Everything You Wanted to Know About Clawhammer Banjo (book/2 CD)

Mel Bay Publications
Level : Intermediate-Advanced
With notes and TAB

"One of the world's top players addresses nearly every aspect of the popular 5-string banjo style known as clawhammer or frailing.
Chapter themes include fundamentals; advanced and experimental techniques; arranging and backup; how to play reels, hornpipes, jigs and other fiddle tunes; how to approach such genres as ragtime, bluegrass, klezmer, blues, calypso, and a wide variety of "national" and regional music; alternative tunings; setup and accessories; and historical background. Features 120 tunes along with numerous exercises and musical examples in crystal clear tablature; all tunes illustrated by author on two accompanying CDs."

Angeline the Baker (Octave Up)      
Arkansas Traveller      
Banjo Breakdown      
Bay of Fundy, The (With Backups)      
Beaumont Rag      
Black Hoe, The      
Black Mill, The      
Black Velvet Waltz      
Buffalo Gals      
Chicken Polka      
Chorus Jig      
Christmas Day In The Morning      
Cooley's Reel      
Country Waltz      
Crooked Stovepipe      
Crossing the Minch      
Darlin' Nelly Grey      
Dashing White Sergeant, The      
Dill Pickle Rag      
Dinah      
Dismissal, The      
Don MacLean's Farewell To Oban      
Dona Nobis Pacem      
Ducks on the Pond      
Dudanota (Hungarian Piping Tune)      
Duke of Perth, The      
Earl's Jig      
Far From Home      
Fiddlin' Phil      
Fisher's Hornpipe (Minstrel Version)      
Flowers of Edinburgh, The      
Flying Cloud Cotillion      
Foggy Clawhammer      
Gemstone Reel      
George V's Army      
Grandfather's Clock      
Green Meadow Reel      
Harvest Home Hornpipe      
Heather on the Hill      
High Reel, The      
Hogeye      
Honeymoon Polka      
Hull's Victory      
Indian Nation      
Indy's Favorite      
Island Boy      
Jamaica Farewell      
Janet Beaton      
Jay Bird      
Jentland Tune      
John Dan MacPherson Jig'      
Judique Reel      
Judy's Reel      
Ladies On A Steamboat      
and many more