Mel Bay's Fun With the Banjo
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (853 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0871664321 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 40 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This is a very popular beginner's text for 5-string banjo. This book comes with online audio and video downloads.. Written in C tuning, it shows basic chords, includes instructions for tuning and positioning, and contains many fun songs with lyrics included for singing and strumming
When asked, Mel frequently said that he quit counting long ago. Mel fronted his own trio (piano, bass, guitar) and played steadily for 25 years! He was equally adept on most fretted instruments and played mandolin, uke, Hawaiian guitar, tenor and plectrum banjo professionally. At one time Mel claims to have known virtually every guitar teacher in America on a first name basis! The guitar and
Someone once calculated that sales of guitar books written by Mel Bay have exceeded 25 million copies. He bought a Sears Roebuck guitar at the age of 13 and several months later played his first "gig." (He recalled playing until his fingers were raw!) Mel took up the tenor banjo shortly thereafter and continued to play both instruments. Mel used to sell D'Angelico guitars. At any given time he would have 5 or 6 "lying around the house." Mel played professionally on his New Yorker model but his favorite was the initial Mel Bay Model crafted as a gift for him by John D'Angelico. He decided to begin writing instructional materials due to the difficulty encountered by guitarists at playing good sounding chord forms in rhythm sections and due to the poor note reading ability prevalent among guit