Banjo Tablature Books

from Janet Davis Music - The Banjo Store
For UPPER BEGINNING through ADVANCED LEVEL players.
Each book consists of songs arranged in tablature 3-finger style for the 5-string banjo.
These are not instructional method books.

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

Bill Emerson - Acutab Transcriptions Vol 1 - Limited Availability
Learn to play from one the greatest bluegrass banjo players of all time and
the co-founder of the original Country Gentlemen, now with the Sweet Dixie Band. This
book includes note for note transcriptions of Bill Emerson's playing for some of his
greatest banjo tunes (in tab)!
Complete tablature for all the banjo solos contained on Bill's Gold Plated Banjo & Emerson & Taylor's Appaloosa. Includes: Black Mountain Rag, Silver Bell, Tennessee Breakdown, Tex-Mex Shindig & many more.
B-A-BE Book: $19.95

Gold Plated Banjo
Great banjo tracks by a great banjoist! Guests include Tony Rice, Larry Stephenson, and Mark Schatz.

CD-REB1671 SPECIAL: $13.95

The Ultimate Banjo Songbook from Janet Davis Music - The Banjo Store

The Ultimate Banjo Songbook by Janet Davis BOOK 2 CDs
An essential resource for all banjo players!
26 tunes in tablature. Includes variations of each tune in different genres: Bluegrass, Jazz, Ragtime,
Rock-N-Roll, Pop, Swing, and more! 148 pages - includes 2 CDs!

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B-699565bcd - Banjo Songbook - $24.95

Tony Trischka Master Collection of Fiddle Tunes for Banjo Book/2 CDs

Tony Trischka Master Collection of Fiddle Tunes for Banjo
A comprehensive repertoire book of fiddle tunes adapted for banjo,
in easy to read tablature, by the renowned player and teacher of the
5-String Banjo, Tony Trischka.
The techniques employed will build the players technical prowess and
broaden their enjoyment of playing.

B-99583bcd - List: $34.95 SPECIAL: $26.97

Tom Adams "Right Hand Man" Banjo Tablature
From the slow triplets on Old Rugged Cross to the driving forward rolls on Bluegrass Breakdown,
there's plenty of traditional bluegrass banjo playing to be learned from these 10 tunes.

B-TA-RHM - List: $16.00 SPECIAL: $14.50

J.D. Crowe B-A-JDC - J. D. CROWE--
Complete tablature transcriptions of the solos--and selected backups--from two recordings by J. D. Crowe & the New South. Flashback & the Classic New South album from l975. Includes: Some Old Day, Nashville Blues, I'll Just Pretend, When the Angels Carry Me Home, & many more.

Acutab Transcriptions, Vol. I B-A-JDC Book In Print $14.95

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The Banjo Music of Tony Ellis
Original Tunes and Arrangements in Tablature and Notation (Paperback)
Former Bluegrass Boy Tony Ellis is a unique banjo talent. This book brings together tab, arrangements, and notes for four of Tony's albums.

B-326 The Banjo Music of Tony Ellis
List $19.95 Our Price $16.95

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

50 Tunes for Banjo from Janet Davis Music - The Banjo Store

50 Tunes for Banjo - BOOK/3 CDs
The parts in this book range from beginner to advanced.
Though many parts are arranged in standard "Scruggs" style, some are arranged in frailing
or "clawhammer" style, and many are arranged in "melodic" style.
3 CDs enclosed. Written in tablature.

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B-99939bcd - 50 Banjo Tunes List: $29.95 SPECIAL: $26.95

The Tony Trischka Collection
This collection contains 59 authentic transciptions by Tony Trischka. Includes the songs: Blown Down Wall . China Grove . Crossville Breakdown . Heartlands . Hill Country . Kentucky Bullfight . A Robot Plane Flies over Arkansas . more. Tony introduces each song with some of his own thoughts. Transcriptions are in tab only.
B-699063 The Tony Trischka Collection - Your Price: $16.95

Tarrant Baily Jr Banjo Solos from Janet Davis Music

Tarrant Baily Jr Banjo Solos

Outstanding collection of original 5-string banjo solos by legendary virtuoso and composer
Tarrant Bailey Jr. Covering a broad range of musical styles and varying in there degree
of technical difficulty, these pieces offer a wealth of original and ingenious ideas,
representing ther very finest of this composer's works.

List: $22.95
B-98426bcd - Tarrant Baily Jr Banjo Solos Special $20.65

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New Acoustic Banjo Solos with Greg Davis
This book/CD contains ten exciting arrangements in tablature for popular jazz and swing tunes, reminiscent of the Tony Rice, Bela Fleck, Sam Bush new acoustic sound. Greg's arrangements are in tablature and are arranged for intermediate through advanced players in the 3-finger style of playing. On the CD, each song is played at full speed with the guitar, followed by a phrase by phrase lesson, followed by a slow speed version.

