Digital Download SKU: HX.385376 By Meredith Willson. Carol,Christmas,Holiday,Winter. Banjo. 3 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.385376).

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 - 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 - Beginning; Intermediate; Advanced - Digital Download SKU: M0.31054MEB Folk. Old Time. Ebook and online audio. 185 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #31054MEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.31054MEB). ISBN 9781513477107. 8.75X11.75 inches.The island of Cape Breton and its close neighbor, Prince Edward Island in eastern Canada are home to two of the oldest, strongest, and most vibrant fiddling traditions in North America. Cape Breton gave rise to a professional Celtic-based fiddling scene to rival anything coming out of Scotland and Ireland. Prince Edward Island’s traditional fiddlers developed lively, idiosyncratic styles every bit as musically compelling as anything you’ll hear on archival recordings of iconic American old-time fiddlers from the Appalachians. This book features 136 tunes from these two distinct but related fiddling traditions, collected by the author directly from master fiddlers, and arranged note-for-note for clawhammer banjo with as much flavor and nuance as possible. These settings of reels, hornpipes, jigs, marches, strathspeys, airs, and other fiddle tunes are all eminently playable and fully benefit from the author’s half-century of experience playing banjo, arranging for banjo, writing banjo instruction books, and researching fiddle-music traditions. Here’s what you’ll find in this volume. 136 fiddle tunes arranged for clawhammer banjo in clear tablatureOver 40 musical examples and exercisesInstruction on basic and advanced techniquesFingering diagrams and detailed fingering suggestionsA systematic approach to playing up-the-neckA thorough treatment of playing triplets, grace notes, and other characteristic ornaments in clawhammerGuides on how to approach playing various kinds of fiddle tunesA framework for understanding the modes encountered in fiddle musicHistorical notes on the tunes and musical traditionsBiographical information on source fiddlers169 audio illustrations available online Note: Most audio illustrations for the tunes in this book are drawn directly from the author’s CDs, Devil in the Kitchen, Frails and Frolics, Island Boy, and Northern Banjo.

Transcriptions from Buckley's Banjo Guide of 1868. Composed by Tim Twiss. Banjo: 5-String. 0. E-book and online audio. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #30718MEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music

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 - 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,Instrumental Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1426439 By Noam Pikelny. By Gabriel John Witcher and Noam Pikelny. Arranged by ben duff. Contemporary,Folk,Traditional. Individual part. 14 pages. Ben Duff #1007131. Published by Ben Duff (A0.1426439). Noam Pikelny released his debut solo album on Rounder Records in 2017. 'Sugar Maple', which features on the album, is a mid-tempo, melodic banjo solo, which nicely encapsulates many of Pikelny's innovative banjo techniques and compositional quirks. I would suggest that this arrangement be considered Advanced banjo, due to the complexity of certain sections. This arrangement will bring you many hours of study pleasure and allow you to get right to the heart of Pikelny's unique sound and approach to banjo writing. Noam Pikelny has seen my arrangement of 'Sugar Maple', via his Artistworks online teaching class and told me it was perfect.The tuning is standard Open G - gDGBD.

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 (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 (5-string) - Beginning- Intermediate - Digital Download Bluegrass Banjo from A to Z. Composed by Ross Nickerson. Banjo: 5-String. Encyclopedia. Country. E-book and online audio. 241 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #99443MEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music

Composed by Pat Cloud. Banjo: 5-String. Jazz. E-book and online audio. 106 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #99480BCDEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music

Composed by Janet Davis. Acoustic Music. E-book and online audio. 112 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.97010BCDEB). - e-book and online audio - Acoustic Music - Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music

Three-Finger Clawhammer for Bluegrass, Melodic Style, and Ragtime. Technique, Theory and Reference. Country. E-book. 57 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #31180EB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music