Description: Centerstream Publishing is proud to present Todd Taylor's incredible arrangements in notes & banjo tab of classics including: Dust in the Wind • El Cumbachero • Freebird • How Great Thou Art • I Can't Stop Loving You • Norwegian Wood • Rocket Man • Wayfaring Stranger • Yakety Sax • and more, plus some of Todd's terrific originals. The book includes a bonus CD of Todd's masterful playing on six searing tracks. An absolute must for all banjo players!
Description: After the Civil War, the “up picking” finger style of playing the 5-string banjo came into vogue – eventually finding its way into the Victorian parlor and, later, college glee and music clubs. The original down picking style didn't entirely die out, because throughout the reaminder of the 19th Century, new methods for the banjo often included a number of songs in the older two-finger banjo style of performance. Perhaps the most intricate set of songs to appear in the “original” banjo style were these 34 progressive pieces found in Frank B. Converse's Analytical Banjo Method from 1887. Those songs, presented in this book for clawhammer banjo, offer a nice mix of banjo characteristic pieces, medleys and new compositions from Converse.
Description: This history of the banjo is a second edition of a publication originally published to coincide with a groundbreaking exhibition of the same name at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Museum. Includes information on the instrument's enduring popularity, the banjo makers of Boston, instruments from the exhibition, a glossary and bibliography of the banjo, and more.
Description: The form and spirit of Robert Johnson's original recordings are faithfully captured in these 15 arrangements while incorporating the unique sonic qualities of the 5-string banjo. The results are a heretofore unavailable opportunity for banjo players to experience the immense satisfaction of performing the music of one of the greatest legends of the blues. Also includes historical information on the origins of the banjo and its ties to the blues; biographical information of blues banjo artists from the 1920s to the present; song-by-song performance notes; and a tunings list. Songs include: Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) • Drunken Hearted Man • From Four Until Late • Hell Hound on My Trail • I Believe I'll Dust My Broom • I'm a Steady Rollin' Man (Steady Rollin' Man) • Kind Hearted Woman Blues • Love in Vain Blues • Me and the Devil Blues • Ramblin' on My Mind • Stop Breakin' down Blues • Sweet Home Chicago • They're Red Hot • 32-20 Blues • Walkin' Blues.
Description: Rock and Pop Banjo is designed for your total enjoyment. Each song uses the original guitar parts arranged for the banjo. Also, we've added some suggested roll and picking patterns to add to the fun. Titles: Beat It (Michael Jackson) • China Grove (The Doobie Brothers) • Do You Want to Know a Secret (The Beatles) • Don't Stop Believin' (Journey) • How You Remind Me (Nickelback) • Jumpin' Jack Flash (The Rolling Stones) • Layla (Unplugged version) (Eric Clapton) • Lyin' Eyes (Eagles) • Panama (Van Halen) • Running on Empty (Jackson Browne) • Stayin' Alive (Bee Gees) • Wild Night (Van Morrison).
