Splitting the Licks (book/2 CD)

Mel Bay Publications
Improvising and Arranging Songs on the 5-String Banjo
In tablature

Leads the banjo player step-by-step through working out songs for the five-string banjo from basic melodies in both Scruggs/bluegrass style and melodic/chromatic style.

Each section contains exercises and examples for improvising. Furthermore, this book teaches how to arrange music based on concepts of combining rolls and licks.

Janet Davis' books are praised because they teach so well! This is one of her finest.

Songs:

• Blackberry Blossom
• Cripple Creek
• Fire On The Mountain
• Goin' Down That Road Fellin' Bad
• Grandfather's Clock
• Hamilton County Breakdown
• Jesse James
• John Hardy
• Old Joe Clark
• Red River Valley
• Sailor's Hornpipe
• Salt River

and more

• Janet Davis - Up the Neck - Banjo
• Janet David - Banjo Handbook
• Janet Davis - Banjo Scales in Tab