Pawhammer Banjo
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Three-Finger Clawhammer for Bluegrass, Melodic Style, and Ragtime
This book opens an entire new world for the clawhammer banjo player. In Mel Bay’s Pawhammer Banjo, the banjoist will discover new realms in clawhammer play with the use of a technical extension called “pawhammer” developed by Steve Kahn. With this extension in hand, a banjo player will be able to play notes on higher strings after playing the middle- or index-fingernail stroke. This removes a longtime drawback in clawhammer play and allows the playing of not only many new bluegrass and traditional tunes, but the entire field of ragtime. Through meticulous technical descriptions, photos, and arrangements of fourteen tunes from both the bluegrass/traditional and ragtime fields—with seven favorites from Scott Joplin, including “Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer,”—author Steve Kahn carefully teaches the new skills involved in “pawhammer” banjo technique.
Part I……Bluegrass and Melodic Style
How to do it
Photos of preparation and playing
Exercises
Rolls
Key to the kingdom: the M-Pk-T pattern
The “pinky brush” (PkBr)
Tunes
Arkansas Traveler
Casey Jones
Cripple Creek
Cumberland Gap
Twain Harte Tune (Steve Kahn)
Deputy Dalton (Alan Munde)
Part II……Ragtime
Accompaniment (“comping”)
A different playing-hand position
Muting: playing hand
The damped Br stroke
Muting: fretting hand
More about the “pinky brush” (PkBr)
Two-stave notation: why two staves?
Ragtime “bum-diddy”
Another note
More tunes
Learning the tunes
Tunes (all by Scott Joplin except where notated)
The Easy Winners
The Entertainer
Gladiolus Rag
Maple Leaf Rag
Pineapple Rag
Ragtime Dance
Solace
Ragtime Fragment (Steve Kahn)
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| Composer | KAHN, STEVE |
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| TAB/Notation | Music Notation PLUS TAB |
| Description | This book opens an entire new world for the clawhammer banjo player. In Mel Bay’s Pawhammer Banjo, the banjoist will discover new realms in clawhammer play with the use of a technical extension called “pawhammer” developed by Steve Kahn. With this extension in hand, a banjo player will be able to play notes on higher strings after playing the middle- or index-fingernail stroke. This removes a longtime drawback in clawhammer play and allows the playing of not only many new bluegrass and traditional tunes, but the entire field of ragtime. Through meticulous technical descriptions, photos, and arrangements of fourteen tunes from both the bluegrass/traditional and ragtime fields—with seven favorites from Scott Joplin, including “Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer,”—author Steve Kahn carefully teaches the new skills involved in “pawhammer” banjo technique. Part I……Bluegrass and Melodic Style How to do it Photos of preparation and playing Exercises Rolls Key to the kingdom: the M-Pk-T pattern The “pinky brush” (PkBr) Tunes Arkansas Traveler Casey Jones Cripple Creek Cumberland Gap Twain Harte Tune (Steve Kahn) Deputy Dalton (Alan Munde) Part II……Ragtime Accompaniment (“comping”) A different playing-hand position Muting: playing hand The damped Br stroke Muting: fretting hand More about the “pinky brush” (PkBr) Two-stave notation: why two staves? Ragtime “bum-diddy” Another note More tunes Learning the tunes Tunes (all by Scott Joplin except where notated) The Easy Winners The Entertainer Gladiolus Rag Maple Leaf Rag Pineapple Rag Ragtime Dance Solace Ragtime Fragment (Steve Kahn) |