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What is Banjo For Dummies® about?
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 B & eacute;la 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 clawhammer and bluegrass playing techniques. You'll then add the left hand, spicing up your playing with slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and chokes for an authentic five-string banjo sound. From there, you'll move on the play 19th century min
Who reads Banjo For Dummies®?
It is typically read by artists, cooks, musicians and hobbyists working from how-to references.
Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.
- Author
- Evans, Bill
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781118051429
- Category
- music
- Subjects
- Music, Arts
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (236 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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