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product id: 2756
Arrangement: Banjo (5-String)
Product type: Methods
Media: Book
Pages: 40
Genre: Bluegrass
Author: Sonny Osborne, edited Neil Griffin
Expected shipping time: 14 days
Price: 7.39 euro

This is a landmark instructional text on bluegrass banjo. Written by the legendary Sonny Osborne, it presents the basics needed to successfully play bluegrass banjo (G tuning). A special bonus is the inclusion of seven favorite songs for banjo solo. In notes and tab.


Contents:

The Osborne Bros.
The Banjo
Holding the Banjo
The Left Hand
The Right Hand - Position, Fingering, Picks
Bridge
Adjusting the Bridge
Strings
Tuning the Banjo
Another Way to Tune
'D' Tuning
Another Way to Tune
The Rudiments of Music
Notes on the First String (D)
Notes on the Second String (B)
Notes on the Third String (G)
Notes on the Fourth String (D)
The Fifth String (G)
Tablature
Tablature Symbols
Counting Time in Tablature
Preparatory Songs
London Bridge
Yankee Doodle
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Little Brown Jug
Repeat Signs
Cripple Creek
Shady Grove
The Tie
Examples
Pick-up Notes
Red River Valley
The Eighth Note
I've Been Working On The Railroad
Tom Dooley
It Ain't Gonna Rain No More
The Sharp
The Sharpie
The Flat
Flat Land
The Natural
A Pair Of Naturals
The Key of G
Gee-Whiz
The Capo
Chimes
Rolls
Forward Roll Patterns
Backward Roll Patterns
Split Roll Patterns
Alternating Roll Patterns
Slides
Hammers
Pull-Offs
Backward Slides
Double-Hammers
Basic Bluegrass Sound
-- Bluegrass Solos --
Sonny's Breakdown
Old Joe Clark
Sonny's Chimes
Red Wing
Cumberland Echoes
John Henry
The Bird

The Bluegrass Style Chords --
The Major Chords
The Minor Chords
The Seventh Chords
The Diminished Chords
The Augmented Chords

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