Tunes include: Manzanita, Sweet Georgia Brown, Ain't Misbehavin', Backwaters, Belleville, Wave, Shine, Swing '42, EMD, and Minor Swing.
B-WR-6959 New Acoustic Banjo Solos BOOK/CD: $16.95

Favorite Gospel Tunes for Banjo by Alan Munde

Book and CD.
Alan Munde's unique arrangements of Gospel Favorites.

B-20596bcd Favorite Gospel Tunes - Book and CD List 14.95
Our Price: $12.95

Great Picking Tunes for Banjo by Alan Munde

Book and CD.
Alan Munde's unique and fun arrangements of classic banjo songs.

B-20595bcd Great Picking Tunes for Banjo - Book and CD List: $14.95
Our Price: $12.95

Festival Favorites Revisited by Alan Munde
A wealth of banjo information. Tunes are from a very popular series of recordings released in the early 1980's. Tunes include: Hot Burrito Brkdwn, Molly Bloom, Clinch Mt Backstep, Doug's Tune, Shenandoah Valley Brkdwn, Santa Claus, Libery, Salt Creek, Sally Goodin', The Girl I left Behind, Bill Cheatem, Little Rock Getaway, Dusty Miller and more!
B-97296b Book: $8.95

BANJO TABLATURES by Alan Munde
Each BOOK contains transcriptions in tab for Alan's banjo breaks for the songs on the corresponding tape or CD:

BANJO SANDWICH
B-AM34-BS Book: $8.95

CD-RRR0001 CD: $13.95

B-AM34-BE Blue Ridge Express Book $8.95

POOR RICHARDS ALMANAC
B-AM34-PR Book: $8.95

BANJO KID PICKS AGAIN
B-AM34-BKP Book: $8.95

B-AM34-BKc Cassette: $9.98

FAMOUS BANJO PICKIN TUNES by Janet Davis from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

SUPER SPECIAL PRICE
B-98530bcd FAMOUS BANJO PICKIN' TUNES by Janet Davis
32 pages of popular well known tunes arranged in the 3-finger style in tablature for all level players.

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CD plays all the music in the book.
Book and CD: $7.95

New for 5-String Banjo

O' Brother Where Art Thou?
O'Brother Where Art Thou? 5-String Banjo Tablature, Notation, Melody, Lyrics and Chords. Includes Big Rock Candy Mountain, You Are My Sunshine (Norman Blake),I am A Man of Constant Sorrow (Soggy BottomBoys), Keep on the Sunny Side (The Whites), I'll Fly Away(Alison Krauss & Gillian Wlch), In the Highways, I am Weary (The Cox Family), In the Jailhouse Now.
B-699528 "O'Brother, Where Art Thou" $10.95

DOUGLAS DILLARD SONGBOOK of 5-String Banjo Tablatures from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

LONG AWAITED - Finally back in print by popular demand.
DOUGLAS DILLARD SONGBOOK of 5-String Banjo Tablatures
Contains 21 tunes including favorites from the Doug Dillard's playing on the Andy Griffith Show, recordings with the original Dillards, the Doug Dillard Band and his solo albums. 69 pages.

Click to see COMPLETE SONG LIST of tablatures.

B-HL0286 CLASSIC DOUGLAS DILLARD SONGBOOK: $19.95

Banjo Picker's Fakebook by David Brody
Contains over 230 jigs, reels, rags, hornpipes and breakdowns from all the major traditional instrumental styles. One version is in Clawhammer style, and ONE version is in 3-finger Bluegrass style for EACH SONG. Extensive Discography.
B-OK64261 BOOK: Reg. 27.95 SPECIAL $24.95

Book: "Alison Krauss & Union Station--so long so wrong."
Pictures, Words, music,chord symbols, and instrument breaks(guitar, banjo, mandolin) in tablature--transcriptions from a great recording!

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Alison Krauss - fiddle, vocals
Dan Tyminski - guitar, vocals
Ron Block - banjo
Adam Steffey - mandolin
Barry Bales - bass

B-AKPG9716 BOOK: $22.95

CD-ROU0365 CD (band playing): $13.95

B-AKPG9716bcd Book and CD combo $36.90

5-STRING BANJO NATURAL STYLE - No Preservatives
By Ron Middlebrook

This great songbook for 5-string banjo pickers features 10 easy, 10 intermediate and 10 difficult arrangements of the most popular bluegrass banjo songs. This book/CD pack comes complete with a chord chart. 40 pages. Recommended for the Beginning and Intermediate players!
B-HL0284 BOOK/CD: 5-String Banjo Natural Style: $16.95

BANJO SONGS by Geoff Hohwald
30 popular songs with over 75 variations for 5-string bluegrass banjo the way the pros play! Inlcudes lots of up the neck breaks and licks. Easy to follow tablature with 2 audio CDs to help you quickly learn to play with the power and accent of top professionals.

