BOOKS-TAPES-COURSES FOR THE 5-STRING BANJO

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YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF BANJO by Janet Davis, A Mel Bay Publication

For the beginner-Intermediate level player and for the Banjo Teacher! This straight forward, easy to understand method teaches rolls, chords, bluegrass banjo techniques, playing up the neck, licks, endings, and other basic information needed to play bluegrass and melodic-style banjo. In lesson format, this method has been developed and used by Janet Davis for many years and has been successful in helping many people to become excellent banjo players.

Songs List: 1-- Bile Dem Cabbage Down 2 -- The Old Gray Goose 3 -- Worried Man Blues 4 -- Mountain Dew 5 -- Good Night Ladies 6 -- Cripple Creek 7 -- Blackberry Blossom 8 -- Cumberland Gap 9 -- Wildwood Flower 10 -- Train 45 11 -- The Salty Dog 12 -- Sunnyvale Breakdown 13 -- Wabash Cannonball 14 -- John Hardy 15 -- Lonesome Road Blues 16 --Down the Road 17 -- Pig in a Pen 18 -- Sally Goodin’ 19 -- She’ll Be Coming Around the Mountain 20 -- Grandfather’s Clock 21 -- Old Joe Clark 22 -- Little Maggie 23 -- Old Man at the Mill 24 -- Pretty Polly 25 -- Shady Grove 26 -- Banjo Signal 27 -- Lonesome Road Blues 28 -- Devil’s Dream 29 -- Turkey in the Straw 30 -- Blackberry Blossom 31 -- Flop Eared Mule 32 -- Sugarfoot Rag 33 -- Buffalo Gals 34 -- Buffalo Gals 35 -- Wildwood Flower 36 -- Two Little Boys 37 -- Waltz Time 38 -- Amazing Grace 39 -- Silent Night 40 -- Home on the Range 41 -- Soldier’s Joy 42 -- Reuben

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CHOICE OF COMBINATIONS FOR EASIEST LEARNING, especially for beginners:
Recommended with the book: audio CD, Video (VHS) and/or DVD This book, by itself, will teach you how to play the 5-string banjo. However, music is for the ears!
The audio CD plays virtually all of the music in the book, slow & up to speed, so you can hear how it is played.
Learning is easiest with your eyes & your ears! The DVD and/or Video contain the same content & are like having your teacher in the room with you! (See how to play, split screen & up close)

NOTE: DVD does not cover the entire book due to the time limitation.
C-94429set BOOK/ DVD /CD Combo: SPECIAL! $24.95

B-94429bcd Book and CD: SPECIAL! $19.95

D-94429db Book with DVD: SPECIAL! $19.95

B-94429b Book only: $10.95

DVD-94429 DVD only $14.95

B-94429cd CD only $9.98

The Crow Book of Tablature New Songs for the Five-String Banjo
By Steve Martin, Transcribed by Tony Trischka
A great learning tool for students of the 5-string banjo!
This book of tablature, accurately transcribed by Tony Trischka
features the 15 songs from Steve's recent his CD, The Crow

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B-642106 - List: $19.95 SPECIAL: $13.56

CD-ROU0647 - The Crow CD - List: $17.98 SPECIAL: $13.95

Bluegrass Banjo Method Vol 3 - BOOK/CD
Volume 3 is finally here -- 231 pages with 2 CDs (160 min) of play-along with full band in one channel and banjo in the other. Includes vamping, fill licks, transposing, and many other subjects from Jack Hatfield.

B-JH-BBM3bcd List Price: $35.00 SPECIAL: $31.90

Banjo Camp! BOOK/CD
Workshops, tips, tabs, and campfire conversations with many banjo greats, including Pete Seeger, Tony Trischka, Alan Munde, Bill Keith, and Janet Davis.

B-SL10595bcd Banjo Camp! BOOK/CD
List $21.95 Our Price $19.55

Best of Bluegrass Book/CD
Ten must-know songs arranged note-for-note for fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, reso, and bass. CD contains original recordings by Jimmy Martin with Ricky Skaggs, Mac Wiseman, Merle Travis, Jim & Jesse, and others. In tab, notation, and chords.

B-690636bcd Best of Bluegrass Book/CD
List $24.95 Our Price $21.45

Getting Into Bluegrass Banjo Book/CD
With 40 years of experience as a professional musician and teacher, Alan Munde presents a well-founded course for beginning bluegrass banjo.

B-20803bcd Getting Into Bluegrass Banjo Book/CD
List $17.95 Our Price $16.45

Modern 5-String Banjo Method Grade 1 by Alan Munde
This is a recommended companion book for beginners, by esteemed banjo instructor Alan Munde.

