Everything You Wanted to Know About Clawhammer Banjo
A Complete Tutor for the Intermediate and Advanced Player
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Banjo (5-string) - Intermediate-Advanced

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.

  • 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