The Art of the Mountain Banjo: A Survey of Traditional Banjo Styles Book w/ Online Audio Art Rosenbaum

Description

A complete survey of traditional banjo styles complete with tunings, playing tips, and the author's deft drawings. Progresses from easy tunes for the beginner to more difficult pieces. The styles include up-picking or Pete Seeger's basic strum; two-finger picking; three-finger picking; and what had variously been called frailing, clawhammer, knocking, rapping, overhand, fram-style, flayin' hand, and other Appalachian names, here called down-picking. Audio download available online.

The Art of the Mountain Banjo Contents:

The Art of the Mountain Banjo

Black-Eyed Susie (1:27) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Buck Creek Girls {Medley} (On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Charming Molly Brannigan {G Medley} (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Cottage In The Grove (1:13) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Country Blues (3:45) Dock Boggs
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (Medley) (On Cd) Arr. By: Oren Jenkins
Dry And Dusty (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Goin' 'Cross The Sea (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Got A Little Home To Go To (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Grey Eagle (Not On Cd) Pete Steele
Grub Springs (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Had A Little Fight In Mexico (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Jean Ritchie
Harlan County Farewell Tune {Medley} (On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Hell On The Wabash {G Medley} (On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
In The Pines (1:54) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
John Brown's Dream (1:12) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
John Henry (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Kicking Mule (2:51) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Liberty (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Little Birdie (1:49) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Make Me A Pallet (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Mississippi Sawyer {D Medley} (On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Muskrat (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Old Joe Clark (2:06) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Old Molly Hare {D Medley} (On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Old Ruben (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Rise When The Rooster Crows (2:18) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Rocky Island (1:15) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Sally Goodin (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Sandy River (1:24) Oscar Wright
Seneca Square Dance {G Medley} (On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Smoky Mountain Cass Moore's Tune (Not On Cd) J.T. Adams
Soldier's Joy {D Medley} (On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Spanish Fandango (Medley) (On Cd) Arr. By: Oren Jenkins
Stony Point {Medley} (On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Sweet Nora Lee (1:31) J.T. Adams
Teetotaler's Fancy {G Medley} (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Tennessee Line Hard Times (1:26) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Texas Rangers (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
The Arkansas Traveler (1:31) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
The Green Beds (3:12) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Turkey In The Straw (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum
Waterbound (Not On Cd) Arr. By: Art Rosenbaum