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Levenson, Dan - Clawhammer Banjo From Scratch

Catalogue No: MLB20190M
Arrangement5-String Banjo
ComposerDan Levenson
Product FormatSheet Music/Online Audio
£18.99
Typically dispatched in 2-3 working days
Pages128
ISBN9780786689095 (0786689099)

Southern Appalachian native Dan Levenson and Mel Bay Publications present Clawhammer Banjo from Scratch - A Guide for the Claw-less! This book teaches clawhammer banjo the way we play, not the way others say. It really begins as though you really have NO knowledge of how to play the five string banjo clawhammer style. Based on Dan's innovative Meet the Banjo program (where Dan brings 15 banjos and teaches players who may have never held a banjo), this book assumes no prior experience. Beginning at the beginning, Dan presents a brief history of the 5-string banjo then goes over the parts of the banjo, holding the banjo, right and left hand positions and his basic clawhammerstrum. Even the strum is broken down into the steps of the finger and thumb. You are guided through the chords, the scale and then the individual notes of each of 12 jam session favorite tunes from scratch. Includes access to online audio with all exercises, tunes (slow and up to speed), and a fiddle version of each tune.

Contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Introduction - Clawhammer From Scratch: A Guide for the Claw-less
  3. Beginning at the Beginning
  4. Basic Structure of this Book
  5. Banjo Basics
  6. Knowing Your Banjo
  7. Tablature
  8. """With Your banjo on Your?"" (holding your banjo)"
  9. Left Arm and Left Hand Position
  10. Right Hand and Arm Position
  11. Tuning I
  12. Fretting the Notes
  13. Tuning II - Other Tuning Methods
  14. The Tuning Fork Pitch pipe
  15. Double Thumb
  16. The Metronome
  17. Chords
  18. Tab - Example 4 - Brush Thumb Exercise
  19. The Fiddle Tune and Old Time Banjo
  20. Your First Tune: Spotted Pony
  21. Tab - Example 5 - Brush Thumb Spotted Pony - chorded version
  22. Double - Thumb II - Finger to individual strings
  23. Tab - Example 6 - Double Thumb exercise - individual strings
  24. Tab - Example 7 - Double Thumb exercise - 1st to 4th
  25. Tab - Example 8 - Double Thumb exercise - 4th to 1st
  26. Tab - Example 9 - Double Thumb exercise - 4th to 1st to 4th, 1st to 4th to 1st
  27. Your First Scales
  28. Tab - Examples 10 & 11 - Basic and Extended double C scales
  29. Tab - Example 12 - Extended C Plus Scale
  30. Double Thumb Spotted Pony in C
  31. Tab - Example 13 - Double Thumb Spotted Pony in C
  32. Tuning III - Double D Tuning
  33. Capo
  34. Review in D
  35. Tabs - Examples 14 & 15 - Chords in D Chorded Pony in D
  36. Tab - Example 16 - Double D scale
  37. Tab - Example 17 - Double Thumb Spotted Pony in D
  38. Rest of the Tunes - The Double Thumb Collection
  39. Angelina Baker (Angeline the Baker) - Double thumb version
  40. Arkansas Traveler - Double thumb version
  41. Forked Deer - Double thumb version
  42. Fortune - Double thumb version
  43. Mississippi Sawyer - Double thumb version
  44. Old Molly Hare - Double thumb version
  45. Over the Waterfall - Double thumb version
  46. Rock the Cradle Joe - Double thumb version
  47. Soldier's Joy - Double thumb version
  48. Spotted Pony - Double thumb version
  49. West Fork Gals - Double thumb version
  50. Year of Jubilo (Lincoln's Gunboats) - Double thumb version
  51. Drop Thumb
  52. Tab - Example 18 - Drop Thumb 1-2-1-5 Example
  53. Tab - Example 19 - Drop Thumb Exercise
  54. Tab - Example 20 - Brush Thumb, Drop Thumb Spotted Pony
  55. Tab - Example 21 - Drop Thumb D scale
  56. Drop Thumb Collection
  57. Angelina Baker (Angeline Baker) - Drop thumb version
  58. Arkansas Traveler - Drop thumb version
  59. Forked Deer - Drop thumb version
  60. Fortune - Drop thumb version
  61. Mississippi Sawyer - Drop thumb version
  62. Old Molly Hare - Drop thumb version
  63. Over the Waterfall - Drop thumb version
  64. Rock the Cradle Joe - Drop thumb version
  65. Soldier's Joy - Drop thumb version
  66. Spotted Pony - Drop thumb version
  67. West Fork Gals - Drop thumb version
  68. Year of Jubilo (Lincoln's Gunboats) - Drop thumb version
  69. Beyond Basics
  70. Single Thumb
  71. Tabs - Example 22 & 23 - Single thumb examples
  72. Tab - Example 24 - Single thumb exercise
  73. Tab - Example 25 - Single Thumb Brush Thumb Pony in D
  74. Rests and other holes in the music
  75. Tabs - Examples 26 & 27 - Rests
  76. Hammer-ons, Pull-offs and Slides
  77. Tabs - Examples 28 &29 - Hammer-on examples hammer-on scale
  78. Tabs - Examples 30-32 - Triplet example Pull-off examples Pull-off scale
  79. Tabs - Examples 33 & 34 - Hammer-on, pull-off combinations Slide example
  80. Tab - Example 35 - Hammer-on, pull-off and slide exercise
  81. The Kitchen Sink Collection
  82. Angelina Baker (Angeline Baker) - Kitchen sink version
  83. Arkansas Traveler - Kitchen sink version
  84. Forked Deer - Kitchen sink version
  85. Fortune - Kitchen sink version
  86. Mississippi Sawyer - Kitchen sink version
  87. Old Molly Hare - Kitchen sink version
  88. Over the Waterfall - Kitchen sink version
  89. Rock the Cradle Joe - Kitchen sink version
  90. Soldier's Joy - Kitchen sink version
  91. Spotted Pony - Kitchen sink version
  92. West Fork Gals - Kitchen sink version
  93. Year of Jubilo (Lincoln's Gunboats) - Kitchen sink version
  94. Afterward - Final Thoughts
  95. Appendix 1 - Playing well with others - Jam Etiquette for the recently clawed
  96. Appendix 2 - Resources
  97. Appendix 3 - Listen, listen, listen - A non-comprehensive discography
  98. Dan Levenson products available
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