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.
Black-eyed Susie
Buck Creek Girls
Charming Molly Brannigan
Cottage In The Grove
Country Blues
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
Dry And Dusty
Goin' 'Cross The Sea
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Got A Little Home To Go To
Grey Eagle
Grub Springs
Had A Little Fight In Mexico
Harlan County Farewell Tune
Hell On The Wabash
In The Pines
John Brown's Dream
John Henry
Kicking Mule
Liberty
Little Birdie
Make Me A Pallet
Mississippi Sawyer
Muskrat
Old Joe Clark
Old Molly Hare
Old Ruben
Rise When The Rooster Crows
Rocky Island
Sally Goodin
Sandy River
Seneca Square Dance
Smoky Mountain Cass Moore's Tune
Soldier's Joy
Spanish Fandango
Stony Point
Sweet Nora Lee
Teetotaler's Fancy
Tennessee Line Hard Times
Texas Rangers
The Arkansas Traveler
The Green Beds
Turkey In The Straw
Waterbound
Buck Creek Girls
Charming Molly Brannigan
Cottage In The Grove
Country Blues
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
Dry And Dusty
Goin' 'Cross The Sea
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Got A Little Home To Go To
Grey Eagle
Grub Springs
Had A Little Fight In Mexico
Harlan County Farewell Tune
Hell On The Wabash
In The Pines
John Brown's Dream
John Henry
Kicking Mule
Liberty
Little Birdie
Make Me A Pallet
Mississippi Sawyer
Muskrat
Old Joe Clark
Old Molly Hare
Old Ruben
Rise When The Rooster Crows
Rocky Island
Sally Goodin
Sandy River
Seneca Square Dance
Smoky Mountain Cass Moore's Tune
Soldier's Joy
Spanish Fandango
Stony Point
Sweet Nora Lee
Teetotaler's Fancy
Tennessee Line Hard Times
Texas Rangers
The Arkansas Traveler
The Green Beds
Turkey In The Straw
Waterbound
| Arrangement | Banjo |
| Genres | Traditional |
| Format | Instrumental Tutor |
| Level | 2 |
| Media | Downloads, Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Inc, Mel Bay Publications |
| Contributors | Rosenbaum, Art (Author) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9780786689002 |