Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Banjo, Complete Pack
Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Now!
By Morty Manus and Ron Manus
Book, CD, DVD, Banjo & Accessories
Item: 00-42836
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From Alfred Music, the worldwide leader in music education products since 1922, comes Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Banjo, Complete Starter Pack! This complete starter pack includes a high-quality full-size Firebrand™ five-string banjo, deluxe accessories including a custom-fit gig bag carrying case, strap, clip-on portable tuner with batteries included, fingerpicks, and Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Banjo (Book, CD, and DVD with TNT 2 Software for Mac and PC), the best-selling multimedia instruction series for beginners of all ages!
High-quality Firebrand™ five-string banjo features:
* Mylar resonating head
* Die-cast, chrome tuning machines
* Light-gauge steel strings make playing easier
* Mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard
* Enhanced steel-body construction
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Contents
| Title | |
| Getting Started | |
| A Short History of the Banjo | |
| The Five-String Banjo | |
| The Hands | |
| Picks | |
| Tightening the Head | |
| Holding the Banjo | |
| Tuning Your Banjo | |
| Tuning to a Piano or Other Keyboard | |
| Tuning to a Pitch Pipe | |
| Tuning to a Tuning Fork | |
| Tuning by Ear | |
| Using an Electronic Tuner | |
| Caring for Your Banjo | |
| Buying a Used Banjo | |
| Starting to Play Chords | |
| Playing the G Chord | |
| Playing the D7 Chord | |
| Getting Acquainted with Music | |
| Mini Music Lesson: Ties | |
| Down in the Valley | |
| Mini Music Lesson: Eighth Notes & Rests | |
| Go Tell Aunt Rhody | |
| Mini Music Lesson: Pickup Measure, Dotted Quarter Note | |
| Cockles and Mussels | |
| Clementine | |
| Strum No. 1 | |
| Mini Music Lesson: D.C. al Fine | |
| Tom Dooley | |
| Strum No. 2 | |
| Old Paint | |
| The C Major Chord | |
| When the Saints Go Marching In | |
| On Top of Old Smokey | |
| Oh! Susanna | |
| Strum No. 3 | |
| Strum No. 4 | |
| Worried Man Blues | |
| The G7 Chord | |
| Jesse James | |
| She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain | |
| Red River Valley | |
| Strum No. 5 | |
| Skip to My Lou | |
| Strum No. 5 (continued) | |
| Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane | |
| This Land Is Your Land | |
| Mini Music Lesson: The Arpeggio | |
| Strum No. 6 | |
| The A7 Chord | |
| Aura Lea | |
| Strum No. 7 | |
| The Cowboy's Dream | |
| Strum No. 8 | |
| New River Train | |
| Strum No. 9 | |
| Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two) | |
| Melody Playing | |
| Goodnight Ladies | |
| My Home's Across the Smoky Mountains | |
| Lolly Too Dum | |
| Mini Music Lesson: Hammering-On | |
| Come and Go with Me | |
| Mini Music Lesson: Pulling-Off | |
| Cotton Eyed Joe | |
| Strum No. 8b | |
| The Old Gray Mare | |
| Bluegrass | |
| Bluegrass Roll No. 1 | |
| Black Eyed Susie | |
| Bluegrass Roll No. 1a | |
| Old Joe Clark | |
| Bluegrass Roll No. 2 | |
| Little Maggie | |
| Mini Music Lesson: C Tuning | |
| The Wabash Cannonball | |
| Home on the Range | |
| Strum No. 10 | |
| Mini Music Lesson: Transposition | |
| The Capo | |
| What to Do About the 5th String | |
| Chords in G Tuning | |
| Chords in C Tuning | |
| Fingering Charts |
Additional Information
| Series: | Teach Yourself Series |
| Author: | Morty Manus, Ron Manus |
| Instrument: | Banjo |
| Version: | Book, CD, DVD, Banjo & Accessories |
| Format: | Starter Pack |
| Item Number: | 00-42836 |
| ISBN 10: | 1-4706-1637-8 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-1-4706-1637-3 |
| UPC: | 038081485256 |
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