Beyond Bluegrass Banjo. (Etudes and Ideas for the Modern Banjo Player). For Banjo. Berklee Guide. Softcover with CD. Guitar tablature. 72 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50449610). ISBN 0876391188. With guitar tablature. 9x12 inches. Play and improvise with more expression and freedom in bluegrass and related styles. These ideas, exercises and etudes will help you expand your palette of improvisational and compositional techniques and sounds. Develop your versatility over the fingerboard, and master rhythmic ideas on the banjo. The CD features demo and play-along tracks performed by an all-star bluegrass band!“This book opens up new vistas on the banjo, particularly useful for advanced players.”– Tony Trischka, Banjo Great.

Banjo Songs guides you straight to the heart of bluegrass banjo. This book provides you with thirty popular songs with over seventy-five exciting variations that capture the true essence of banjo playing. With easy-to-follow tablature, this book, along with the two accompanying CDs, will help you to improve the tone of your playing and your timing. It also includes fingerings to help improve your left hand technique.

Beyond Bluegrass Mandolin. (Etudes and Ideas for the Modern Mandolinist). For Mandolin. Berklee Guide. Softcover with CD. Guitar tablature. 64 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50449609). ISBN 0876391137. With guitar tablature. 9x12 inches. Improvise with more expression and freedom in bluegrass and related styles. These ideas, exercises, and etudes will help you expand your palette of improvisational techniques and sounds. Develop your versatility over the fingerboard, and master harmonic and rhythmic ideas on the mandolin. The CD has demonstration and play-along tracks, performed by an all-star band.

Bluegrass Classics. (Violin Play-Along Volume 11). By Various. For Fiddle, Violin. Violin Play-Along. Softcover with CD. 40 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.842233). ISBN 1423447344. 9x12 inches. The Violin Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music, listen to the CD to hear how the violin should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. With the melody and lyrics included in the book, you may also choose to sing along. Chord symbols are provided should you wish to elaborate on the melody. The audio CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so Mac & PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!This volume includes the songs: Bill Cheatham • Blackberry Blossom • Cripple Creek • Great Speckled Bird • Red Wing • Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms • Soldier's Joy • Turkey in the Straw.

Chords and Scales for Dobro and Lap Steel Guitar by Ori Beanstock. For Guitar (Resonator). Chord Book. Bluegrass. Beginning. Book. 48 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.21980). ISBN 9780786682331. Bluegrass. 8.75" x 11.75" inches. A visual way to master chords and scales on six string Dobro and lap steel guitars in open G tuning. * All chord and scale positions are presented as graphs, letting the player become fully familiarized with the instrument. * Each graph describes a different position showing the neck to its full length so the player will see the book as if the instrument is lying on their lap. * This book offers numerous positions of chords in all twelve keys as well as most essential scales and modes.

101 Ukulele Licks. (Essential Blues, Jazz, Country, Bluegrass, and Rock 'n' Roll Licks for the Uke). For Ukulele. Ukulele. Softcover with CD. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.696373). ISBN 1423482646. 9x12 inches. From blues to bluegrass, uke can play it all! In this one-of-a-kind book and CD pack, you get over a hundred authentic licks notated for the ukulele in standard notation and tablature. Plus there are tons of extras – common chord progressions, scales, uke history, recommended listening, information on uke builders, blogs, websites, and more! The accompanying CD features a demo of every lick, as well as play-along tracks with chord progressions for practicing and jamming.

Bluegrass. (Guitar Play-Along Volume 77). By Various. For Guitar. Guitar Play-Along. Softcover with CD. Guitar tablature. 64 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.699910). ISBN 1423421191. With guitar tablature. 9x12 inches. The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!8 songs: Duelin' Banjos • Foggy Mountain Breakdown • Gold Rush • I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow • Nine Pound Hammer • Orange Blossom Special • Rocky Top • Wildwood Flower. About Hal Leonard Guitar Play-Along Series The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the seperate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along.

