Van Nuys, Calif. — Alfred Publishing has announced the release of a three-book series by Ned Luberecki titled The Complete 5-String Banjo Method. The series covers Beginning, Intermediate, and Mastering Banjo.
Tunes are presented in tablature notation and suggested chords.
Online video and audio is included for all three books, as well as a DVD for the Beginning Banjo book in the series. Sample pages and audio clips are available on the Alfred Publishing web site at the link below.
Contents of each book
The Complete 5-String Banjo Method: Beginning Banjo
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1: Music Review
Lesson 1: How to Read Tablature
Lesson 2: Time
Lesson 3: Banjo Fretboard
Chapter 2: Connecting the Licks
Lesson 1: Introduction to Improvising
Lesson 2: Rolling Through the Changes
Lesson 3: The Rolling Lick in G
Lesson 4: Variations for C and D
Generic Bluegrass Song (No. 1)
Lesson 5: Lead-Ins and Tag Licks
Generic Bluegrass Song (No. 2)
Lesson 6: Nine Pound Hammer
Nine Pound Hammer
Chapter 3: Up the Neck
Lesson 1: The Sally Goodin Position
Cumberland Gap
Lesson 2: The 10th-Fret Choke
Lesson 3: Up-the-Neck C and D Licks
Lesson 4: Lonesome Road Blues
Lonesome Road Blues
Lesson 5: More Up-the-Neck Variations
Good Ol’ Mountain Dew
Lesson 6: Sally Goodin
Sally Goodin Part A (Melody Only)
Sally Goodin Part B (Melody Only)
Sally Goodin
Chapter 4: Moveable Chord and Double-Stop Positions
Lesson 1: Finding the Chord Positions
Lesson 2: Finding the 1, 4, and 5 Chord Groupings
Lesson 3: Double-Stop Positions
Lesson 4: Using Double Stops over a Chord Progression
Rolling in My Sweet Baby’s Arms
Lesson 5: Double-Stop Licks
Lesson 6: Double Stops for Other Chords
Lesson 7: Using Double Stops in Songs
Little Maggie (Down-the-Neck Solo)
Little Maggie (Up-the-Neck Solo)
The Bells of St. Mary’s (Down-the-Neck Solo)
The Bells of St. Mary’s (Up-the-Neck Solo)
Chapter 5: Backup
Lesson 1: Advanced Vamping
Lesson 2: Playing Fills
Lesson 3: 6th and 7th Chord Fills
Red River Valley
Nine Pound Hammer
Lesson 4: Position-Shifting Fills
Lesson 5: More Up-the-Neck Backup Licks
Lesson 6: Putting the Backup Licks Together
Lesson 7: Rolling-Style Backup
Rolling in My Sweet Baby’s Arms (Rolling Backup)
Chapter 6: Intro to Single-String Style
Lesson 1: Thumb and Index
Lesson 2: Left-Hand Coordination
Single County Breakdown
Lesson 3: Moveable Single-String Licks
Follow Me to Reno
Chapter 7: Melodic Style
Lesson 1: Melodic Style Scales in G, C, and D
Lesson 2: Melodic-Style Tunes in G
Turkey in the Straw
Blackberry Blossom
Lesson 3: Melodic-Style Tunes in D
Whiskey Before Breakfast (No. 1)
Liberty
Lesson 4: Melodic-Style Tunes in C
Whiskey Before Breakfast (No. 2)
Billy in the Low Ground
Lesson 5: Incorporating Melodic Style into Your Playing
Generic Bluegrass Song with Melodic Licks
Lesson 6: Combining Styles
Cherokee Shuffle
Cherokee Shuffle (Up-the-Neck Version)
Appendix
D-Tuners
Home Sweet Home
The Nashville Number System
Conclusion
Additional Resources
The Complete 5-String Banjo Method: Intermediate Banjo
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1: Music Review
Lesson 1: How to Read Tablature
Lesson 2: Time
Lesson 3: Banjo Fretboard
Chapter 2: Connecting the Licks
Lesson 1: Introduction to Improvising
Lesson 2: Rolling Through the Changes
Lesson 3: The Rolling Lick in G
Lesson 4: Variations for C and D
Generic Bluegrass Song (No. 1)
Lesson 5: Lead-Ins and Tag Licks
Generic Bluegrass Song (No. 2)
Lesson 6: Nine Pound Hammer
Nine Pound Hammer
Chapter 3: Up the Neck
Lesson 1: The Sally Goodin Position
Cumberland Gap
Lesson 2: The 10th-Fret Choke
Lesson 3: Up-the-Neck C and D Licks
Lesson 4: Lonesome Road Blues
Lonesome Road Blues
Lesson 5: More Up-the-Neck Variations
Good Ol’ Mountain Dew
