Banjo For Dummies

Bill Evans

eBook - 2011

A complete guide to the world of the five-string banjo written for both beginners and more experienced players.Packed with over 120 how-to photos and 130 musical examples.94 track CD included - hear and play along with every exercise and song.The only book to offer instruction in clawhammer, bluegrass, melodic, single-string, minstrel and classic styles.From Earl Scruggs' driving bluegrass picking to the genre-busting jazz fusion of Béla Fleck and the multi-million selling movie soundtrack O Brother Where Are Thou?, the five-string banjo can be heard just about everywhere in American music these days.Banjo For Dummies is the most complete guide to the five-string banjo ever written. It covers everything you need to get into the banjo:... including how to choose, tune and care for your instrument, developing a good playing posture, fretting your first chords and getting comfortable with the left and right hand picking patterns used for... more