B-21639bcd Mel Bay's Modern 5-String Banjo Method (Grade 1 - Book/2-CD Set)
List $19.95 Our Price $17.95

How to Play Banjo by Larry McCabe (book/cd)
Well-rounded instructor Larry McCabe offers his banjo method for beginners of all ages. You'll learn chords, rolls, accompaniment, and solos, along with easy but lively arrangements of songs.

B-T262bcd How to Play Banjo by Larry McCabe (book/cd)
List $14.95 Our Price $13.95

Introduction to Bluegrass Banjo BOOK/CD Eddie Collins
A step-by-step approach to three-finger style banjo.
No prior knowledge of music is needed for this method.

B-20993bcd Introduction to Bluegrass Banjo BOOK/CD Eddie Collins
List $22.95 Our Price $19.95

Banjo for Dummies - Book/CD by Bill Evans
This book is a very thorough introduction to banjo from one of our favorite players. It is packed with information on all things banjo -- it's not just for "dummies!"

B-BFD Banjo for Dummies by Bill Evans Book/CD
List $24.99 Our Price $21.95

THE COMPLETE 5-STRING BANJO PLAYER DVD by Tony Trischka
Over an hour of instruction from one of the best, this DVD gives you a close look at a wide variety of banjo topics. Includes rolls, the G chord, hammer-ons and pull-offs, playing up the neck, all with lots of traditional tunes. Includes 30 minutes of bonus footage from "World Turning: History of the Banjo" with Tony.

DVD-10802 The Complete 5-String Banjo Player DVD
List $29.95 Our Price $26.50

B-OK65208 The Complete 5-String Banjo Player Book/CD
Tony has put it all together in this 255-page book with 90 audio demonstration tracks on the CD. Includes links to downloadable examples, also.

List $34.95 Our Price $29.95

ALL STAR BLUEGRASS JAM ALONG FOR BANJO, BOOK/CD By Tony Trischka
Backups, Lead Parts and Note-for-Note Transcriptions for 21 Essential Tunes

This great series will help you build your repertoire & get your licks in shape, so you can shine in your next performance or jam session!

B-641944 All Star Bluegrass Jam-Along for Banjo (Book/CD) List $19.95
Our Price $17.95

Alan Munde - Solo Banjo Book/CD
For the first time, transcriptions along with Munde's classic solo collection!

B-21056bcd Alan Munde - Solo Banjo Book/CD
Our Price $17.95

Mel Bay's Banjo Chords
The basic chords, clearly shown. Classic little book from 1973!

B-93267 Mel Bay's Banjo Chords
Our Price $4.95

Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus CD by Wayne Erbsen

Informative, entertaining, and pleasantly simple, this book will get you started.
Includes CD with 99 tracks.

B-NGB104 Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus Your price: $16.95

The Nashville Banjo Songbook

A tablature method with traditional songs by Terry Hampton.

B-NBS The Nashville Banjo Songbook $5.95

Easy Beginner Banjo Chords
A basic instruction book with chords, tuning, and care instructions.
B-EBBC Easy Beginner Banjo Chords - Your Price: $2.95

New!!! A Banjo Player's Guide To Jamming By Carl Yaffey
You're a beginner or intermediate bluegrass banjo player; you've learned a few tunes such as
"Cripple Creek", "Old Joe Clark", and "Boil Them Cabbage Down". You might have learned the basics of playing back-up, but you may not have played with other people much or at all. Carl's task is to give you some tools and tricks so you can sit in on most any jam session and come out alive and grinning. List: $14.95
B-99708bcd Book and CD SPECIAL:$12.75

TEACH YOURSELF BLUEGRASS BANJO Tony Trischka
Instructions for beginner plus tunes in tab, include: Will the Circle, Arkansas Traveler, Little Maggie, Nine Pound Hammer, Live & Let Live, Bugle Call Rag, Stoney Creek, Old Joe Clark, Wabash Cannonball & more.
B-OK64988 Book/CD only $17.95

TONY TRISCHKA Teaches 20 Easy Banjo Solos
For the Beginner--20 Easy Banjo Solos. Song List: Shortenin’ Bread, Ground Hog, Shady Grove, Train 45, Sally Johnson, Wildwood Flower, Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms, Pretty Polly, Nine Pound Hammer, Sitting on Top of the World, John Henry, Little Lisa Jane, Casey Jones, Little Maggie, Back Up & Push, Red Wing, Little Rabbit, Uncle Joe, Alabama Jubilee, Cumberland Gap, Outro.

