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Johan's TENOR BANJO ~ Sets & Tunes (Part 1 & 2)
Music Notation & Chord Arrangements
80 sets ~ 221 Tunes
Paperback. Format: 8.5" x 11" (US Letter 21.59 cm x 27.94 cm). The content of the book is also available in other formats i.e., in Paperback Coil Bound or eBook format. See website: http://www.tenorbanjo.co.uk/ All tunes are played and recorded. Available as MP3 downloads. See website: http://www.tenorbanjo.co.uk/ The electronically submitted books contain all Audio and some Videos. Suitable for most instruments. Enhanced, expanded, updated, and improved edition. Traditional Irish Instrumental Folk Music: Dances, Hornpipes, Jigs, March, Mazurkas, O' Carolan Tunes, Polkas, Reels, Slides, Slip Jigs, Slow Airs, Song, Waltzes - Miscellaneous. A large and diverse number of sets allow instrumentalists to start performing a particular Set of Tunes straightaway. The suggested Sets are only meant as examples and should be changed if preferred. For box players, the book provides Chords placed beneath the Music Notation. Still, separate Chord Arrangements are making it easier on the eye for Guitar, Bouzouki, or Cittern players, i.e., a page of Chord Arrangements follows the Music Notation. While it is custom to play each tune twice or three times, most tunes are played once only because of the sheer volume of tunes. However, a few tunes in part 1 were performed twice or three times. Another few are with bodhran accompaniment. The single reel Flowers of Red Hill is played three times because of its variations. Each tune in the set Sporting Paddy - Man of The House (single reels) repeats three times. Apart from playing the reel Mason's Apron in a set, the tune is also performed as a single track but with four variations. Chord Arrangements: Chord Arrangements are meticulously vetted for accuracy. APPENDIX (Part 1): ACCOMPANYING INSTRUMENT - DOWN & UP STROKES - HINTS - SUGGESTED FINGERING - TRIPLETS & ROLLS. APPENDIX (Part 2): ANATOMY OF THE BANJO - GUITAR PICKING PATTERNS - HOW TO SET THE BRIDGE - PHRASING - TUNING FROM GUITAR - TUNING FROM STANDARD PIANO - TUNING NOTES - TABLATURE (Example + Info) - MUSICAL SYMBOLS. Print Length: 417 pages. Revised: Jan 2022.
