Old Time String Band Banjo Styles

Publisher: Centerstream Publications
Series: Banjo

Old Time String Band Banjo Styles will introduce you to the traditional, rural string band banjo styles as played in the southern mountains of the eastern United States, which were used to “second” vocal songs and fiddle tunes during the Golden Age of recorded string band music, from the early 1920s through the early 1930s.

Part I: Historical Background
Part II: String Band Transcriptions of Backups & Solos
Part III: Building a Thumb-Lead Style Bckup

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• Old Time & Fiddle Tunes for Guitar & Banjo
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• Legends of Old Time Music (DVD)