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101 five-string banjo tips : stuff all the pros know and use
- Title
- 101 five-string banjo tips : stuff all the pros know and use / by Fred Sokolow with editorial assistance by Ronny Schiff.
- Author
- Sokolow, Fred.
- Publication
- Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard Corporation, c2013.
- Supplementary Content
- Table of contents
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JMG 14-37 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Schiff, Ronny S.
- Description
- 88 p. : ill., music; 31 cm +
- Alternative Title
- One hundred and one five-string banjo tips
- One hundred one five-string banjo tips
- Subjects
- Note
- Accompanying CD includes 22 demo tracks.
- Contents
- The banjo itself. Parts of the banjo ; Resonator vs. open-backed ; Gourd banjos ; Minstrel banjos ; The fifth (drone) string ; Tuning pegs ; Action ; Banjo heads (skin, plastic, fiber) ; Tightening the head (brackets) ; Tone rings ; The bridge ; Arch top vs. flat top ; Armrest ; Fretless banjos ; Inlays ; Coordinating/truss rods ; Selecting a banjo -- Accessories. Practice with a metronome ; Get organized ; To pick or not to pick ; How to use a strap ; Amplifying your banjo ; Fingernails ; There's an app for that ; Just in case (banjo cases) ; Strings ; Capos ; Fifth string spikes/capos ; Scruggs tuners -- Playing tips. G tuning ; Stay tuned! ; What key are we in? ; D tuning ; Sawmill tuning ; C tuning ; Double C tuning ; Dsus and D7sus tuning ; Open C tuning Fretting hand maneuvers ; The G major scale ; The C major scale ; Moveable chord shapes/scales ; Play the blues! ; Harmonics! ; Diminished and augmented chords ; Clawhammer (frailing) ; Where to strum ; Moveable minor chords ; Moveable 7th chords ; Learn all the G and C chords ; Double thumbing/drop thumbing ; Two-finger picking ; Three-finger rolls ; Speed ; Single-string picking ; Melodic picking ; Fretting the fifth string ; Playing without a capo -- Practice ideas. Play with the best backup bands ; Learn complete songs ; Keep a steady tempo ; Play with other people ; Repetition gets it done ; Make a wish list (of songs) ; Practice every day ; Organize your practice ; Practice mentally ; One new chord a week ; Record yourself ; A song a week ; Expand banjo consciousness ; Get ready for showtime! ; Practice in front of a TV ; You can play anything -- Music theory. Tablature ; Up and down ; Where the notes are ; Using 7th chords ; The blues loves 7th chords ; The numbers game ; Circle of fifths chart ; A relatively minor problem ; Transposing ; F-D-barre chart -- Banjo activities. Different teachers ; Look, listen, and learn ; Leave it out, at arm's length ; Visit banjo websites ; Go to a banjo contest ; Festivals and camps -- Banjo lore and banjo history. Know your banjo masters ; Ragtime and classical banjo ; Old-time banjo ; Bluegrass banjo ; Folk revival banjo ; Banjo humor ; Banjo makers ; Long neck banjos ; Cowboys played the banjo! ; Why so many tuninigs? ; Banjo in pop music.
- Call Number
- JMG 14-37
- ISBN
- 9781458479921
- 1458479927
- LCCN
- 884088659967
- OCLC
- 862240545
- Author
- Sokolow, Fred.
- Title
- 101 five-string banjo tips : stuff all the pros know and use / by Fred Sokolow with editorial assistance by Ronny Schiff.
- Imprint
- Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard Corporation, c2013.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Schiff, Ronny S.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 884088659967
- Publisher No.
- HL00696647 Hal Leonard (set)63015757 Hal Leonard (CD)
- Research Call Number
- JMG 14-37 [Text]*LDC 52947 [CD]