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 (clawhammer) - Beginning-Intermediate - Digital Download SKU: M0.96711MEB Composed by Art Rosenbaum. Banjo: Clawhammer, Solos. Fantasy. 0. E-book and online audio. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #96711MEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.96711MEB). ISBN 9781619115392. 8.75x11.75 inches.A complete survey of traditional banjo styles complete with tunings, playing tips, and the author's deft drawings. 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.  Includes access to online audio.     .

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.          

Ensemble (Mixed) - Beginning - Digital Download SKU: M0.20426BCDEB Composed by Steve Kaufman. Banjo. Bluegrass. E-book and online audio. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #20426BCDEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.20426BCDEB). ISBN 9781610658607. 8.75x11.75 inches.The idea here is to help coordinate the pickers so you all have solos to play and they can be played in the same key. What a concept - a Band in the Book. Within these pages you will find solos for the entire band: lead guitar, rhythm guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle and bass. The mandolin and fiddle share the same tunings so their solos are just written once for both. If you are just starting out and you are having difficulty-finding solos for your level - look no more. These solos are written for the beginner level student assuming you can already play a few simple solos or lead breaks. This series will help you to learn solos on multiple instruments, help organize ensemble play, help develop a steady sense of timing and give you hours of enjoyment as well.

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 - 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 - Beginning - Digital Download SKU: M0.99429EB Technique, Theory and Reference. Bluegrass. E-book. 49 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #99429EB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.99429EB). ISBN 9781513455679. 8.75x11.75 inches.These 22 ballads for guitar are each presented with the melody in standard notation, chord symbols, lyrics, and fingerstyle accompaniment in notation and tablature. This collection is great fun for playing and singing along.

Banjo - Intermediate-Advanced - Digital Download SKU: M0.30107MEB Composed by Dan Levenson. Banjo: Clawhammer, Bluegrass. Clawhammer Banjo Masters. 0. E-book and online audio. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #30107MEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.30107MEB). ISBN 9781619114999. 8.75x11.75 inches.Fred Cockerham & Tommy Jarrell: Clawhammer Banjo Masters is a collection of 23 clawhammer banjo solos written in tablature. The pieces are transcribed as played by Fred Cockerham and Tommy Jarrell by Bob Carlin. Also included are modern interpretations by Dan Levenson. This is the third book in a series of transcribed tunes from the old masters. Previous books are Kyle Creed - Clawhammer Banjo Master and Wade Ward - Clawhammer Banjo Master. Fred Cockerham and Tommy Jarrell both gave unique definition to the style of old-time clawhammer banjo playing. The repertoire, presented in tablature, is intended to be a starting point for your journey through the old-time music world. Each piece is presented in multiple arrangements, both on the page and in the online audio. Most of the recordings are played at learning tempos and correspond to the tablature. Includes access to online audio.

Banjo - Beginning - Digital Download SKU: M0.93805EB Three Finger Picking. Folk. E-book. 73 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #93805EB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.93805EB). ISBN 9781513455600. 8.75x11.75 inches.All of the arrangements in this book are suitable for play in the very popular style of banjo playing broadly referred to as three finger picking. Within this style we have employed two sub-styles, the Scruggs style and the melodic (sometimes called chromatic) or Keith style. In some cases we have combined features of both the Scruggs style and the melodic style in a single arrangement. Should you have had previous playing experience in either one of these sub-styles but not in both, never fear. The crossover from one sub-style to the other is an easy one. The differences are more to be found in the way you go about learning a given tune than in how you actually play it. So if you have had experience in but one of these sub-styles, perhaps the following style descriptions and comparisons will help.

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 (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.

Banjo (clawhammer) - Beginning - Digital Download SKU: M0.21248BCDEB Composed by Larry McCabe. Children and Young Beginner. Easiest for Children. Children. E-book and online audio. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #21248BCDEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.21248BCDEB). ISBN 9781610653350. 8.75x11.75 inches.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 online audio. The tunes are recorded at a moderate speed and include count-off notes and rhythm guitar accompaniment. Includes access to online audio.

By Rob Mackillop. For Banjo (5-String). American. 60 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music