Hal Leonard Bluegrass Guitar Method. (Learn to Play Rhythm and Lead Bluegrass Guitar with Step-by-Step Lessons and 18 Great Songs). For Guitar. Guitar Method. Softcover with CD. 72 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.697405). ISBN 1423491610. 9x12 inches. The Hal Leonard Bluegrass Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning bluegrass guitar. This book uses popular bluegrass songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead playing in the styles of Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Maybelle Carter, Lester Flatt, and many others. Lessons include Carter strumming, alternating bass, waltz strums, using the capo, hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, crosspicking, and much more. The accompanying CD includes 43 tracks for demonstration and play-along. Songs include: Amazing Grace • Blue Moon of Kentucky • Cripple Creek • I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow • I'll Fly Away • We'll Meet Again Sweetheart • The Wreck of the Old '97 • and more. About Hal Leonard Guitar Method The world-famous Hal Leonard Guitar Method is preferred by teachers because it makes them more effective while making their job easier. Students enjoy its easy-to-follow format that gives them a solid music education while letting them play songs right away. The Hal Leonard Guitar Method provides a complete system to playing success which includes three levels of instruction and a myriad of play-along supplemental songbooks that let students play great songs while they're still learning to play.

Flatpicking Bluegrass Guitar arranged by Lisle Crowley. For Guitar. Guitar Solo. Softcover with CD. Guitar tablature. 48 pages. Professional Music Institute #44046. Published by Professional Music Institute (HL.1443). ISBN 1423497694. With guitar tablature. 9x12 inches. New techniques for performing great sounding bluegrass standards. Includes detailed instructional tips at the beginning of each song. The accompanying CD includes recordings of every song, some with a slower, practice speed and one at performance speed. By the time you work to the end of the book you are playing songs that will challenge advanced players. Songs include: Battle of New Orleans • Cripple Creek • Drunken Sailor • Just a Closer Walk with Thee • Rocky Top • Will the Circle Be Unbroken? • and more.

Bluegrass Favorites. (Violin Play-Along Volume 10). By Various. For Fiddle, Violin. Violin Play-Along. Softcover with CD. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.842232). ISBN 1423447336. 9x12 inches. The Violin Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music, listen to the CD to hear how the violin should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. With the melody and lyrics included in the book, you may also choose to sing along. Chord symbols are provided should you wish to elaborate on the melody. The audio CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so Mac & PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! This volume includes the songs: Blue Moon of Kentucky • Blue Ridge Cabin Home • Blue Yodel No. 4 (California Blues) • Doin' My Time • I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow • Keep on the Sunny Side • Rocky Top • Uncle Pen.

Bluegrass Fiddle and Beyond. (Etudes and Ideas for the Modern Fiddler). For Fiddle, Violin. Berklee Guide. Softcover with CD. 50 pages. Published by Berklee Press (HL.50449602). ISBN 0876391080. 9x12 inches. Improvise with more expression and freedom in bluegrass and related styles. These ideas, exercises, and etudes will help you expand your palette of improvisational techniques and sounds. Develop your fingerboard versatility, and master harmonic and rhythmic ideas on the violin. The CD has demonstration and play-along tracks, performed by an all-star bluegrass band. You will learn to build solos using techniques such as: uncovering a melody's most defining notes, and using them in a new context; reharmonizing chords and changing modes; breaking down, rearranging and varying melodic and rhythmic cells; using position shifts, string crossings and double stops; drawing from tetrachords, guide-tone lines, and other constructs.

By Karl Kurth and Neil Griffin. For Banjo (5-String). Solos. Bill's Music Shelf. Bluegrass. Beginning. Book. 96 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Flatpicking Guitar for the Complete Ignoramus! by Wayne Erbsen. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Methods. Native Ground Music. Bluegrass. Beginning. Book/CD Set. 80 pages. Published by Native Ground Music (MB.NGB106). ISBN 9781883206581. Bluegrass. 9" x 12" inches. This FUN instruction book will get you playing forty old-time and bluegrass guitar tunes in no time flat! Wayne's many years of teaching guitar are evident on each page of this book. The instruction audio CD is complete with a whopping 91 tracks and the complete lyrics to all forty songs found in the book. 9"x 12", 80 pages. This book is guaranteed to help the beginning and intermediate guitarist. (How many books come with a personal guarantee by the author? You'll Also Learn... How to Tune, How to Hold Your Pick, How to Do the Rest Stroke, How to Play Solid Rhythm, How to Play Back-Up Chords to 30 Old-Time Fiddle Tunes, How to Understand Painless Music Theory, How to Improvise, How to Fight the Fear of Scales and How to Play by Ear.

