The Art of the Mountain Banjo

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
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Published: 05/29/2015
Pages: 95
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780786689002