Hal Leonard

Authors: Will Schmid, Mac Robertson, Robbie Clement
Format: Softcover with Audio and Video Online
Instrumentation: Banjo

The Hal Leonard Banjo Method Deluxe Beginner Edition is the updated and revised version of the original classic method, now including both audio and video. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide is designed for anyone just learning to play bluegrass-style 5-string banjo. It includes loads of techniques, tips, and fun songs to learn and play. Includes 97 tracks of full-band demos covering every music example in the book, plus nearly an hour of invaluable video tutorials by author Mac Robertson!

Includes:

• The basics
• Tuning
• Reading tablature
• Playing chords
• Playing notes
• Learning rhythm
• Right-hand rolls
• Hammer-ons and pull-offs
• Pinches and slides
• Many classic bluegrass songs
• much more!

The book includes access to audio tracks and video tutorials for download and streaming.

Song List:

• All The Good Times
• The Blue Tail Fly (Jimmy Crack Corn)
• Boil Them Cabbage Down
• (Oh, My Darling) Clementine
• The Crawdad Song
• Cripple Creek
• Cuckoo
• Dog Named Blue
• Down In The Valley
• The Drunken Sailor
• Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?)
• Give Me That Old Time Religion
• (Go Tell Aunt Rhody) The Ole Grey Goose Is Dead
• Green Corn
• Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
• Hard, Ain't It Hard
• He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
• Hush, Little Baby
• Jesse James
• Little Birdie
• Little Lord Jesus
• Long Journey Home
• Merrily We Roll Along
• My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
• Oh! Susanna
• The Old Gray Mare
• Old Joe Clark
• Rock-A-My Soul
• Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
• Rye Whiskey
• Shady Grove
• She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain
• Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me
• Sinner Man
• Skip To My Lou
• This Little Light Of Mine
• This Old Man
• Wade In The Water
• Worried Man Blues