatrick Media #882142. Published by Fitzpatrick Media (A0.1294826). “The Mandalorian (FITZPATRICK Banjo Remix)� is a genre-defying arrangement unlike anything else for the banjo. Perfectly fitting the space-western nature of Star Wars: The Mandalorian, this arrangement will not only immerse you in a galaxy far, far away but also expand your abilities on the banjo. In this piece, you will be playing with an alternate tuning (gCGCD) that will provide a new and exciting sound to explore. Additionally, the technique of tapping (traditionally an electric guitar technique) is employed throughout the arrangement and will provide a fun challenge that will add to your versatility as a banjo player. This sheet music also comes with comprehensive performance notes that will provide valuable insight into the music. Furthermore, this arrangement is not just tablature; it also includes standard musical notation to provide a complete view of the piece. Included in this PDF are four versions of the arrangement:1. The Mandalorian (FITZPATRICK Banjo Remix) - Notation & TAB2. The Mandalorian (FITZPATRICK Banjo Remix) - TAB3. The Mandalorian Theme - Notation & TAB4. The Mandalorian Theme - TABWhile primarily focusing on the Mandalorian Theme, this arrangement also features the Dark Trooper Theme providing a cool, contrasting, and sinister sound. The Mandalorian (FITZPATRICK Banjo Remix) includes both the Mandalorian and Dark Trooper themes. However, an edit providing just the Mandalorian Theme is also provided in this package.Don't hesitate to pick up this ground-breaking arrangement of the Mandalorian for the banjo! This is the way of the Banjolorian!

Banjo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1118153 By Horace Weston. By Horace Weston. Arranged by Kyle Gray Young. 19th Century,Folk,Historic,Multicultural,Ragtime,World. Score. 2 pages. Kyle Gray Young #719670. Published by Kyle Gray Young (A0.1118153). Originally published in 1883, this is one of the all-time greatest banjo solos ever written! Horace Weston was often called the greatest banjo player in the world when he was alive. He published a couple dozen banjo solos, mostly through S.S. Stewart's publications, in the late 1800s. He was one of the first African-American composers to get recognition and respect for his invaluable contributions to banjo music and American culture. Here it is presented in tablature for the first time. This works for 5-string banjos tuned in C. This is like standard/open G tuning except you lower your fourth string from D to a C. There are Roman numerals where using a barre with your left index finger can help execute some of the trickier passages. This is a fun solo that will definitely become part of your regular repertoire for many years to come. I hope you enjoy playing it!

Banjo - Intermediate - Digital Download SKU: M0.30905MEB Tunes. Ebook and online audio. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #30905MEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.30905MEB). ISBN 9781513455587. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.This collection of 47 favorite melodies includes reels, jigs, waltzes, fiddle tunes, and a few William Bay originals, all written as melodic lines in tablature for the 5-string banjo in G tuning (gDGBD). Suggested chords are provided for parking lot or after-hours bluegrass jammers, as well as those who want to create their own melody/chord arrangements. With many up-tempo tunes borrowed from fiddle literature, this outstanding collection is sure to delight audiences and fellow jammers as well as the solo intermediate banjo player. Includes access to the author’s exceptional online audio recording of each piece.

Banjo - Beginning - Digital Download SKU: M0.93930EB Bluegrass. E-book. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #93930EB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.93930EB). ISBN 9781513455426. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.Banjo Workshop was written with four important areas of the 5-string banjo technical and artistic development in mind: picking technique, personal style, creativity, and awareness of the instrument's key and tuning potential. Picking technique-Studies in Section 1 will equip you to dissolve the inhibiting notion that some songs are unplayable on the 5-string banjo. Any song is playable if the necessary technique has been learned and developed to accommodate it. Personal style-In Section 2 you will first explore several popular 3-finger sub-styles, seeing how each evolved and how they are all often intermixed within a given performer's own personal style. Through subsequent examples you will be made aware of style potential and the artistic necessity of developing your own personal style. Creativity-Through style development and improvisational skills taught in Section 3 you will begin to think and perform less like a mechanical follower and more like an artistic ground breaker. You will learn to modify arrangements; further, you will learn to create your own arrangements. Exploration of Non-G Keys and Tunings-In Section 4 you will find that playing in keys and tunings other than G are no less fun and no more difficult than playing the familiar G (bluegrass) tuning. Six non-G tunings will be explored, involving ten solos, including major, minor and modal tunings. The overall effort is to make you aware that you don't have to be a technical whiz nor a speed king in order to be a musical artist. If you can add something new and different, something enjoyable to listen to, you are an artist even if you are not yet an advanced-level player.

