A great collection of banjo classics, including: Alabama Jubilee * Bye Bye Love * Duelin' Banjos * The Entertainer * Foggy Mountain Breakdown * Great Balls of Fire * Lady of Spain * Rawhide * (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) * Rocky Top * San Antonio Rose * Tennessee Waltz * UFO-TOFU * You Are My Sunshine * and more.
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Janet Davis' The Ultimate Banjo Songbook,
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This review is from: The Ultimate Banjo Songbook: 26 Favorites Arranged for 5-String Banjo (Paperback)
Janet Davis always puts her all into the books and accompanying CDs she prepares. Whereas most books of this type give 1 banjo tab for each tune and then move to the next song, Janet provides enough material on each tune to keep even the most advanced banjo player busy. She provides several breaks on each tune - from conventional to way out jazz solos. She also provides alternative licks that can be swapped into tunes. This gets the banjoist away from learning tabs by rote memory, and starts the player thinking "what other variations could I swap into what I'm playing?".
As examples, the book and accompanying CDs give a harmony banjo part for Foggy Mountain Breakdown and arrangements of Blue Moon of Kentucky in both 3/4 and 4/4 time. The song choices also show Janet's lack of stylistic constraints. The songs span from the most popularized bluegrass tunes such as Dueling Banjos to straight bluegrass like Fireball Mail to jazzy banjo tunes like Alabama Jubilee and Limehouse Blues. The books goes all the way to the Everly Brothers' Bye Bye Love and the Beatles' Yesterday. Even Bela Fleck's UFO-TOFU is included. The book also mixes traditional Scruggs-style banjo with melodic and single string styles. This will be a resource I go back to for years to come. This book is probably best for intermediate and advanced players.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Great For Beginner and Intermediate Players,
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I have been picking for about 3 years without formal instruction, and have found Janet Davis one of the best to learn from. This book provides a nice collection for intermediate players, and I find the tunes just right- a little out of reach, not easy and tedious- good for learning. (I have found Trischka's tools out of reach...) The discs that come with the book are fine- usually a set with guitar and then one banjo solo. Tab is nicely and neatly printed. The tunes are familiar and sound great. Recommended.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent book once you're beyond the beginner stage,
By GB Guitars "gbroulet" (Colfax, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ultimate Banjo Songbook: 26 Favorites Arranged for 5-String Banjo (Paperback)
I'm very impressed with this book. Each of the 26 songs has multiple versions as well as alternate licks that can replace other licks to make the song your own. I like that style of teaching. I often teach my own students how to think of a riff as a vocabulary word and then to think about all the different ways they can use that word. This book really shows that any song can be played multiple ways. I think that really opens up your mind and your ears and makes your playing more natural and free.
I will say, however, that this is not a book for beginners. Playing anything in this book will place you solidly in the intermediate to advanced playing range. However, I like that. There are great beginning banjo books out there (Janet Davis's "You can teach yourself Banjo" is one of the best) but once you advance beyond that point it's sometimes difficult to find a book that can take you to the next level. This book will really push you. I once played in a band where we had some really difficult music to learn. The piano player told me "Yes, this music is tough. But when you're able to play it think how good you'll be!" This book makes me remember that advice. It will really challenge you, but once you learn any of the songs you'll know that you're a better player than when you started. Just think how good you'll be.
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