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B-BA-BS Banjo Songs BOOK/2 CDs: $16.95

Bill Knopf plays SCOTT JOPLIN from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

Bill Knopf plays SCOTT JOPLIN:
Includes The Entertainer, Maple Leaf Rag, Easy Winners, The Casades.

B-FIR5 Book: $12.95

B-FIRc Tape: 9.95

CD-FIR005 CD: $14.95

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA MARCHES for 5-String banjo: by Bill Knopf
Includes arrangements for Washington Post, King Cotton, Stars & Stripes Forever, The High School Cadets, The Gladiator,
Fairest of the Fair & more!

B-FIR6 Book: $12.95

CD-FIR006 CD: $14.95

MELODIC BANJO by Tony Trischka
A complete instruction guide to "Keith Style" or fiddle style banjo technique. Over 30 tunes and songs by Bill Keith, Eric Weissberg, Alan Munde, Bobby Thompson, Vic Jordan and others. Also includes interviews and descriptions of their playing styles.
B-OK63149 List: $15.95 SPECIAL: $14.35

BANJO SONGBOOK by Tony Trischka
A collection of over 75 bluegrass, old-time fiddle, and classical tunes in tablature for the 5-string banjo. Includes Sections on Scruggs, Reno and Melodic Styles, Interviews, Tips on Playing and more. for the Beginning to Advanced player.
B-OK63438 BOOK: $17.95

Complete Book of Irish & Celtic 5-String by Tom Hanway.
180 page book with CD. The definitive text on the 5-string's place in Celtic music. Includes 101 tunes arranged in tablature, plus a complete glossary of terms, full of pictures and informative notes and articles. Exercises and back-up patterns for polkas, reels, hornpipes and jigs. Songs include: The Cuckoo's Nest, Far from Home, Sally Gardens, Blackberry Blossom, The Irish Washerwoman, Red Haired Boy,The foxhunter's Jig, Ballydesmond Polka, Ships Are Sailing, The Salamanca, Fisher's Hornpipe, O'Carolan's Concerton & many more!
B-95759bcd Your Price: Book/CD: $25.75

Bluegrass Banjo Workshop Book One from Janet Davis Music

Bluegrass Banjo Workshop by Bill Knopf - Book ONE
A Beginners Manual
Chords, Picking Patterns, Lick, Basic Back-up
15 Banjo Solos Including:
Old Joe Clark, Wabash Cannonball, Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms, Red River Valley,
Amazing Grace.

B-FI-1 BOOK/CD: $19.95

Bluegrass Banjo Workshop by Bill Knopf - Book TWO
Scruggs style licks for improvistation, arranging and back-up,
up the neck positions, 30 arrangements of standard chord progressions:
B-FI-2 BOOK/CD: $24.95

BANJO SONGBOOK (Bluegrass Workshop #3) by Bill Knopf:
25 Solos: Down Yonder, Swanee River, Double Eagle, Little Maggie, Dark Hollow, plus up-neck
Solos to tunes in Book One, (p.1). Mostly Scruggs style.
B-FI-3 Book/CD: $19.95

BACK UP by Bill Knopf from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

BACK UP by Bill Knopf:
(Book #4 workshop)
Standard accompaniment patterns, fancy licks, chord extensions , 11 standard chord progressions demonstrate possible combinations of licks.

FI-4 Book/CD: $19.95

RAGTIME, BLUES AND JAZZ FOR BANJO: By F. Sokolow
Great arrangements for many popular tunes, i.e. Frankie & Johnnie, Bully of the Town, Aileen, Rising Sun, Maple Leaf Rag, St. Louis Tickle, etc., in 3-finger style. Tablature for intermediate level. List: $11.95
B-93936......BOOK $9.98

Bela Fleck - Banjo Tablature Books Drive

B-HLD "Drive" Tablature Book by Bela Fleck $14.95

CD-ROU0255: "Drive" : $13.95

B-672359 Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
25 transcriptions in musical notation only with chord indications, (no tab), from Flight of the Cosmic Hippo, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Ufo Tofu, Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Tales form the Acoustic Planet, Live Art. Includes "The Sinister Minister" Grammy award winner.
BOOK: $14.95

Bela Fleck's TALES from the ACOUSTIC Planet Tab book from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

Bela Fleck's TALES from the ACOUSTIC Planet Tab book
Complete transcriptions for Bela's banjo solos as played on this popular CD - in tablature.