First Jams: Fiddle by Lee Drew Andrews. For Fiddle. Improvisation. First Jams. Bluegrass. Beginning. Book/CD Set. 24 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.22079BCD). ISBN 9780786682409. Bluegrass. 8.75" x 11.75" inches. The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple, common tunes to learn. These are standard "Jam" tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are written in the same keys; they can all be played together without any problems. So get your friends or family who play guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, dulcimer or Dobro together, grab these books and start jamming. Improvisation - Another idea behind writing the First Jam series was to provide a number of tunes that were easy to learn, but that are also a great to begin working on improvising. Each books offer the melody for that particular instrument as well as back-up chords for another instrument to accompany you. Each song is represented in notation with chord symbols. The accompanying CD has two tracks for each song. The first playing the song with the melody line, the second track offers just the backup so you can play the melody over it or even improvise. Tunes include: Cripple Creek, Old Joe Clark, Will the Circle Be Unbroken and many more.

Bluegrass On Hammered Dulcimer by Jeanne Page. For Dulcimer (Hammered). Solos. Bluegrass. Intermediate. Book. 56 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.20807). ISBN 9780786668502. Bluegrass. 8.75" x 11.75" inches. Bluegrass on Hammered Dulcimer is a collection of tunes commonly found in the standard bluegrass repertoire. Favorite vocal pieces such as "A Man of Constant Sorrow," "Angel Band," "Keep on the Sunny Side," and "Will the Circle be Unbroken," are included along side hot instrumentals such as "Jerusalem Ridge," "Rawhide," "Big Mon," and "Blue Grass Stomp." Even traditional tunes that you think you know already such as "Bill Cheatham," "Farewell to Whiskey," "Forked Deer," and "Salty Dog" are given a new twist when presented as a typical bluegrass 'break.' Intermediate players and above will enjoy the challenge of learning more complicated versions of common tunes and performing them at the high-speed tempo that is expected in bluegrass music. Players are encouraged to use these examples of bluegrass breaks merely as a starting point. Improvisation is a key component in playing bluegrass style and players will enjoy experimenting with their own creations. Each tune has guitar chords notated above the music staff. Standard notation only.

First Jams: Flatpick Guitar Book/CD Set by Lee Drew Andrews. For Guitar (Flatpick). Improvisation. First Jams. Bluegrass; Play Along. Beginning. Book/CD Set. 24 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.21509BCD). ISBN 9780786678433. Bluegrass; Play Along. 8.75x11.75 inches. The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple, common tunes to learn. These are standard "Jam" tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are written in the same keys; they can all be played together without any problems. So get your friends or family who play guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, dulcimer or Dobro together, grab these books and start jamming. Improvisation - Another idea behind writing the First Jam series was to provide a number of tunes that were easy to learn, but that are also a great to begin working on improvising. Each book offers the melody for that particular instrument as well as back-up chords for another instrument to accompany you. Each song is represented in Tab, notation and chord symbols. The accompanying CD has two tracks for each song. The first playing the song with the melody line, the second track offers just the backup so you can play the melody over it or even improvise. Tunes include: Cripple Creek, Old Joe Clark, Arkansas Traveler, Will the Circle Be Unbroken and many more.

Bluegrass Guitar (10 Solo Classics). By Various. Arranged by Wayne Henderson. Guitar Solo. Softcover with CD. Guitar tablature. 56 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.700184). ISBN 1423431669. With guitar tablature. 9x12 inches. This book/CD pack contains 10 classic bluegrass tunes arranged for solo flatpicking and fingerstyle guitar, in standard notation and tab. The CD features renowned picker Wayne Henderson performing each tune note for note. Includes: Black Mountain Rag • Fisher's Hornpipe • John Hardy • Leather Britches • Lime Rock • Sally Anne • Snowflake Reel • Take Me Out to the Ball Game • Temperence Reel • Twinkle Little Star.

Bluegrass Mandolin by Various. For mandolin. Instrumental Solo Part and CD. Published by Music Minus One (MO.MMOCD5303). ISBN 1596157658. Here are some of the great classics for bluegrass mandolin. Listen to these wonderful interpretations, then you pick up your mandolin and play with the band!

Vassar Clements -¦Fiddle (Bluegrass Masters Series). By Vassar Clements. Edited by Matt Glaser. Songbooks & Methods. Music Sales America. Bluegrass. Book only. 64 pages. Oak Archives #OAK10030. Published by Oak Archives (HL.14004662). ISBN 0825602238. Bluegrass. 8.5x11 inches. This volume features exact transcriptions of 16 tunes and breaks by the master of bluegrass fiddle. It includes insightful analysis of Vassar's style including his distinctive fingering and bowing techniques, plus a detailed biography, extensive interviews, notes on all the tunes, a discography, and many never-before-published photos.

