Tony Trischka Easy Banjo Solos [Paperback]

Tony Trischka (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1997

Homespun Listen & Learn Series Strengthen your skills while building a repertoire of great bluegrass banjo pieces! Tony Trischka has personally chosen twenty traditional banjo solos that will teach you new ideas and add to your arsenal of licks and techniques. On the CD, Tony performs each tune slowly, then up to speed, providing invaluable tips and explanations as he goes. By the time you have mastered all of these solos, you'll have acquired the basic skills necessary to play in the styles of Earl Scruggs, Don Reno, Sonny Osborne, and other bluegrass greats.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793570611
• ISBN-13: 978-0793570614
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,390,122 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Arrangements, Great Teaching, Great Taste, December 5, 2001

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Dirk "Dirk" (Mass.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tony Trischka Easy Banjo Solos (Paperback)

When you learn from Tony Trishka, you learn from the teacher of
Bela Fleck. Bela was a young student who already knew
sophisticated jazz when he came to Tony. Tony had him rework his approach to classic bluegrass and "Voila, a power-hitter".

This book could properly be called "Classic Banjo Solos". If you want to learn classic bluegrass arrangements and licks that you can use, get this book and CD. Tony's arrangements are tasteful, imaginative, and sound terrific.

The arrangments sound much "cooler" than those in comparable intermediate banjo instruction books. Tony plays well on the CD and gets a good tone, that Stelling banjo stings like a bee - the performances make you just want to "get those pieces down".

To enhance this book, I recomend that you also get
"Rounder Banjo" on Rounder, a collection of Tony's favorite
banjo pieces and players. You will have fun recognizing licks in the book in their original songs, and also recognizing the players and songs that so clearly influenced Tony's conception
of straight bluegrass banjo playing.

Also, try to get Tony's "Hill Country" - Tony's straight bluegrass CD. You will be in good hands with the Master Teacher, and well positioned to explore and understand the styles of the players he cites.

If you have a chance to see Tony perform, GO.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Instruction For The Banjo Newbie, January 4, 2003

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surfandsand "surfandsand" (Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tony Trischka Easy Banjo Solos (Paperback)

I've only been a player for 5 months and I found this book/CD to be an awesome study guide. This is my second banjo book. I've got 4 of Tony's banjo solos mastered (although slower than Tony) and will probably get my favorite 15 conquered before moving on to my next book. I highly recommend this to any bluegrass banjo player wannabe.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars for beginners only, November 15, 2009

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frmertd - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tony Trischka Easy Banjo Solos (Paperback)

good video for beginners only. Just as the name says "easy" banjo solos. If you are playing less than a year, this is good. (the Murphy Henry dvd's are better though)