Song List:Up & Running, First Light, The Great Circle Route, Circus of Regrets, Three Bridges Home, The Landing, Arkansas Traveler, Backwoods Galaxy, In Your Eyes, System Seven, Cheeseballs in Cowtown, Bicyclops, Jayme Lynn, For Sasha.

CD-wb45854 CD $13.95

B-H-BFTA BOOK: $14.95

Bela Fleck's Tales From The Acoustic Planet Vol 2, The Bluegrass Sessions Tab Book
Complete transcriptions for Bela's banjo solos as played on this CD
Song List: Blue Mountain Hop, Buffalo Nickel, When Joy Kills Sorrow, Spanish Point, Polka
on the Banjo, Clarinet Polka, The Over Grown Waltz, Ode to Earl, Valley of the Rouge, Plunky's
Lament, Maura on a Bicycle, Stout and Molasses, Way Back When, Dark Circles, Old Jellico, Puddle
Jumper, Dead Man's Hill, Katmandu, Do You Have Room?, Major Honker.

CD-WB47332 CD $13.95

B-641556 BOOK: $16.95

B-BSW Bela Fleck & Tony Trischka-Solo Banjo Works:
Complete transcriptions in tablature for all of Bela's solos and all of Tony's solos from this great CD.
BOOK: $14.95

CD-ROU0247 Solo Banjo Works with Tony Trischka: $13.95

Knee Deep In Banjo - Acutab - Companion book to Knee Deep In Bluegrass CD.
Included in a variety of keys and styles is both banjo instrumentals and breaks/backups for the vocal numbers. Features the banjo playing of Terry Baucom, Joe Mullins, Alan Munde, Sammy Shelor, Tony Trischka, Scott Vestal and Pete Wernick.

Songs include: Lonesome Wind, Knee Deep In Bluegrass, Benny McCoy, Turkey In The Straw, Buffalo Creek, Carter's Blues, By Stealth, Home Run Man, Four Leaf Clover, Little Liza Jane and Daddy's Dream

Knee Deep In Bluegrass CD won the 2001 IBMA Instrumental Album of the Year Award

B-20131 Book - $19.95

CD-REB1759 Knee Deep In Bluegrass CD Only - $13.95

B-A-KG Knee Deep in Guitar tab book
List 25.00 Our Price $19.95

Steve Dilling AcuTab transcriptions, Vol I
This new book features all the banjo breaks and many prominent backups from all four
IIIrd Tyme Out CDs on which Steve has appeared: Letter To Home, Living On The Other Side,
Live At The MAC and John & Mary.

B-A-SD Regular: $25.00 Your Price: $19.95

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Terry Baucom -- TERRY BAUCOM-- Here are all the solos - plus selected back up - from the two hot Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina albums. Learn the exact licks from one of the most respected and influential players in contemporary bluegrass. A valuable resource! 18 songs - 28 breaks/5 backups; 41 pages.
B-A-TB Book $14.95

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Joe Mullins --JOE MULLINS--
Complete tablature for all of the banjo solos - plus, 8 selected backups - from The Traditional Grass' 10th Anniversary Collection & Songs Of Love And Life. Includes: No Return, Weary Lonesome Blues, Veil of White Lace, My Dollies Would Cry, & many more.
B-A-JM Book: $14.95

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Songs from the 10th Anniversary Collection
CD-REB1718: $13.95

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Songs from Songs of Love and Life
CD-REB1721: $13.95

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Sammy Shelor
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Volume 2 --SAMMY SHELOR:Vol. 2--
Tablature from banjo on "Leading Roll" and "Carrying Forward" with the great Lonesome River Band!
B-A-SS2Book: $17.00

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Songs from The Lonesome River Band's One Step Forward (Sugar Hill 3848)

Songs From Leading Roll (Sugar Hill 3865)
CD-SH3865: $13.95ea

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Scott Vestal Vol 2 from Janet Davis Music

Bluegrass 95, 96, 97-Scott Vestal
Complete tabs for all of the solos from three popular instrumental albums. Highly recommended for the
intermediate+ players. Many well known bluegrass and fiddle tunes. Includes Pike County Breakdown,
Big Country, Clinch Mountain Backstep, Black Jack and many more in a mix of styles (Scruggs,
melodic, single string).

B-A-SV2 BOOK: $21.95

THE BEATLES FOR BANJO
18 of the Fab Four's finest for Banjo!

B-700813 SPECIAL: $9.95

PERSONALITY BOOKS:
And There You Have It! by Murphy Henry
A compilation of Murphy's best Banjo Newsletter columns. Entertaining and and you can learn too. Written with a personal touch, and a lot of good humor. 188 pages with articles & photos.
B-M-ATYHI BOOK: $14.95

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