The Big Book of Bluegrass Songs by Various. Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook. Softcover. 224 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.311484). ISBN 1423456130. 9x12 inches. The best collection ever of 70+ bluegrass standards! Includes: Alabama Jubilee • Arkansas Traveler • Bill Cheatham • Blue Moon of Kentucky • Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) • Cripple Creek • Dark Holler • I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow • I Never Will Marry • I Saw the Light • I'll Fly Away • The Long Black Veil • Mule Skinner Blues • Orange Blossom Special • Rocky Top • Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms • Sitting on Top of the World • Wabash Cannonball • Wayfaring Stranger • Wildwood Flower • Will the Circle Be Unbroken • The Wreck of the Old '97 • You Don't Know My Mind • and more.

101 Three-Chord Country & Bluegrass Songs. (For Guitar, Banjo & Uke). By Larry McCabe. For Guitar All. SongBook. McCabe's 101 Series. Bluegrass. Beginning. Book. 144 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.21282). ISBN 9780786677085. Bluegrass. 8.75x11.75 inches. You need only minimal playing skills and three chords - G, C, and D7 - to accompany each song in this innovative book. This is the perfect book for beginners, casual musicians, and teaching studios. The book is absolutely bursting with an abundance of timeless standards, many of which are rarely found in print. All songs are made playable for folks who play for their own enjoyment. Melody, lyrics, and chords are included for each song. We invite your entire family to enjoy this unique book. It is also an excellent, compact fakebook for pros.

Modern 5-String Banjo Method Grade 1 Book/2-CD Set by Alan Munde. For Banjo (5-String). Methods. Modern Method. Bluegrass. Beginning. Book/CD Set. 112 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.21639BCD). ISBN 9780786677689. Bluegrass. 8.75x11.75 inches. This method is designed for learning the finger style five-string banjo in a larger musical context than previous single style based methods. The Modern 5-String Banjo Method builds the theoretical and technical foundations needed to play in many styles. Beginning with a thorough grounding in the scales and chords coupled with well thought out fingerings in the keys of C, Am, and G, the student is presented with melodies, chord melodies, the folk strum, arpeggios, and the beginnings of the bluegrass banjo style. The varied and beautiful musical studies and exercises come from many traditions and offer a logical and organic approach to learning the five-string banjo leading the student to an authentic understanding of the processes and techniques needed for creating music on the five-string banjo. The Modern Method for Five-String Banjo is in tablature only.

Beginning Bass with Missy Raines DVD by Missy Raines. For Upright Bass. Methods. Bluegrass. Beginning-Intermediate. DVD. Duration 30 minutes. Published by MR Records (MB.MRDVD1001). A concise, 30 minute video that's just right for the beginning or intermediate bass player. Missy has designed 7 lessons to get you started. Missy teaches at music camps all over the country, and has used her experience to design this program. Let Missy teach you left and right hand positions, scales, intervals, and a few of Missy's secrets for getting great bass tone.

The American Fiddle Method Vol. 2 Piano Accompaniment by Brian Wicklund and Bob Walser. For Keyboard (Piano). Methods. American Fiddle Method. Bluegrass & Country. Beginning. Book. 72 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.99472PA). ISBN 9781840038774. Bluegrass & Country. 8.75x11.75 inches. Private studio teachers, school string programs and Suzuki teachers preparing for recitals will welcome these tasteful piano accompaniments for the violin, viola and cello editions of Volume 2 of Brian Wicklund's American Fiddle Method. Acknowledged as the most widely used fiddle method in the country, Wicklund became aware of the increasing demand for a parallel piano accompaniment series and engaged his friend Bob Walser to take on the task of writing it. Collaborating closely with Wicklund, Walser was encouraged to adhere to the chord progressions suggested in the original books, but given leeway to add interesting variations in rhythm and harmony. The result is a book of arrangements that welcomes pianists to the jamming circle. Piano playing teachers, parents and siblings can now join in the fun, and fiddle tunes can be featured in concerts and recitals with the support of an accompanist. In addition, principals of accompaniment learned by playing these arrangements can be applied to accompanying other tunes, the voice or other instruments. The American Fiddle Method itself provides the beginner with the elements needed to become a proficient fiddler. Based on many years of teaching experience, the author introduces concepts and techniques that yield solid results. This method encourages creativity in the student by including variations of the tunes to illustrate how they can serve as a basis for improvisation.