banjo songbook online

Subject: banjo songbook online
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Feb 05 - 12:30 PM

The Outlaws & Scalawags Songbook: songs about villains, assassins,
hoboes, bad boys, badder girls and other folks you wouldn't want to
bring home to meet mom arranged for frailing banjo is now available
under a Creative Commons license.
http://funkyseagull.com/singalong/singalong.html

You can also check out our other free online books:
A Book Of Five Strings: http://funkyseagull.com/five/five-strings.htm
The How and the Tao of Old Time Banjo: http://funkyseagull.com/book/tao.html
The How and the Tao of Folk Guitar: http://funkyseagull.com//folk/folk-guitar.html

Subject: RE: banjo songbook online
From: Amos
Date: 05 Feb 05 - 01:09 PM

Thanks a lot for the links, there, GUEST!!


A

Subject: RE: banjo songbook online
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 05 Feb 05 - 04:59 PM

GUEST there had to be Patrick, the author of the books involved.

Thanx, Patrick, for your generous public spiritedness!

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: banjo songbook online
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 05 Feb 05 - 05:10 PM

Wow! A 94 page book, free for the printing. And a good job, too!

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: banjo songbook online
From: GUEST,TDTESS
Date: 05 Feb 05 - 10:47 PM

Looks good except there's no standard notation for the melody or am I missing something?

TDTESS

Subject: RE: banjo songbook online
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Feb 05 - 11:28 PM

YES YOU ARE MISSING COMMON DECENT GRATITUDE

Subject: RE: banjo songbook online
From: DonMeixner
Date: 06 Feb 05 - 12:06 AM

Neat Stuff here "Guest"

Thanks a lot. I have student type priends that will be able to put this to good use.

Don

Subject: RE: banjo songbook online
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Feb 05 - 09:00 AM

Looks good except there's no standard notation for the melody or am I missing something?
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I kind of had to keep it to tab. Banjo students usually run screaming into the night at the sight of standard notation.

Sometime this year there will be a much larger songbook going online with notation and other stuff.

-Patrick

Subject: RE: banjo songbook online
From: GUEST,TDTESS
Date: 06 Feb 05 - 02:59 PM

Guest 9am-That would be great! It's a downer not being able to decipher tabs and timing. Classical piano never prepared me for this. And, thanks.

TDTESS

Subject: RE: banjo songbook online
From: Peter T.
Date: 07 Feb 05 - 12:01 PM

This is great, many thanks. The other online material is a treasure too.

yours,

Peter T.

Subject: RE: banjo songbook online
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Feb 05 - 12:25 PM

It's a downer not being able to decipher tabs and timing. Classical piano never prepared me for this.
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Shoot, the banjo is pretty simplistic compared to the piano!

In your case you might not want to bother with tab. Give yourself some time with the basic strum and then take what you already know from the piano and apply it to the banjo. Since you can already read music you'll be able to visualize the rhythmic stuff a tad easier than a tab-monkey - and then you can mosey on over to the .abc tunefinder and have a blast.

Don't sweat it. The great thing about the banjo is that everybody has something to add to the mix. Your background in classical music could lead to some interesting ideas like a string band playing in harmony rather than everybody just pounding out the melody line. Your previous training is an asset. Celebrate that.

-Patrick

Subject: RE: banjo songbook online
From: Hand-Pulled Boy
Date: 08 Feb 05 - 06:48 AM

Thank you. I have had a banjo for a while and had no idea what to do with it.