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1 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: Comparing strings and pitches on a guitar (left) versus a five-stri...FIGURE 1-2: Comparing a five-string (a) and a tenor (b) banjo. FIGURE 1-3: Comparing open-back (a and b) and resonator (c and d) five-string b...FIGURE 1-4: The parts of a banjo. FIGURE 1-5: The banjo pot (as seen from the back).

2 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: To tune the banjo in G tuning using relative tuning, you fret a str...FIGURE 2-2: Using an electronic clip-on tuner makes tuning easier. FIGURE 2-3: Piano notes and their corresponding strings on the banjo.

3 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: For a comfortable fit, try attaching the strap below the neck and t...FIGURE 3-2: Getting the strap out of the way when it's time to put the banjo in...FIGURE 3-3: Two different ways to wear a strap. FIGURE 3-4: Erin (a), Jody (b), and Bill (c) show three different ways to enjoy...FIGURE 3-5: Erin (a), Jody (b), and Bill (c) use straps for standing while play...FIGURE 3-6: Getting a good left-hand position: Relaxing the left hand (a), posi...FIGURE 3-7: Here's how your hand looks fretting the D7 (a) and C (b) chords. No...FIGURE 3-8: The chord diagram for a C chord. FIGURE 3-9: Chord diagrams for G, D7, and C chords. FIGURE 3-10: Up-the-neck chord diagram for a D7 chord, featuring a fretted 5th ...FIGURE 3-11: Strum along to “She'll Be Comin'Round the Mountain.”

4 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: 4/4 time signature. TAB 4-1: Understanding rhythm indications and strumming chords to “She'll Be Co...FIGURE 4-2: Ghosting the C chord (a) and fretting the C chord (b). FIGURE 4-3: Finding the G-major scale on the 3rd string. FIGURE 4-4: Finding the D-major scale on the 4th string. FIGURE 4-5: The G-major scale on the 3rd, 2nd, and 1st strings. FIGURE 4-6: The G-major scale on all four strings. TAB 4-2: The five lines on the banjo tab staff represent the five banjo strings...TAB 4-3: Numbers on the tab staff lines show open and fretted notes.TAB 4-4: Tablature for G, C, and D7 chords.TAB 4-5: Quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes and rests in banjo tab.TAB 4-6: Combining quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes (Audio Track 8).TAB 4-7: Playing the pinch pattern with G, C, and D7 chords (Audio Track 9).TAB 4-8: Playing “She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain” using the pinch pattern ...TAB 4-9: Playing “Worried Man Blues” using the pinch pattern (Audio Track 11).TAB 4-10: Playing “Man of Constant Sorrow” using the pinch pattern (Audio Track...

5 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: A West African banjo (called an ekonting) (a) and a late 19th centu...FIGURE 5-2: Resting the right-hand thumb against the 5th string (a); striking t...TAB 5-1: Clawhammer right-hand melody note exercise 1 (Audio Track 13).TAB 5-2: Clawhammer right-hand melody note exercise 2 (Audio Track 14).TAB 5-3: Clawhammer right-hand brush exercise (Audio Track 15).FIGURE 5-3: Bringing the thumb to rest against the 5th string (a); raising the ...TAB 5-4: Clawhammer right-hand brush and 5th-string exercise (Audio Track 16).TAB 5-5: Basic clawhammer technique exercise 1 (Audio Track 17).TAB 5-6: Basic clawhammer technique exercise 2 (Audio Track 18).TAB 5-7: Using clawhammer technique for the G, C, and D7 chords (Audio Track 19...TAB 5-8: “Boil Them Cabbage Down” with clawhammer accompaniment (Audio Track 20...TAB 5-9: “Worried Man Blues” with clawhammer accompaniment (Audio Track 21).FIGURE 5-4: Comparing a flatpick (left) and a thumbpick (right). FIGURE 5-5: Comparing different kinds of thumbpicks. FIGURE 5-6: Proper placement of a thumbpick on the right-hand thumb. FIGURE 5-7: Fitting the fingerpicks on the right-hand index and middle fingers....FIGURE 5-8: Comparing different kinds of fingerpicks. FIGURE 5-9: Adjusting the bend of the fingerpick blade by pushing on a tabletop...FIGURE 5-10: Follow these steps to find a good right-hand bluegrass position. TAB 5-10: Right-hand thumb bluegrass exercise (Audio Track 22).TAB 5-11: Right-hand index and middle finger bluegrass exercise (Audio Track 23...FIGURE 5-11: Picking with the right-hand thumb (a), index finger (b), and middl...TAB 5-12: The alternating thumb roll with G, C, and D7 chords (Audio Track 24).TAB 5-13: The forward-reverse roll with G, C, and D7 chords (Audio Track 25).TAB 5-14: The forward roll with G, C, and D7 chords (Audio Track 26).TAB 5-15: Accompanying “Boil Them Cabbage Down” using forward-reverse, forward,...TAB 5-16: Accompanying “Worried Man Blues” using forward rolls (Audio Track 28 ...

