Banjo (5-string) - Beginning-Intermediate

SKU: MB.20832BCD

Composed by Dick Weissman. Edited by Dan Fox. Country, Banjo: 5-String, Method, Style, Perfect binding. Bluegrass. Book/CD set. 136 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #20832BCD. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.20832BCD).

ISBN 9780786675937. UPC: 796279103039. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

The non-jazz improvisation series is a concept that germinated in Dick Weissman's mind while he was attending music school. He wrote a 15-piece arrangement of the old square dance tune, Cripple Creek, and wanted the trombone to take a solo as part of the arrangement. When the trombonist kept playing a bebop solo that was totally unsuitable for the chart, Dick realized that - in addition to the many musicians who do not improvise - there are even jazz musicians who don't know how to improvise outside the limits of their own stylistic backgrounds.

This book approaches the five-string banjo as a musical instrument freed from the prison of specific musical genres. Old-time music, clawhammer, bluegrass and many eclectic adaptations of the banjo are utilized to demonstrate a variety of musical styles. A number of the selections are in different tunings. All examples are written out in traditional and tablature notation.