Lesson 6: Sally Goodin
Sally Goodin Part A (Melody Only)
Sally Goodin Part B (Melody Only)
Sally Goodin
Chapter 4: Moveable Chord and Double-Stop Positions
Lesson 1: Finding the Chord Positions
Lesson 2: Finding the 1, 4, and 5 Chord Groupings
Lesson 3: Double-Stop Positions
Lesson 4: Using Double Stops over a Chord Progression
Rolling in My Sweet Baby’s Arms
Lesson 5: Double-Stop Licks
Lesson 6: Double Stops for Other Chords
Lesson 7: Using Double Stops in Songs
Little Maggie (Down-the-Neck Solo)
Little Maggie (Up-the-Neck Solo)
The Bells of St. Mary’s (Down-the-Neck Solo)
The Bells of St. Mary’s (Up-the-Neck Solo)
Chapter 5: Backup
Lesson 1: Advanced Vamping
Lesson 2: Playing Fills
Lesson 3: 6th and 7th Chord Fills
Red River Valley
Nine Pound Hammer
Lesson 4: Position-Shifting Fills
Lesson 5: More Up-the-Neck Backup Licks
Lesson 6: Putting the Backup Licks Together
Lesson 7: Rolling-Style Backup
Rolling in My Sweet Baby’s Arms (Rolling Backup)
Chapter 6: Intro to Single-String Style
Lesson 1: Thumb and Index
Lesson 2: Left-Hand Coordination
Single County Breakdown
Lesson 3: Moveable Single-String Licks
Follow Me to Reno
Chapter 7: Melodic Style
Lesson 1: Melodic Style Scales in G, C, and D
Lesson 2: Melodic-Style Tunes in G
Turkey in the Straw
Blackberry Blossom
Lesson 3: Melodic-Style Tunes in D
Whiskey Before Breakfast (No. 1)
Liberty
Lesson 4: Melodic-Style Tunes in C
Whiskey Before Breakfast (No. 2)
Billy in the Low Ground
Lesson 5: Incorporating Melodic Style into Your Playing
Generic Bluegrass Song with Melodic Licks
Lesson 6: Combining Styles
Cherokee Shuffle
Cherokee Shuffle (Up-the-Neck Version)
Appendix
D-Tuners
Home Sweet Home
The Nashville Number System
Conclusion
Additional Resources
The Complete 5-String Banjo Method: Mastering Banjo
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1: Music Review
Lesson 1: How to Read Tablature
Lesson 2: Time
Lesson 3: Banjo Fretboard
Chapter 2: Music Theory
Lesson 1: Intervals
Lesson 2: The Circle of 5ths
Chapter 3: Chord Construction
Lesson 1: Major, Minor, Augmented, and Diminished Triads
Lesson 2: Diatonic Triads
Lesson 3: Diatonic 7th Chords
Lesson 4: More Chords
Lesson 5: Putting the Chords to Use
Red River Valley
Chapter 4: Major Scales in Closed Positions
Lesson 1: Closed-Position Major Scales
Lesson 2: Closed-Position Major-Scale Exercises
Lesson 3: Closed-Position Fiddle Tunes
Blackberry Blossom
Arkansas Traveler
Chapter 5: Minor Scales in Closed Positions
Lesson 1: Three Minor Scales
Lesson 2: Minor-Scale Exercises
Lesson 3: Minor-Scale Tunes
Pretty Little Dog
Chapter 6: Melodic Scale Patterns
Lesson 1: Melodic-Style Major-Scale Exercises
Lesson 2: Melodic-Style Minor-Scale Exercises
Lesson 3: Combining Melodic Style and Single-String Style
Chapter 7: Using Single-String Scales to Work Out Melodic-Style Tunes
Lesson 1: Deconstructing Blackberry Blossom
Blackberry Blossom (Part A)
Blackberry Blossom (Part B)
Chapter 8: Combining Rolls with Melodic and Single-String Style
Lesson 1: Deconstructing Brilliancy
Brilliancy
Lesson 2: Deconstructing Forked Deer
Chapter 9: Pentatonic and Blues Scales
Lesson 1: The Major Pentatonic Scale
Lesson 2: The Minor Pentatonic Scale
Lesson 3: The Blues Scale
Lesson 4: Using Blues Scales
Lesson 5: Blues Licks over 1, 4, and 5 Chords
Lesson 6: Melodic-Style Pentatonic and Blues Scales
Katy Hill
Nine Pound Hammer
Lesson 7: Modal Tunes
Kitchen Girl
June Apple
Chapter 10: Strategies for Playing in Keys Other Than G, C, and D
Lesson 1: The Key of F
Banks of the Ohio
Lesson 2: The Key of E
Wreck of the Old 97
Lesson 3: The Key of Bb
New River Train
Done Gone
Appendix
Banjo Mutes
Modes
Banjo Amplification
Conclusion
Additional Resources
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