Melodic Banjo
Book/CD

by Tony Trischka

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Angie Sumpter
877-450-4641

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A complete instruction guide for chromatic playing.

Includes: a step-by-step explanation of how to play melodic style, Bill Keith's explanation of how he developed his approach, interviews and transcribed solos of Bill Keith, Bobby Thompson, Eric Weissberg, Ben Eldridge, Alan Munde, and others.

37 tunes in tab, melodic blues runs and appendices on music theory and setting up your banjo.

CD features Tony with a backing band playing many of the tunes. Tablature only. 127 pp.

Songs included:

  • Are You Missing Me
  • Arkansas Traveler
  • Bill Cheatham
  • Blackberry Blossom
  • Cold Sailor
  • Cripple Creek
  • Cross Country
  • Devil Dance
  • Devil?s Dream
  • Done Gone
  • Dusty Miller
  • Eighth of January
  • Fire on the Mountain
  • Fisher?s Hornpipe
  • Foxfire
  • Gardens and Memories
  • Gray Eagle
  • Indian Blood
  • John Hardy
  • Jordan?s Hornpipe
  • June Apple
  • Katy Hill
  • Little Sadie
  • Lonesome Blues
  • Lonesome Fiddle Blues
  • Muddy Water
  • New Camptown Races
  • Old Joe Clark
  • Opus 57 in G Minor
  • Paddy on the Turnpike
  • Red Haired Boy
  • Rickett?s Hornpipe
  • Sally Goodin
  • Shuckin? the Corn
  • Sleepy Hollow Real
  • Soldier?s Joy
  • Turkey in the Straw
  • Twelve Weeks At Sea