Bill Evans - Banjo For Dummies

8 Chapter 8TAB 8-1: Playing 1st-string clawhammer pull-offs (Audio Track 71).TAB 8-2: Playing double-thumbing patterns (Audio Track 72).TAB 8-3: “Old Joe Clark,” using double thumbing and 1st-string pull-off techniq...TAB 8-4: “Soldier's Joy,” using double C tuning (Audio Track 74).TAB 8-5: “Cluck Old Hen,” using modal tuning (Audio Track 75).TAB 8-6: “Last Chance,” a crooked tune using “Last Chance” tuning (Audio Track ...TAB 8-7: Seeger's basic strum, picking up with the right-hand index finger (Aud...TAB 8-8: “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” using the Seeger stroke in G tuning (Audio...TAB 8-9: “Little Birdie,” using the Seeger stroke in G tuning (Audio Track 79).TAB 8-10: “Pretty Polly,” using old-time fingerpicking techniques (Audio Track ...TAB 8-11: “Coal Creek March,” from Pete Steele, using old-time fingerpicking te...

9 Chapter 9TAB 9-1: Scruggs-style roll patterns (Audio Track 82).TAB 9-2: G licks (Audio Track 83).TAB 9-3: C licks (Audio Track 84).TAB 9-4: D licks (Audio Track 85).TAB 9-5: Four common G fill-in licks (Audio Track 86).TAB 9-6: Creating a solo by combining licks (Audio Track 87).TAB 9-7: Playing “Everyday Breakdown,” composed by me (Audio Track 88).TAB 9-8: Playing “Shortening Bread” (Audio Track 89).TAB 9-9: Assigning numbers to the notes in the G-major scale.TAB 9-10: Playing the G-major scale using melodic banjo techniques.TAB 9-11: Playing the C-major scale using melodic banjo techniques.TAB 9-12: “Banjo Cascade” by yours truly (Audio Track 90).TAB 9-13: “Turkey in the Straw,” arranged by me (Audio Track 91).TAB 9-14: “Blackberry Blossom,” a melodic banjo favorite (Audio Track 92).TAB 9-15: Single-string exercise using the right-hand thumb and index finger (A...TAB 9-16: Single-string exercise using the alternating thumb roll (Audio Track ...TAB 9-17: Single-string exercise in 6/8 time using the forward roll (Audio Trac...TAB 9-18: Playing an open-position, single-string, G-major scale (Audio Track 9...TAB 9-19: Playing a 2nd- to 5th-fret-box position, single-string, G-major scale...TAB 9-20: Using 4th- to 7th- and 5th- to 9th-fret-box positions (Audio Track 94...TAB 9-21: Using 5th- to 9th-, 7th- to 10th-, and 9th- to 12th-fret-box position...TAB 9-22: Playing an open-position, single-string, D-major scale (Audio Track 9...TAB 9-23: “Red Haired Boy” played in single-string style (Audio Track 96).TAB 9-24: “Arkansas Traveler,” arranged by me (Audio Track 97).TAB 9-25: “Reno's Rag,” composed by me (Audio Track 98).TAB 9-26: “Winston's Jig,” composed by me (Audio Track 99).TAB 9-27: “The Distance Between Two Points,” composed by Bill Evans and Corey E...

10 Chapter 10FIGURE 10-1: Barred A chord.TAB 10-1: G-C-D with barre shape (Audio Track 101).FIGURE 10-2: F chord diagram.TAB 10-2: G-C-D chords with F position (Audio Track 102).FIGURE 10-3: D chord diagram.TAB 10-3: G-C-D with D shape (Audio Track 103).TAB 10-4: G-C-D moving from F to D shapes (Audio Track 104).FIGURE 10-4: Charts for G major and G minor chords (Audio Track 105).TAB 10-5: Playing a G major chord and moving to an A minor chord (Audio Track 1...FIGURE 10-5: Charts for an E major and an E minor chord (Audio Track 107).TAB 10-6: Playing a G major and an E minor chord (Audio Track 108).FIGURE 10-6: Shifting from a D major chord to a D minor chord (Audio Track 109)...TAB 10-7: G-C-D progression with F-shape vamping (Audio Track 110).TAB 10-8: Vamping to “Red River Valley” using F and D shapes (Audio Track 111).TAB 10-9: Vamping to “Blackberry Blossom” using F and D shapes (Audio Track 112...

11 Chapter 11TAB 11-1: Playing “Pompey Ran Away,” a clawhammer version of an 18th-century Af...TAB 11-2: Playing “Juba,” a minstrel banjo piece from 1865 (Audio Track 114).TAB 11-3: Playing “Hard Times,” a minstrel piece from 1855 (Audio Track 115).TAB 11-4: Playing “Colorado Buck Dance,” a classic banjo piece from 1898 (Audio...TAB 11-5: Playing “Banjoisticus,” a classic banjo piece from 1909 (Audio Track ...

12 Chapter 13FIGURE 13-1: An open-back banjo (a, b) and a resonator banjo (c, d). FIGURE 13-2: Measuring string action: 1/8 inch for a bluegrass banjo (a) and 1/...FIGURE 13-3: Measuring bridge height: 5/8 inch or more is best. FIGURE 13-4: Measuring string spacing: Around 7/8 inch between the 1st and 4th ...FIGURE 13-5: External (a) and internal (b) geared tuners. FIGURE 13-6: Friction (a) and geared (b) 5th-string tuning pegs. FIGURE 13-7: Banjo tone rings. From left to right: arch-top, flathead, Tubaphon...FIGURE 13-8: A banjo pickup attaches to the banjo's coordinating rods. FIGURE 13-9: Three electric banjo options: the Nechville Meteor (a), the Deerin...

13 Chapter 14FIGURE 14-1: Hard-shell banjo cases. FIGURE 14-2: A lightweight gig bag. FIGURE 14-3: Flight cases offer the best protection for your banjo. FIGURE 14-4: Loop-end (a) and ball-end (b) strings. FIGURE 14-5: A typical five-string banjo string set FIGURE 14-6: Different varieties of capos allow you to raise the pitch to play ...FIGURE 14-7: Placing the capo right up against the fret (a); tightening the cap...FIGURE 14-8: Pushing down on a string near the bridge to lower a string’s pitch...FIGURE 14-9: Using a slide-mounted 5th-string capo (a) or a railroad spike (b) ...FIGURE 14-10: An internal Microphone tuner. FIGURE 14-11: Metronomes of different shapes and sizes (a); a drum machine (b)....

14 Chapter 15FIGURE 15-1: Use a pencil to lubricate the string slots in the bridge (a) and p...FIGURE 15-2: Loop-end string fit on old-time (a) and Presto-style/bluegrass (b)...FIGURE 15-3: Attach the 1st string to the tuning post from the center of the pe...FIGURE 15-4: Kink the 1st string toward the center of the headstock to prevent ...FIGURE 15-5: Wrap the string in downward circles around the post while guiding ...FIGURE 15-6: Wrap the excess part of the string back around the post (a) and we...FIGURE 15-7: The 12th-fret harmonic on the 1st string. FIGURE 15-8: The banjo pot. FIGURE 15-9: A banjo bracket wrench (a); using the wrench to adjust the bracket...

15 Appendix AFIGURE A-1: First position major and minor chords.FIGURE A-2: 6th, 7th, minor 7th, and 9th chords.FIGURE A-3: A movable banjo chord position chart.FIGURE A-4: 1st string: Open D.FIGURE A-5: 2nd string: Open B.FIGURE A-6: 3rd string: Open G.FIGURE A-7: 4th string: Open D.FIGURE A-8: 5th string: Open G.

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