Everything You Wanted to Know About Clawhammer Banjo
A Complete Tutor for the Intermediate and Advanced Player
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SKU: MB.99246BCD
A Complete Tutor for the Intermediate and Advanced Player. Composed by Ken Perlman. Perfect binding, Methods. Clawhammer/Frailing. Book/2-CD Set. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.99246BCD).ISBN 9780786658909. UPC: 796279073578. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
One of the world's top players addresses nearly every aspect of the popular 5-string banjo style known as clawhammer or frailing. Chapter themes include fundamentals; advanced and experimental techniques; arranging and backup; how to play reels, hornpipes, jigs and other fiddle tunes; how to approach such genres as ragtime, bluegrass, klezmer, blues, calypso, and a wide variety of "national" and regional music; alternative tunings; setup and accessories; and historical background. Features 120 tunes along with numerous exercises and musical examples in crystal clear tablature; all tunes illustrated by author on two accompanying CDs.
Song List (128)
- Arkansas Traveller
- Angeline the Baker (Octave Up)
- Banjo Breakdown
- Bay of Fundy, The (With Backups)
- Beaumont Rag
- Black Velvet Waltz
- Black Hoe, The
- Black Mill, The
- Buffalo Gals
- Chicken Polka
- Chorus Jig
- Christmas Day In the Morning
- Cooley's Reel
- Country Waltz
- Crooked Stovepipe
- Crossing the Minch
- Darlin' Nelly Grey
- Dashing White Sergeant, The
- Dill Pickle Rag
- Dinah
- Dismissal, The
- Don MacLean's Farewell To Oban
- Dona Nobis Pacem
- Ducks on the Pond
- Dudanota (Hungarian Piping Tune)
- Duke of Perth, The
- Earl's Jig
- Far From Home
- Fiddlin' Phil
- Fisher's Hornpipe (Minstrel Version)
- Flowers of Edinburgh, The
- Flying Cloud Cotillion
- Foggy Clawhammer
- Gemstone Reel
- George V's Army
- Grandfather's Clock
- Green Meadow Reel
- Harvest Home Hornpipe
- Heather On the Hill
- High Reel, The
- Honeymoon Polka
- Hogeye
- Hull's Victory
- Indian Nation
- Indy's Favorite
- Island Boy
- Jamaica Farewell
- Janet Beaton
- Jay Bird
- Jentland Tune
- John Dan MacPherson Jig'
- Judique Reel
- Judy's Reel
- Ladies on a Steamboat
- Lakes Of Sligo
- Larry O'Gaff Reel
- Lass O' Gowrie
- Last Chance
- Laird o'Drumblair, The
- Leavin' Home
- Leeds Hornpipe, The
- Levantine's Barrel
- Loons on the Pond
- Lord MacDonald's Reel
- Mackilmoyle
- MacNab's Hornpipe
- Maid Behind the Bar, The
- Maple Leaf Rag, The
- Maple Sugar
- Mariner, The
- Marquis of Huntley Strathspey, The
- Merriweather
- Miss Lyall
- Miss Susan Cooper
- Miss Johnson Of Pittworth
- Mrs. Mccloud's Reel
- Niel Gow's Lament For His Second Wife
- Nine Points Of Roguery
- Old Joe Clark
- Old Jim River
- Over The Briny Ocean
- Over The Moor To Maggie
- Over The Waterfall
- Paddy Ryan's Dream
- Phiddlin' Phil
- Pigeon On The Gatepost
- Pipe Major Christie of Wick
- Plaza Polka
- President Garfield's Hornpipe
- Puncheon Camps
- Quindaro Hornpipe, The
- Rasputin's Last Ride
- Reel du Cordonnier
- Reuben's Train
- Richmond Cotillion
- Rickett's Hornpipe
- Road to California
- Road to Mexico
- Rollin & Tumblin' Blues
- Romanian-Bulgarish
- Sailor's Wife, The
- Sally Gardens
- Sally's in the Garden Siftin' Sand
- Sandy Boys
- Scartaglen Polka
- Schottische 'a Eric Montbel
- Sean Ryan's Polka
- Seneca Square Dance
- Sheehan's Reel
- Shenandoah Falls
- Sid Baglole's Tune
- Spanish Fandango
- Spoodis Skeery
- Tea Gardens Jig
- Tina's Schottische
- Turkey In The Straw
- Twin Sisters, The
- Two Pathways
- Two Rivers
- Upper Denton Hornpipe
- Waynesboro
- Waitin' for the Federals
- Westphalia Waltz
- Whalen's Breakdown
- White Cockade, The
- Willafjord
- Wolves Howling
- Yew Pine Mountains