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Banjo Tablaure Book Review
By Denis LePage, Bluegrass Canada magazine
Hot Banjo Breaks for 30 Bluegrass Jam Standards
Author: Russell Sawler
Russell Sawler is one of New Brunswick’s best and best known banjo players and has just published this compilation of arrangements for some common bluegrass standards. Although he is well known for his 7 books of transcriptions of JD Crowe solos and back up,
this book takes another approach. Here Russell has put together some of his own work and the tabs include Scruggs style playing interspersed with many ‘melodic’ style positions, single string licks and licks that Russell has picked up over the years from some of the best players on the planet. His uncanny sense of Scruggs style timing and synchopation, his tasteful use of diatonic scales, chromatic licks and minor pentatonics and and his respect for the basic melody lines results in some really fantastic banjo solos that I know you are going to want to learn. What’s more is that the arrangements are very ‘playable’ for the intermediate player. But even if you’re a beginner you’ll get some wonderful ideas from this compilation. I highly recommend this book!
Spiral Bound Book
The Gold Rush / Fireball Mail /
Bugle Call Rag / Long Journey Home / Devil In Disguise /
One Tear / 99 Years /
Sunny Side Of The Mountain /
Groundspeed / Theme Time /
Salt Creek / You Can Have Her /
East Bound & Down /
Cold Sheets Of Rain / John Hardy
Many A Mile / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Used To Be /
Sittin' On Top Of The World /
You Don't Know My Mind /
Salty Dog / Little Maggie /
Take This Hammer / Nine Pound Hammer / Lonesome Road Blues
Mp3's of MIDI sound files included
for each tune in the book.
ebook $15
Spiral Bound Book $20 + $5 s&h
ebook
A first rate publication that should be a welcome addition to the learning library of any bluegrass banjo picker, especially if you enjoy the music of his band. Volume Five has earned their reputation for playing music that fits squarely into the contemporary traditional bluegrass vein, while offering enough “something new” to make them unique. Part of that comes from
Patton’s banjo playing, and the way he works a bluesy sound into an approach that draws heavily on the legacy of Earl Scruggs and J.D. Crowe. Experienced pickers will have no difficulty playing through his arrangements, while grabbing some useful licks along the way. Banjo students and fairly new players can learn a great deal from Patton’s sparse approach, sticking very closely to the vocal melody of the songs and employing the familiar techniques of the style to make the tune stand out.
The book includes the banjo breaks and selected backup sections from 17 Volume Five cuts, taken from both their Drifter and Voices CD
eBook $18
Spiral Bound Book $20 + $4.50 s&h
Patton Wages ebook
Spiral Bound book
Complete banjo transcriptions from the debut Boxcars CD are now available for download or hardcopy spiral bound And I do mean complete. Each of the album's 13 tracks are transcribed start to finish - solos and backup alike.
December 13th
Hurtin' Inside
I Could Change My Mind
I Went Back To My Old Home Today
I've Been Waiting
Jumpin' The Track
Log Cabin In The Lane
Take Me On The Midnight Train
The Hard Way
You Can Take Your Time In Coming Back To Me
eBook $20
Spiral Bound $25 + $4.50 s&h
The Boxcars eBook
Spiral Bound book
Down The Line
How I Long To Be In The Mountains
Weary Day ( 1st Break )
Weary Day ( 2nd Break )
Rounder's Spirit ( 1st Break )
Rounder's Spirit ( 2nd Break )
My Heart Belongs To You
Tune Of A Twenty Dollar Bill ( 1st Break )
Tune Of A Twenty Dollar Bill ( 2nd Break )
Give The Devil An Inch
Honey I'm Ramblin Away ( 1st Break )
Honey I'm Ramblin' Away ( 2nd Break )
Don't Go Out Tonight My Darlin ( 1st Break )
Don't Go Out Tonight My Darlin ( 2nd Break )
You Are Everything ( 1st Break )
You Are Everything ( 2nd Break )
Tomahawk
eBook $12
Spiral Bound $15 + $3.50 s&h
Window of Time eBook
Spiral Bound Book
Lonesome Won't Get The Best Of Me (1st Break)
Lonesome Won't Get The Best Of Me (2nd Break)
Won't Be Over You
What I'd Give To Be The Wind
You Can't Break My Heart
Whoop And Ride (1st Break)
Whoop And Ride (2nd Break)
Brother To The Blues (1st Break)
Brother To The Blues (2nd Break)
A Step Away
New Love (1st Break)
New Love (2nd Break)
She's No Lady
Prisoner's Lament (1st Break)
Prisoner's Lament (2nd Break & Ending)
Hillbilly Catfight (1st Break)
Hillbilly Catfight (2nd Break)
eBook $12
Spiral Bound $15 + $3.50 s&h
Road With No End eBook
Spiral Bound Book
All breaks and lots of backup from each track this great recording.
eBook $18
Spiral Bound $20 + $3.50 s&h
Head On Into Heartache
eBook
Spiral Bound Book