6 Chapter 6TAB 6-1: Playing 3rd-string slides: 2nd to 4th fret, 2nd to 3rd fret, and 3rd t...TAB 6-2: Playing 4th-string slides: 4th to 5th fret and 2nd to 5th fret (Audio ...TAB 6-3: Playing 1st-string slides: 4th to 5th fret and 2nd to 5th fret (Audio ...TAB 6-4: Playing 4th-, 3rd-, and 1st-string hammer-ons (Audio Track 32).FIGURE 6-1: The wrong (a) and correct (b) way to position your left-hand finger...TAB 6-5: Playing fretted hammer-ons on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th strings (Audio Tra...TAB 6-6: Playing open-string pull-offs on the 1st, 3rd, and 4th strings (Audio ...FIGURE 6-2: Positioning the fingers for a fretted pull-off (a); position of fin...TAB 6-7: Playing fretted pull-offs on the 3rd, 1st, and 4th strings (Audio Trac...FIGURE 6-3: The finger positions before (a) and after (b) playing a Foggy Mount...TAB 6-8: Playing chokes on the banjo: Foggy Mountain choke, choke and release, ...TAB 6-9: Playing basic clawhammer technique (Audio Track 37).TAB 6-10: Playing the alternating thumb, forward-reverse, and forward rolls in ...TAB 6-11: Playing 3rd-string slides in clawhammer banjo (Audio Track 39).TAB 6-12: Playing 1st-string slides in clawhammer banjo (Audio Track 40).TAB 6-13: Playing 4th-string slides in clawhammer banjo (Audio Track 41).TAB 6-14: Playing open-string hammer-ons in clawhammer banjo (Audio Track 42).TAB 6-15: Playing fretted hammer-ons in clawhammer banjo (Audio Track 43).TAB 6-16: Playing 4th-string pull-offs in clawhammer banjo (Audio Track 44).TAB 6-17: Playing 3rd-string pull-offs in clawhammer banjo (Audio Track 45).TAB 6-18: Playing 1st-string pull-offs in clawhammer banjo (Audio Track 46).TAB 6-19: Playing the special clawhammer pull-off in clawhammer banjo (Audio Tr...TAB 6-20: Playing the Foggy Mountain choke in clawhammer banjo (Audio Track 48)...TAB 6-21: Playing slides with the alternating thumb roll (Audio Track 49).TAB 6-22: Playing slides with the forward-reverse roll (Audio Track 50).TAB 6-23: Playing slides with the forward roll (Audio Track 51).TAB 6-24: Playing hammer-ons with the alternating thumb roll (Audio Track 52).TAB 6-25: Playing hammer-ons with the forward-reverse roll (Audio Track 53).TAB 6-26: Playing hammer-ons with the forward roll (Audio Track 54).TAB 6-27: Playing pull-offs with the alternating thumb roll (Audio Track 55).TAB 6-28: Playing slides and pull-offs with the forward-reverse roll (Audio Tra...TAB 6-29: Playing hammer-ons and pull-offs with the forward roll (Audio Track 5...TAB 6-30: Playing chokes with the forward roll (Audio Track 58).

7 Chapter 7TAB 7-1: Playing “Worried Man Blues” the clawhammer way (Audio Track 59).TAB 7-2: Playing “Worried Man Blues” in the bluegrass style (Audio Track 60).TAB 7-3: “Worried Man Blues” the clawhammer way with slides, hammer-ons, and pu...TAB 7-4: Playing “Worried Man Blues” in bluegrass style with slides, hammer-ons...TAB 7-5: Clawhammer arrangement of “Boil Them Cabbage Down” (Audio Track 63).TAB 7-6: Bluegrass arrangement of “Boil Them Cabbage Down” (Audio Track 64).TAB 7-7: Clawhammer arrangement of “Cripple Creek” (Audio Track 65).TAB 7-8: Bluegrass arrangement of “Cripple Creek” (Audio Track 66).TAB 7-9: Clawhammer arrangement of “Goodbye Liza Jane” (Audio Track 67).TAB 7-10: Bluegrass arrangement of “Goodbye Liza Jane” (Audio Track 68).TAB 7-11: Clawhammer arrangement of “Ground Hog” (Audio Track 69).TAB 7-12: Bluegrass arrangement of “Ground Hog” (Audio Track 70).

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.