Pro: Typically these arrangements are more difficult to perform than the Advanced arrangements. Many are performance and/or contest compositions. Creative or “hot-lick” variations on instrumental tunes already presented in Intermediate and Advanced categories are common, so it is recommended that one learns the Intermediate and Advanced versions first, so the melody is established and so the arrangement progresses in complexity and intensity. A few slow tunes employ or are entirely composed of classical technique, including chord melody pinch/roll techniques, tremolo, and the pedal point technique is introduced. Some tunes employ triplets and/or chord melody technique for entire solos, especially slow tunes that may have been rendered in straight Scruggs rolls in the “Beginner” and “Intermediate” arrangements. The Best of Jack Hatfield, available in Banjo Instruction, is a collection of many of the Pro tablature. Unless otherwise noted, tablature arrangements are in Scruggs style.
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Unless otherwise noted, tablature arrangements are in Scruggs style.
Legend
s – Scruggs style
m – melodic style
ss – single string style
c – classical style (usually chord melody)
pp – pedal point technique
utn – up the neck
 | 40 West [Jack Hatfield original] (s) (pp) (C out of D) | $10.00 | |
| Ashokan Farewell, variation 1 (m) (D out of G) | $5.00 | |
| Ashokan Farewell, variation 2 (c) (D out of G) | $5.00 | |
| Blackberry Blossom (m) (s) (ss) (pp) | $10.00 | |
| Blue Moon of Kentucky (triplets) (3/4) (4/4) | $10.00 | |
| Cherokee Shuffle, variation 3 (m) (utn) | $5.00 | |
| Cuckoo’s Nest (m) (D out of G) | $10.00 | |
| Dewdrops [Jack Hatfield original] (c) (harmony) | $10.00 | |
| Faded Love (c) (triplets) (D out of G) | $10.00 | |
| Jerusalem Ridge (m) (s) (utn) (Am)(G) | $10.00 | |
| Limehouse Blues (s) (m) (ss) (pp) | $12.00 | |
| Maiden’s Prayer (triplets) (A out of G) | $10.00 | |
| Tennessee Waltz, variation 1 (c) (triplets) (D out of G) | $5.00 | |
| Tennessee Waltz, variation 2 (c) (D out of G) | $5.00 | |
| Turkey in the Straw (s) (m) (twin) | $10.00 | |
| Twelve Blues Bars [Jack Hatfield original] (ss) | $10.00 |
Jack has spent fifty years learning to play and teach banjo and in publishing banjo instruction materials. He has acquired the knowledge and ability necessary to plot the most efficient left-hand fingering and right-hand sequencing while still rendering an accurate melody, which has resulted in playable, easily memorized melody-oriented arrangements can be proud to play in any jam session or public performance. Many feature creative and esthetically pleasing variations which can be used to win banjo contests. He has spent hundreds of hours on (expensive) state-of-the-art Finale software creating these clear, legible tablature arrangements.
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