Mel Bay 5-String Banjo Styles for 6-String Guitar [Paperback]

Craig Dobbins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2003

This book/CD set presents six complete songs and 19 licks and patterns (in both standard and open G tuning) in the styles of banjoists Earl Scruggs and Allen Shelton, and guitarists Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed. (Also included is the 3-finger roll tour de force Strike It Rich by 2001Winfield Fingerstyle Guitar Champion Richard Smith.) Written in standard notation and tablature, with fingerings, chord diagrams, and performance notes; a discography is included for further listening. The companion CD includes performances of all the songs, and the licks and patterns are demonstrated both slowly and up to tempo. For intermediate to advanced level guitarists.

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About the Author

Craig Dobbins is the author of many books and recordings on fingerstyle guitar, including two volumes on the music of Jerry Reed and one on the music of Chet Atkins. His books have been published by Mel Bay Publications, Hal Leonard Corporation, and Warner Brothers Publications. Craig¹s articles, transcriptions, and compositions have appeared in such publications as Acoustic Guitar magazine, Fingerstyle Guitar magazine, Fingerstyle Review magazine, and Mister Guitar (journal of the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society). Craig also writes and publishes Acoustic Guitar Workshop, an instructional quarterly for fingerstyle guitarists.

Craig's compositions have also been recorded by other guitarists, including Taylor clinician Pat Kirtley (Through the Tears) and 2001 Winfield Fingerpicking Champion Richard Smith (That's My Boy).

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc (September 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786670088
• ISBN-13: 978-0786670086
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #714,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Lacking preparatory drills, November 23, 2010

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This review is from: Mel Bay 5-String Banjo Styles for 6-String Guitar (Paperback)

A great book I've picked up some licks from I'm currently working through "Frailing the Guitar" , that is a book with a solid base of exercises the writer Steve Baughman gives you, while he makes it clear you should do the preparatory exercises for at least a month before you get to stuck into the advanced full compositions.
Not so with this book you dive straight into Musical pieces and then the exercises are at the end. They are mostly licks as well like Jerry Reed licks, there are no scale exercises Banjo style for example in C or G or Mixolydian.
You can see Chet Atkins and Robert Smith run through some of these on YouTube but they are not in the Book a little dissapointing.
A good book though a few preperatory exercises and drills before the music compositions would be better.
I'm working my way through frailing first and getting back to this and putting the two techniques together.
Great for the Skilled to Advanced player but daunting to get into the style for beginners.
The pieces are magnificent and worth the price alone I have it on my XBox 360 just so I dont scratch the original CD!
A better progressive study setup would have this as five stars if you are looking to get into this Banjo style from beginner level search YouTube learn a few scales and then get this.