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Strategies for Mastering the Art of Old Time BanjoA Book Of Five Strings
Strategies for mastering the art of old time banjo

a book of five strings

By Patrick Costello

Contents

Introduction
About Your Banjo
Practice, Perspective & Speed
Tuning
The Frailing Strum
- The Basic Technique
- Rhythm
- Tablature
- Practice Patterns
- Chords
- Playing and Singing
Scales, Chords & Chord Progressions
- The Chromatic Scale
- Scales
- Chord Progressions
- Transposing
- Minor Progressions
- Chord Construction
- Moveable Chord Forms
- "Root-Five"
- Chopping And Vamping
- Putting It All Together
Jamming
Timing And Phrasing
- Quarter Note Patterns
- Eighth Note Patterns
- Slides
- Double Thumb
- Phantom Effects
- Arranging Tunes
Finding The Melody
- Open Position Scales
- Closed Position Scales
- Chord Patterns
- Other Scale Patterns And Modes
- Chording The Scale
- Putting It All Together
3/4 and 6/8 Time
- 3/4 Time
- 6/8 Time
Drop Thumb
Bluegrass & Blues
- Bluegrass
- The Blues
- Delta Blues
- Gus Cannon
Walking The Walk, Talking The Talk
- Teaching
- Improvising
- Stage Presence
- Moving On To The Next Level
- Dealing With The Fifth String
- Alternate Tunings
- Learning Tunes In Three Easy Steps
Why I Play The Banjo


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