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Description Technical Specs   More Minstrel Banjo Frank Converse's Banjo Instructor Performance Notes and Transcriptions by Joseph Weidlich This particular book of banjo music comes from Frank Converse's Banjo Instructor, Without a Master published at the end of the Civil War in 1865. It includes banjo solos, jigs, songs, reels, walk arounds and more. The tunes are progressively arranged in tablature "tab" notation and clearly explained so you can become a proficient minstrel-style banjoist without the aid of a teacher. If you're looking to play authentic minstrel-style banjo tunes like folks played during the Civil War and mid-nineteeth century, then this book is for you. Contains 30 tunes with tablature only (no lyrics). Contents Biography Preface Compound Meter Right Hand Fingering Slides Slurs Unusual Right Hand Fingerings Fifth String Inversion Notes Eight Note Rest Usage as a Tied Note Barre Nail Glide Examples First/Second Endings Notes On The Tablature Tunes (tablature only, no lyrics) Arkansas Traveler Bee Gum Reel The Boatman's Dance Boston Jig Brighton Jig Bully for You Butler's Jig Calabash Dance Callowhill Jig Cane Brake Reel The Charcoal Man Coon Hunt Walk Around Cotton Pod Walk Around Hyde's Favorite It Will Never Do To Gib It Up So Juba Lanagan's Ball Luke West's Walk Around Matt Peel's Walk Around My Love is But A Lassie O'Flarharty's Wake Oh Susanna Operatic Jig Original Essence of Old Viginny Rattlesnake Jig or Hoop De Dooden Doo Rumsey's Jig Union Cockade Walk into the Parlor Whole Hog or None Yankee Doodle Minstrel Show FAQs...   Features Large Format: Big 9" by 12" pages make tabulature easy to see. Includes Performance Notes and Transcriptions: Makes banjo technique easier to learn. Packed with 30 Civil War era Tunes: Great tunes, many still popular today. Illustrated: Vintage illustrations throughout.

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