B-699056 Book & CD SPECIAL $16.95

BLUEGRASS BANJO METHOD by Jack Hatfield
A good course for beginning players. Step by step instructions. Popular bluegrass songs demonstrated each lesson, include : Foggy Mt. Breakdown, and Rocky Top . . . . . . . over 30 arrangements, bolded melody notes.
VOLUME 1 . . List: $29.00 --- B-JH-BBM1bcd $26.90

B-JH-BBM2bcd Volume 2 BOOK/CD $26.90

THE BANJO PRIMER by Geoff Hohwald
Banjo Academy Publication

A book for basic beginners. Clear illustrations of technique positions, basic rolls;
Songs are 3-finger style arrangements; in tablature.
B-BA-BP.. . . . . . BOOK/CD $14.95

The Banjo Primer Jam CDs by Geoff Hohwald are a 2 CD set that play rhythm to all of the songs in the Banjo Primer at 5 different speeds. This companion product to the Banjo Primer is the perfect way to increase your playing speed, improve your timing and make that critical leap between practice and actually jamming with friends. Every track starts with the Banjo playing each song in the Banjo Primer one time to orient the student. The banjo then goes away, letting you play along with a real bluegrass band. The Banjo Primer Jam tracks will have you playing at your peak in no time. 2 CD's
CD-BA-BP Banjo Primer Jam 2 CDs ~~$14.95~~ SPECIAL $11.95

5-String Banjo for Beginners DVD from Janet Davis Music

5-String Banjo for Beginners DVD by Geoff Hohwald
A companion DVD to the Banjo Primer book/cd also by Geoff Hohwald.
Split screen clearly shows right and left hand techniques
Large on-screen tablature with "bouncing ball" pointer for all songs and excercises
Repeat play to increase practice effeciency and retention
D-BA-BP - Introduction to 5-String Banjo DVD $14.95

HOW TO PLAY BANJO by Tim Jumper
Good beginning banjo book for frailers! Thorough instructions for playing the clawhammer or frailing style and the 3-finger or bluegrass. Songs include: Cripple Creek, Old Joe Clark, Flop-Eared Mule.
B-AM35155 BOOK $12.95

HOW TO PLAY THE FIVE-STRING BANJO By Pete Seeger from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

HOW TO PLAY THE FIVE-STRING BANJO By Pete Seeger
The original source book for many of today's top players. A basic manual for banjo players at any level. Loaded with information for clawhammer, frailer and 3-finger style. Includes many favorite traditional songs, all with melody line, lyrics and banjo solos in notation and tab.

This is a must-have book for any banjo player.

B-OK61291 BOOK List: $16.95 SPECIAL: $14.95

HAL LEONARD BANJO METHOD, Book I by Hal Leonard
These books are good supplementary tune books for the beginning player.
Full of arrangements in tablature for the beginning to intermediate levels in 3-finger bluegrass style.
BOOK 1 includes: Oh Susanna, Do Lord, Clementine, Crawdad Song, Old Joe Clark, Shady Grove, The Streets of Laredo, Comin' Round the Mountain and more.
B-699500b Banjo Method BOOK 1 - Book only $6.95

B-695101bcd Banjo Method BOOK 1- Book/CD YOUR PRICE $14.95

BOOK 2 Includes New River Train, The Cuckoo, Down the Road, In the Pines, Froggy Went A-Courtin', Melodic GBanjo-Cotton Eyed Joe, Old Dan Tucker, Little Maggie, Eight of January and many more.
B-699502b Banjo Method BOOK 2: Book only $6.95

B-699515b EASY BANJO SOLOS, Hal Leonard Banjo Method by Mac Robertson
Supplement to Banjo Method Book 1
Rocky Top, I've Just Seen A Face, Hey Good Lookin', Ballad of Jed Clampett, Tom Dooley, Will The Circle, I'll Fly Away & more.
Book $6.95

B-699516b MORE EASY BANJO SOLOS, Hal Leonard
Supplement to Banjo Method Book 2 - 16 songs Abilene, I'm SO Lonesome I Could Cry, Jambalaya, and more.
Book $6.95

B-64741 INSTANT 5-STRING BANJO by F. Sokolow
Shows all you need to know in order to start playing this enjoyable instrument. Simple explanations backed up by superb photographs. Introduces you to parts of the banjo; making some sound; tuning up, a few easy chords; the basic strum; chawhammer style; double-thumbing; bluegrass banjo (Scruggs Style); Playing Up The Neck; Playing in Different Keys; Chords, Discography. Songs include: When The Saints Go Marching In; Red River Valley; Wabash Cannonnball; Will the Circle by Unbroken Skip to My Lou; Oh, Susanna; Buffalo Gals; Worried Man Blues; Down in the Valley, Bile Them Cabbage Down; Old Joe Clark; Little Birdie; Nine Pound Hammer; Bury Me Beneath the Willow; Soldier's Joy.
Book $7.95

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