Joseph Weidlich - Progressive Pieces for Clawhammer Banjo

After the Civil War, the up picking finger style of playing the 5-string banjo came into vogue - eventually finding its way into the Victorian parlor and, later, college glee and music clubs. The original down picking style didn'tentirely die out, because throughout the reaminder of the 19th Century, new methods for the banjo often included a number of songs in the older two-finger banjo style of performance. Perhaps the most intricate set of songs toappear in the original banjo style were these 34 progressive pieces found in Frank B. Converse's Analytical Banjo Method from 1887. Those songs, presented in this book for clawhammer banjo, offer a nice mix of banjo characteristicpieces, medleys and new compositions from Converse.

CONTENTS

• Alabama Walk Around
• Arkansas Traveler
• Anthony Street Reel
• Boatman's Dance
• The Boxer's Reel
• Brannigan's Reel
• Camptown Race Track
• Cane Brake Reel
• Carolina Reel
• Choctaw Reel
• Dark Horse Reel
• Foster's Jig
• Frisky Reel
• Far South Reel Medley
• Grey Eagle Reel
• Hampton Medley
• Irish Jig
• Jordan
• Jumbo Reel
• Lynchburg Reel
• Leavitt's Jig
• The Modoc Reel
• Mississippi Walk Around
• My Love Is But A Lassie
• Narragansett Jig
• Old "Tuckpaw" Jig
• Old Virginny Dance
• Old Plantation Reel
• Philadelphia Jig
• Rattlesnake Jig
• The Skidmore Guards
• Short Stop Reel
• Sugar Cane Dance
• Sunrise Reel
• Texas Reel
• Wigwam Reel
• Walk Into De Parlor
• Water Street Reel
• Old Zip Coon