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Janet Davis - School of Banjo: Bluegrass Melodic Style
Janet Davis - School of Banjo: Bluegrass Melodic Style
Catalogue No: MLB21549BCD
Arrangement
5-String Banjo
Product Format
Sheet Music/CD
Composer
Janet Davis
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Contents
Chapter 1: The 3 Left Hand Melodic Shapes
Lesson 1: Shape #1 ? D7 Shape
Song: Cripple Creek
Lesson 2: Shape #2 ? Barre Shape
Song: Blackberry Blossom
Lesson 3: Shape #3 ? Partial D Shape
Song: Fisher's Hornpipe
Lesson 4: Choosing Shapes
Song: Devil's Dream
Lesson 5: Review of Basic Melodic Shapes
Chapter 2: Melodic 4?Note Mini Scale Patterns
Lesson 6: The Melody & G Major Scale Tones
Song: Flop Eared Mule
Lesson 7: Scale Pattern #1
Song: Fire on the Mountain
Lesson 8: Scale Patterns #2 & #3
And How to Work Out A Melodic Arrangement
Song: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Lesson 9: Scale Patterns #4 & #5
Song: Red Wing
Lesson 10: Review of Melodic 4-Note Scale Patterns
Chapter 3: Melodic Style Techniques
Lesson 11: Adding An Introduction
Song: Bill Cheatham
Lesson 12: Pick Up Notes & Triplets
Song: The Big Sandy River
Lesson 13: Fretting the 5th String
And Using the Circular Scale
Song: Whiskey Before Breakfast
Lesson 14: Melodic Licks By Chord
Song: Dixie Hoedown
Lesson 15: Review of Melodic Techniques
Chapter 4: The F Chord
Lesson 16: Adding The F Chord
Song: The Cuckoo's Nest
Lesson 17: F Shapes & Mixolydian
Song: Dusty Miller Hornpipe
Lesson 18: Using The Capo & Scale Pattern #1 for the F chord
Song: Red Haired Boy
Lesson 19: Adding Chromatic Notes
Song: Old Joe Clark
Lesson 20: The Old Timey Sound Melodic Style
Song: Big Scioty
Lesson 21: Review ?The F Chord, and Modal & Chromatic Scales
Chapter 5: Chord Shapes Up The Neck
Lesson 22: The Major Chord Shapes
Song: Sailor's Hornpipe
Lesson 23: The Major Chord Locations Up The Neck
Song: Twinkle Little Star (Fiddle Tune)
Chapter 6: Bluegrass Songs & The Melodic Style
Lesson 24: Contrasting Bluegrass & the Melodic Style
Song: Sally Goodin' (2 arrangements)
Lesson 25: Combining Bluegrass & the Melodic Style
Song: Katy Hill
Lesson 26: Adding Melodic Licks to a Bluegrass Arrangement
Song: Black Mountain Rag
Lesson 27: Playing A Bluegrass Song in the Melodic Style
Creating Melodic Arrangements for Bluegrass Songs
Song: Sunnyvale Breakdown
Lesson 28: Review ? Bluegrass & the Melodic Style
Chapter 7: Moving a Song from Key of G to a New Key Without the Capo
Lesson 29: Playing in the Key of A Without the Capo & Without Retuning
Chapter 8: Endings ? Melodic Style
Lesson 29: Endings ? Melodic Style
Reference: Chord Charts
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Reference:
MLB21549BCD
Arrangement
5-String Banjo
Product Format
Sheet Music/CD
Composer
Janet Davis