You Can Teach Yourself Banjo Book DVD Set

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You Can Teach Yourself Banjo
by Janet Davis

Product Number: 94429DP
ISBN: 0786667702
Publisher: Mel Bay Pub., Inc.
Difficulty Level: Beginning
Format: Book+DVD

Collections: Discontinued

Category: Banjo Book, Book, Discontinued, Melbay

Type: Book

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This is the ideal beginner's book, presenting the basics of playing the 5-string banjo is a way that is both fun and produces quick results. Janet Davis takes you on an extensive tour of this instrument's fundamental techniques as well as some intermediate possibilities including rolls, chords, bluegrass banjo techniques, playing up the neck, licks, endings, and other basic information needed to play bluegrass and melodic-style banjo. Thorough performance notes are provided from beginning to end revealing the secrets of this versatile traditional instrument. The companion DVD video is included.

CONTENTS

BOOK CONTENTS:

It's Fun
The Banjo
Lesson 1A:	Tuning the Banjo
Lesson 1B:	Holding the Banjo
Lesson 1C:	The Right Hand
Lesson 1D:	Picking the Banjo
Lesson 1E:	Tablature
Lesson 1E:	Rhythm
Lesson 2:	Roll Patterns
Lesson 2:	The Basic Roll Patterns
Lesson 3:	Chords
Lesson 4:	Using the Forward-Roll Pattern
	The Forward Roll
	"Bile Dem Cabbage Down"
Lesson 5:	"The Old Gray Goose"
Lesson 5:	Variation: Using the Pinch
Lesson 6:	The Forward-Reverse Roll
Lesson 6:	"The Old Gray Goose"
Lesson 7:	"Worried Man Blues"
Lesson 8:	"Mountain Dew"
Lesson 9:	The Backward Roll
Lesson 9:	"Bile Dem Cabbage Down"
Lesson 10:	The Mixed Roll
Lesson 10:	"Good Night Ladies"
Lesson 11:	Left-Hand Techniques
	The Slide
	"Good Night Ladies"
Lesson 12:	The Pull-Off
Lesson 13:	The Hammer
Lesson 14:	"Cripple Creek"
Lesson 15:	Melodic Style
Lesson 15:	"Cripple Creek"
Lesson 16:	"Blackberry Blossom"
Lesson 17:	"Cumberland Gap"
Lesson 18:	Playing Up the Neck
Lesson 18:	"Cumberland Gap" -- Part B
Lesson 19:	Adding an Ending
Lesson 19:	"Cumberland Gap" -- Part C
Lesson 20:	The G Lick
	The Right Hand
	The Left Hand
	Both Hands
	"Bile Dem Cabbage Down"
	"Wildwood Flower"
Lesson 21:	G Lick #2
	The Foggy Mountain Lick
	The Left Hand
	The Right Hand
	"Train 45"
Lesson 22:	G Lick #3
	Pull-Off Lick
	"Train 45"
Lesson 23:	D Lick #1
	The Salty Dog Lick
	"Salty Dog"
Lesson 24:	Combining Licks
Lesson 24:	"Sunnyvale Breakdown"
Lesson 25:	D Lick #2
	Partial D Chord
	"Wabash Cannonball"
Lesson 26:	D Lick #3
Lesson 26:	"John Hardy"
Lesson 27:	Using Alternate Licks
Lesson 27:	"John Hardy"
Lesson 28:	Up the Neck
	The D Lick
	"John Hardy"
Lesson 29:	Quarter Notes
Lesson 29:	"Lonesome Road Blues"
Lesson 30:	G Lick #4
Lesson 30:	"Down the Road"
Lesson 3l:	"Pig in a Pen"
Lesson 32:	G Lick #5
	"Sally Goodin'"
	Review
Lesson 33:	Roll-Pattern Variations
Lesson 33:	"She'll Be Coming Around the Moutain"
Lesson 34:	Harmonics
Lesson 34:	"Grandfather's Clock"
Lesson 35:	Using a Capo
Lesson 35:	"Old Joe Clark"
Lesson 36:	The F Chord
Lesson 36:	"Little Maggie
Lesson 37:	"Old Man at the Mill"
Lesson 38:	"Pretty Polly"
Lesson 39:	D Lick #4
Lesson 39:	"Shady Grove"
Lesson 40:	Fretting the Fifth String
Lesson 40:	"Banjo Signal"
Lesson 41:	The Choke
Lesson 41:	"Lonesome Road Blues"
Lesson 42:	Melodic Style
	What Is a Scale?
	Melodic Style?
Lesson 43:	The G Major Scale
Lesson 44:	Fiddle Tunes
Lesson 44:	"Devil's Dream"
Lesson 45:	"Turkey in the Straw"
Lesson 46:	"Blackberry Blossom"
Lesson 47:	"Flop Eared Mule"
Lesson 48:	"Sugarfoot Rag"
Lesson 49:	"Buffalo Gals"
Lesson 50:	"Buffalo Gals"
Lesson 51:	"Wildwood Flower"
Lesson 52:	Chord Positions
	The F Position
	The D Position
	The Barre Position
	Just for Fun... More Exercises
Lesson 53:	Working from Chord Positions
Lesson 53:	"Wildwood Flower"
Lesson 54:	"Two Little Boys"
Lesson 55:	Waltz Time
Lesson 55:	"Amazing Grace"
Lesson 56:	"Silent Night"
Lesson 57:	"Home on the Range"
Lesson 58:	C Tuning
Lesson 58:	"Soldier's Joy"
Lesson 59:	D Tuning
Lesson 59:	"Reuben"
Chord Charts
	Major Chords
	Minor Chords
	Locating Chords Without a Chart
	Summary