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Beyond bluegrass banjo : etudes and ideas for the modern banjo player

Title
Beyond bluegrass banjo : etudes and ideas for the modern banjo player / by Dave Hollender and Matt Glaser ; edited by Jonathan Feist.
Author
Hollender, Dave.
Publication
Boston, MA : Berklee Press ; Milwaukee, Wis. : Distributed by Hal Leonard, c2011.
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Additional Authors
  • Glaser, Matt.
  • Feist, Jonathan.
  • Trischka, Tony, 1949-
  • McGann, John (Guitarist)
  • Whitney, Jim.
  • Ryan, Jimmy, 1957-
Description
viii, 64 p. of music : ill.; 31 cm. +
Summary
Overview: Play and improvise with more expression and freedom in bluegrass and related styles. These ideas, exercises and etudes will help you expand your palette of improvisational and compositional techniques and sounds. Develop your versatility over the fingerboard, and master rhythmic ideas on the banjo. The CD features demo and play-along tracks performed by an all-star bluegrass band! "This book opens up new vistas on the banjo, particularly useful for advanced players." - Tony Trischka, Banjo Great.
Alternative Title
Etudes and ideas for the modern banjo player
Subjects
Note
  • Standard notation and tablature with chord symbols.
  • "Banjo: Improvisation."
  • "The CD has demonstration and play-along tracks, performed by an all-star bluegrass band"--[P.] 4 of cover.
Contents
CD tracks -- Dave's preface -- Matt's preface -- Lamb chops (skeletal melody and the five levels of improvisation) -- Girl I left behind me (reharmonization) -- Infinite blackberry blossom (melodic cells and progressive rhythmic variation) -- Ark and the saw (changing the mode) -- Act natural (mutually exclusive triads) -- High windy (developing motifs and upper-structure triads) -- IHOP (mixolydian melody) -- Hot lick fiddle chick (constantly flowing eighth notes) -- Gunshot wound in the ER (dominant 7th chords around the cycle) -- Fishy hornpipe (tetrachords) -- Girl I left behind me (solo banjo with reharmonization) -- Dave's conclusion -- Matt's conclusion -- About the authors.
Call Number
JMG 12-341
ISBN
  • 9780876391181
  • 0876391188
LCCN
884088501778
OCLC
709673753
Author
Hollender, Dave.
Title
Beyond bluegrass banjo : etudes and ideas for the modern banjo player / by Dave Hollender and Matt Glaser ; edited by Jonathan Feist.
Imprint
Boston, MA : Berklee Press ; Milwaukee, Wis. : Distributed by Hal Leonard, c2011.
Performer
Performers on compact disc: Dave Hollender, banjo ; Matt Glaser, violin ; John McGann, mandolin, guitar ; Jim Whitney, bass ; Jimmy Ryan, mandolin ; Tony Trischka, banjo.
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Table of contents
Added Author
Glaser, Matt.
Feist, Jonathan.
Trischka, Tony, 1949- Instrumentalist
McGann, John (Guitarist) Instrumentalist
Whitney, Jim. Instrumentalist
Ryan, Jimmy, 1957- Instrumentalist
Other Standard Identifier
884088501778
Publisher No.
HL50449610 Hal Leonard
CD#63013713 Hal Leonard
Research Call Number
JMG 12-341 [Text]
*LDC 52079 [CD]
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