The Art of the Mountain Banjo (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780786689002)

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, andother Appalachian names, here called down-picking. Audio download available online.

Author: Art Rosenbaum
ISBN-10: 0786689005
ISBN-13: 9780786689002
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Language: English
Published: 05/29/2015
Pages: 95
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.30d