***This is a digital download of the book 25 Tunes for Old Time Banjo & Singing Volume 1 (Audio NOT Included)
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This is a book of 25 Old Time tunes and songs. It contains banjo tablature (mostly overhand with a few two finger pieces) for the intermediate to early advanced picker as well as lyrics and chords. Songs are written in a variety of banjo tunings including standard, modal, double C, triple C, and F tuning. Descriptions of each song are provided along with options for further listening. There is also a lengthy description of singing in the old time style, banjo tips, and how to interpret chord charts. The is printed on heavy paper and has plastic comb binding. There are 39 double sided sheets in the book (included a couple blank pages).
The author is Sarah Wood (myself), an instructor at the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music and has performed and taught across her home state Kentucky and as far as away as Europe and Asia.
Feel free to message with any questions!
Songs include:
Martha Campbell
Pretty Polly
Brother Green
Hard for to Love
Troubles
Wondrous Love
Squirrel Hunters
Love's Worse Than Sickness
Muddy Creek
Liza Jane
Kentucky Wild Horse
Red Rocking chair
The Hog Eyed Man
Hook and Line
Shady Grove
Billy in the Lowground
The Tired Sailor (The Sailor Being Tired)
Snake Winder
The Time Draws Near (The Blackest Crow)
Black Jack Grove
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
Darling Corey
Brushy Fork of John's Creek
Lonesome Grove (Lonesome Dove)
Briar Picker Brown