Absolute Beginners Banjo
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The Absolute Beginners award-winning method has been designed to make learning the 5-string banjo easier than ever before! Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing your first complete songs. Absolute Beginners Banjo gives you: An 'owner's manual' approach to the banjo; Practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know about setting up, playing and maintenance; A look-and-learn course that uses clear pictures to illustrate every step of learning; CD audio tracks to let you hear how things should sound, plus full-length accompaniments so you can play along!
CD Track Listing 4Introduction 5Practicing Tips 5Types of 5-String Banjos 6Parts of the Banjo 7String and Things 8Holding the Banjo 9Tuning Your Banjo 10Relative Tuning 10Using an Electronic Tuner 10Tuning to Other Instruments 11Left Hand Position 12Your First Chords 13Chord Diagrams 13The G Chord 13The D7 Chord 14Alternating between G and D7 14The C Chord 15Alternating between G and C 15Let's Play! 16Skip to My Lou 16Man of the Circle Be Unbroken 17Will the Circle Be Unbroken 17Long Journey Home 18The Right Hand 19Picks 19Right-Hand Positioning 20The Alternating-Thumb Roll 21Skip to My Lou (with alternating-thumb roll) 22Reading Tablature 23The Forward-Backward Roll 24Man of ConstantSorrow (with forward-backward roll) 25Using Roll Patterns to Accompany Tunes 26The Pinch Pattern 27Mixing Rolls and the Pinch Pattern 28Skip to My Lou (alternating-thumb roll and pinch) 28Skip to My Lou (forward-backward roll and pinch) 29Finding the Melody 30Skip to My Lou 30 (easy melody) 30Skip to My Lou 31 (solo 1) 31Skip to My Lou 31 (solo 2) 31Let's Play with the Band! 32Cripple Creek 32Chord Dictionary 33Congratulations 37Additional Lyrics 38About the Author 39Discography 39
