New Techniques for 5-String Banjo - Volume 2 - Beyond Beginner - Jeff Belding - 9780578771076
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New Techniques for 5-String Banjo - Volume 2 - Beyond Beginner - Jeff Belding

This is the follow-up to New Techniques For 5 String Banjo, Volume 1 - Beginner. The first section is a review of important aspects of Volume 1, such as reading Tablature notation, rhythm, picking, fretting, chords that were used in Volume 1, time signatures and banjo rolls. The use of the capo is introduced, along with many sample tunes that incorporate the capo, such as "Cripple Creek," and "Devil's Dream," among others. New chords are presented: Emin, Dmin, and F along with tunes to go along with them - "Little Maggie" and "Old Joe Clark" to name just a couple. There is a discussion of how to move chord "shapes" around the banjo neck to get different inversions of the same chord. An expansion of repertoire of popular bluegrass tunes is emphasized. Besides some of the aforementioned tunes, there is "Red Wing," "Bile Dem Cabbage Down," "Soldier's Joy," and "Turkey in the Straw." Provided with these popular tunes are several variations for each one, along with various suggested ideas on accompaniment for them. There is an entire chapter devoted to Waltzes: "The Ash Grove," and "All the Good Times" to name a couple. Practice tips include a discussion of how to get the most valuable use out of practicing with a metronome. Toward the end of the book, there is an all-important discussion of Banjo Licks: How to practice them, and how to put them into use in your everyday playing. The book offers a free audio companion which plays through every musical example in the book, along with Banjo/Guitar versions of all the main tunes for an interactive jamming experience for the novice banjoist. A Glossary of musical terms is provided which explains many aspects of Music Theory as simply and succinctly as possible, as well as ANY term used in the book that the author considered something requiring further explanation. To summarize, the author hopes that this Volume 2 Banjo Book can be of tremendous value to the later beginner as both a bridge to enhanced playing technique and a reference of musical knowledge regarding the Banjo.

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