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| Mel Bay Presents Splitting The Licks Improvising and arranging songs on the 5 string banjo By: Janet Davis Book has 106 pages Price $12.95 This book takes you on step by step instructions on working out songs for the 5 string banjo, from basic to Bluegrass style and in Melodic/Chromatic style. Each section also contains exercises and examples for improvising.
| The first and second section deal with working out the basic arrangement of a song. The last section deals with refining the arrangement of a song using advanced tecniques. | Table of Contents Follows | Introduction | Explanation of Tablature and Rhythm | Rhythm Excercise | Discussion of Bluegrass Style | Standard Roll Patterns | Fill in Licks | Arranging Songs/Steps to Follow/Songs, Excercises on Improvising Follow | Worried Man Blues | Bury Me Beneath The Willow | Red River Valley | Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms | Goin' Down That Road Feeling Bad | Walking Cane | Wildwood Flower | Cripple Creek | Cumberland Gap | Jesse James | Grandfather's Clock | Melodic Style: Discussion of,Scale Patterns,Fill in Licks,Arranging Songs,Steps to follow | Songs,Excercising on Improvising, The Eight Of January | Banjo Joe | Bill Cheatham | Devil's Dream | Blackberry Blossom | Sailors Hornpipe | Red haired Boy | Turkey In The Straw | Fire On The Mountain | Cripple Creek | Comparison Of Scruggs-Style and Melodic style | Songs-One arrangement in each style | John Hardy | Old Joe Clark(see also:"Cripple Creek" | Combing Styles of Playing Advanced fill-in Licks | Arranging Songs..Steps to follow | Songs Using Advanced Licks: Worried Man Blues | Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms | Goin' Down That Road Feelin' Bad | Whoa Mule | Wabash Cannonball | Nine Pound Hammer | Train 45 | Salt River | Hamilton County Breakdown | Under The Double Eagle | Building Endings for Songs: | Tag Endings | Two Measure Endings | Chords: Discussion of | Chord Charts: | Movable Chord Chart for Major Chords | Chords | Major Chords | Minor Chords | Locating Chord Positions Without A Chart | | |