Advanced Studies in Five-String Banjo (Digital Edition)

$18.00

A spiral bound photocopy version of Andy King’s handwritten manuscript. THIS IS A DIGITAL PDF DOWNLOAD (NO AUDIO TRACKS). (Find the physical book here.)

THIS IS A DIGITAL PDF DOWNLOAD (NO AUDIO TRACKS). (Find the physical book here.)

By A. B. King

A spiral bound photocopy version of Andy King’s handwritten manuscript. This labor of love is based on studies of classical banjo technique and jazz theory. Includes exercises and arrangements using advanced techniques players like Bela Fleck, Tony Furtado, and Tony Trischka are currently using. Many exercises and chord diagrams for jazz chords, scales, modes, chord scales, fingerboard patterns, techniques such as single string technique using, all three fingers on all four strings, single-string tremolo, chord tremolo, and more. Notation and tablature. Tunes include closed-position ‘three fingers on all strings’. Available only from Hatfield Music.

Arrangements of:

  • Arkansas Traveler, ‘A’ Train
  • Old Black Joe
  • Flight of the Bumblebee
  • Satin Doll
  • Three-Finger Breakdown

Tremolo arrangements of:

  • Abide With Me
  • Amazing Grace
  • Tennessee Waltz
  • Spanish Eyes
  • Wednesday Night Waltz