THIS IS A PHYSICAL BOOK/CD SET. (Find the digital PDF/MP3 download set here.)
By Alan Johnson
Finally, a collection of Celtic tunes that the intermediate banjo player can manage. These difficult Irish and Scottish melodies usually require a combination of styles and right hand techniques such as triplet hammer-ons, pull-offs and double fingering of the right hand. Johnson’s approach is to render the accurate basic melody with only a minimum of left hand techniques. The difficult hammers, pulls and slides can then be added later. Includes helpful playing tips.
Hatfield Music edition, updated in 2007.
SEVENTY tunes included, grouped in reels, polkas, jigs and slip jigs.
Selections include:
- The Navvy on the Line
- McFadden’s Handsome Daughter
- The Holy land
- The Banshee
- The Maid Behind the Bar
- Ger the Rigger
- Billy Sullivan
- Father O’Flynn’s
- Old Hag You Have Killed Me
- (I love it!)
- The Trip to Sligo
- Lark in the Morning
- The Rocky Road to Dublin
- dozens of others
