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The Art of the Mountain Banjo Paperback – 17 Dec. 1998

by Art Rosenbaum (Author)
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  1. Print length
    96 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Mel Bay Publications
  4. Publication date
    17 Dec. 1998
  5. Dimensions
    21.59 x 0.64 x 27.94 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0786633786
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0786633784
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  • BanjoSteve
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gives great insight to old time approaches to banjo playing.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 February 2015
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    This is a great book. I had half of the tabs years ago (they came as a welcome extra along with the original LP release of the tunes which are included on the CD), but annoyingly lost them at some point. So I bought this book to replace them.

    The repertoire is fantastic (for the most part), especially if you want some challenging melodic frailing (clawhammer) tunes with some drop thumb included. There is some other useful stuff - examples of 2 finger, pre-Scruggs 3 finger, and up picking (some tunes use more than one of these four styles), and also an interesting variety of tunings, with some ideas I wouldn't have thought of (e.g. key of F out of mountain minor tuning with 5th string tuned down).

    Lots of great stuff here. Love it.
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  • Josh Björk
    1.0 out of 5 stars Mainly Clawhammer
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2024
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    Mainly Clawhammer, not as advertised. I’d skip this book, like a previous reviewer stated
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  • cartrefgmp@btinternet.com
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 June 2020
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    Great book.Had the Art Of the % string Banjo vinyl and wanted a hard copy of the book. I did not have the % string Banjo vinyl. Only disappointment was the the sound files were for the first LP only which I had. No sound files for the 5 string Banjo LP. Great book though. Recommended
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  • T J Benson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Music needs to be downloaded.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 March 2019
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    Excellent book.... much needed republication...
    I have a photo copy of the old time Mountain Banjo; a very badly printed copy!
    How about a reissue ?
    Excellent delivery...
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Intéressant et bien expliqué
    Reviewed in Canada on 19 April 2022
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    Je voulais apprendre plus sur le jeux 2fingers et certaines techniques.
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  • Kevin Schlottmann
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great overview of traditional banjo styles
    Reviewed in the United States on 4 January 2011
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    I second the review above -- this a great collection of tunes and arrangements that also provides an excellent introduction to many of the lesser-known pre-bluegrass mountain styles of banjo playing. It is worth noting that the clawhammer tab, which takes up about 3/4 of the book, is definitely more sophisticated than the average beginner's guide to frailing. This is probably not the best book for the absolute beginner, although for musicians picking up the banjo for the first time it would most likely work. I would strongly recommend it to those looking to expand their old-time banjo repertoire beyond the basics.
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  • Shopper
    1.0 out of 5 stars Poor instruction, bad song choice
    Reviewed in Canada on 16 July 2023
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    The music is more of a cheesy hokey selection than I'd have liked. No sawmill tunes. Innstruciton is sparse. I'd pass
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  • red branson
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on 23 September 2016
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    great easy to follow songs.
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  • sam spate
    5.0 out of 5 stars Clawhammer banjo at its best
    Reviewed in the United States on 15 October 2018
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    Great book! Easy to follow and understand
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