Mel Bay Clawhammer Banjo from Scratch: A Guide for the Claw-less!
by Dan Levenson
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Book Summary Information
Author: Dan LevensonEdition: Spiral-bound
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-10
ISBN: 0786671335
Number of pages: 124
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc
Book Reviews of Mel Bay Clawhammer Banjo from Scratch: A Guide for the Claw-less!
Book Review: Author is "clawless"
Summary: 1 Stars
I have only been playing a few months and wanted a simple method to follow. This book starts off with different tunings and drop thumb techniques, neither are basic beginning stuff in my opinion. It seems like he wrote the book for someone who is already a musician, not a novice as the name implies.I have a hard time just tuning it to G!
Directions just did not seem clear. I have not used it at all.
The book itself looked like it was printed off an old Xerox making the illustrations hard to see. I expected more out of a name like Mel Bay Publications.
Save your money, you can do better just browsing the internet or Youtube.
Summary of Mel Bay Clawhammer Banjo from Scratch: A Guide for the Claw-less!
Southern Appalachian native Dan Levenson and Mel Bay Publications present Clawhammer Banjo from Scratch - A Guide for the Claw-less! This book teaches clawhammer banjo the way we play, not the way others say. It really begins as though you really have NO knowledge of how to play the five string banjo clawhammer style. Based on Dan's innovative Meet the BanjoT program (where Dan brings 15 banjos and teaches players who may have never held a banjo), this book assumes no prior experience. Beginning at the beginning, Dan presents a brief history of the 5-string banjo then goes over the parts of the banjo, holding the banjo, right and left hand positions and his basic clawhammer strum. Even the strum is broken down into the steps of the finger and thumb. You are guided through the chords, the scale and then the individual notes of each of 12 jam session favorite tunes from scratch. Includes 2 reference CD's with all exercises, tunes (slow and up to speed), and a fiddle version of each tune.Guitar Books
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