FENTON, MO. — Mel Bay Publications, Inc. has announced the availability of Phil Rice's 1858 Method For The Banjo.
This book is considered the first in-depth method book ever published for learning to play the 5-string banjo. First appearing in 1858, Phil Rice's 1858 Method for the Banjo was written in standard notation in the tuning (eAEG#B). Kyle Gray Young has meticulously transcribed 64 solos from the original keys and notation to clear, easy-to-read tablature in modern C tuning; 15 of these solos also appear in G tuning. Since the intervals between strings are the same in the C or A tunings, these tablature editions are also playable on replica banjos in the 19th-century tuning.
In addition to its 64 solos, this Mel Bay edition features a complete transcription of the original step-by-step method on how to play stroke-style banjo as it was presented in 1858, but again — in modern tablature with online audio.
Some of these wonderful melodies havent been heard since the Civil War era. It's time to bring them back to life!
Contents
- Introduction
- Exercises & Lessons.
- Juba, a Jig Dance
- Where Did You Come From?
- Do Mr. Boker Do
- Hurrah for Hard Times
- Green Corn
- Rattlesnake Jig or Hoop De Dooden Doo
- Jump into the Wagon
- Oh, Come Along John
- Buckleys Banjo Jig
- To the Other Side of Jordan
- Hear Him, Johnny, Hear Him!
- Oh, Sally Is the Gal for Me
- Rob Ridley
- Root Hog or Die
- Down in Alabama
- Gettin Up Stairs
- Picayune Butlers Comin to Town
- Bobbin Around
- White Cat or Black Cat
- Hannah, Hannah, Where You Going?
- Im Off for Nicaragua
- Machine Poetry
- United States, It Is the Place
- Oh, the Law Gals
- Oh, Whats the Matter Suse Ann?
- Somebodys In the House with Dinah
- So Glad Dinah Left Me
- Dont Mind Steven
- The Ole Grey Goose
- Oh, Jenny Get Your Hoe Cake Done
- Darling Nelly Gray
- Oh, Ladies All!
- Thats So and Youd Better Believe It
- Sandy Boy
- Hi! Ho! The Charleston Gals
- Go Away, Jenny
- Get Away, Gumbo, Sound Your Horn
- Wheres That Man?
- Sam Johnsons Reel
- Devils Dream
- Whats Going On?
- Phil Rices Excelsior Jig
- Come Shine Out, Peggy
- Whoop Jamboree
- Oh John, Did You Ever See My Daughter Sally?
- The Old Gander
- Rise Old Napper
- Mrs McClouds Reel
- Set Em Up John
- Come Day, Go Day
- Power of Music, as Executed by Tom Briggs
- John Diamond Walk Around
- Grape Vine Twist
- Oh, Bring Along the Gal
- Old Virginny Jig
- Mr. Brown
- Snap, Flip, Toodleum, Dee
- The Ladys Jig
- Buckleys Walk Round
- Essence of Old Virginia Dance
- Dick Sliters Reel
- Buckleys Best Reel
- Unsworths New Jig
- Walk Around
- Walk Around
- Alternate Solos in G Tuning:
- To the Other Side of Jordan
- Oh, Sally Is the Gal for Me
- Bobbin Around
- White Cat or Black Cat
- Hannah, Hannah, Where You Going?
- Im Off for Nicaragua
- United States, It Is the Place
- Sandy Boy
- Sam Johnsons Reel
- Come Shine Out Peggy
- Whoop Jamboree
- Oh John, Did You Ever See My Daughter Sally?
- Oh, Bring Along the Gal
- Essence of Old Virginia Dance
- Unsworths New Jig
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