Banjo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1101412 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Doctor JerBear. Celtic,Folk,Irish,Traditional. Score. 7 pages. Doctor JerBear #704800. Published by Doctor JerBear (A0.1101412). A beautiful English folk tune that was made popular by Simon & Garfunkel. It's arranged in a minor variant of minstrel banjo tuning, and it really captures how the banjo can be used as a melodic instrument, rather than as just a rhythmic force. It's not terribly difficult from a technical standpoint, and should be accessible to intermediate level players. That said, it does allow for much artist interpretation, so is a good choice for players trying to incorporate more musicality into their banjo playing.

Banjo (clawhammer) - Intermediate-Advanced - Digital Download SKU: M0.30224BCDEB Composed by Dan Levenson. Banjo: Clawhammer, Folk. 0. E-book and online audio. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #30224BCDEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.30224BCDEB). ISBN 9781619114548. 8.75x11.75 inches.This book and accompanying audio include popular and lesser-known old-time tunes for the clawhammer banjo. This book is a followup to Dan Levenson's Old-Time Festival Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo and includes 62 more tunes of varying difficulty. Old favorites as well as new additions are presented, including many time-tested standards. The material is presented in standard notation and basic/advanced tablature. Suggested chords are also included to help you along the way. Fiddle players will enjoy the companion to this book, Old-Time Favorites for Fiddle and Mandolin, which shares the same basic standard notation. Includes access to online audio.

Banjo (clawhammer) - Beginning-Intermediate - Digital Download SKU: M0.96660MEB Composed by Brad Leftwich. Banjo: Clawhammer, Bluegrass. 0. E-book and online audio. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #96660MEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.96660MEB). ISBN 9781610655897. 8.75x11.75 inches.This book presents more than 70 tunes in the unique highly developed clawhammer style known as Round Peak -named after the Blue Ridge Mountain, North Carolina community where it originated. While not intended for the absolute beginner, this book will benefit players at various experience levels. Tunes in the book are organized according to the specific banjo tuning used, with A and D tunings most prominent. Much of the book's commentary and the audio download recording is directed towards the fretless variant of the 5-string banjo but as these tunes are written in standard 5-string banjo tablature, they can most definitely be played on the more common fretted instrument. Includes tune lyrics and extensive historical and biographical notes plus technical tips and a discography. Written in 5-string banjo tablature only.  Includes access to online audio.          

Banjo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1239482 Composed by Bela Fleck. Arranged by Daniel P. Grant. Instructional,Jazz. Score. 10 pages. Daniel P. Grant #834861. Published by Daniel P. Grant (A0.1239482). Banjo tablature and notation for Bela Fleck's The Great Circle Route from Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Volume 1. Blank measures are included, but truncated to indicate space between phrases and solos in the arrangement. For Intermediate to Advanced Players.

Banjo (5-string) - Intermediate-Advanced - Digital Download SKU: M0.20669EB Composed by Steven J. Harvey. Banjo: Clawhammer, Solos and Duets. Folk. E-book and online audio. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #20669EB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.20669EB). ISBN 9781619110403. 8.75x11.75 inches.Here is a book of tunes from the Elizabethan era-the great period of English song-set in tablature for the clawhammer banjo. At first glance, it is true, the songs of Shakespeare-s day and the mountain banjo seem to be worlds apart. But the musical traditions are, in fact, related, as Elizabethan songs are the old world cousins of mountain tunes. As a result, Elizabethan tunes are a natural way to extend the mountain banjo repertoire for intermediate and advanced players. Their pedigree, their modal feel, the lilting rhythms, and the ease with which they can be adapted to the banjo argue the case. At the same time, they open the possibility for new sounds-in particular new rhythms-for the old instrument, pushing the banjo beyond unnatural limitations and giving it a new voice. Each section of the book is organized around a traditional mountain tuning, with a mountain song serving as a model of that tuning, illuminating the relationship between the two musical worlds. The Bard's Banjo is the first banjo instruction book devoted to the repertoire of Elizabethan song. Includes access to online audio.