Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo: Revised and Enhanced Edition Sheet music Author: Earl Scruggs | Language: English | ISBN:
0634060430 | Format: EPUB
Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo: Revised and Enhanced Edition Sheet music Description
- Series: Banjo
- Sheet music: 200 pages
- Publisher: Hal Leonard; 1 edition (July 1, 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0634060430
- ISBN-13: 978-0634060434
- Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
4 Stars. Great Tabs, and History, but somewhat dated even with revised tabulature. 4 Stars because I think there MAY BE more helpful beginner books. 5 Stars based on the fact it is EARL'S - and we ALL love Earl and his music/songs - there is some great stuff in here!!!!
This is a great book and probably considered a MUST HAVE for a banjo student. If you are SERIOUS about the banjo, you will probably want this. There are a ton of reviews for this product telling you how great it is, so I won't say too much about that.
Although updated, this book is still based on the songs and playing of Earl Scruggs, a PROFESSIONAL banjo player credited with developing this style of picking. There is a lot of things a beginner CAN learn from this book, but most of the SONGS, in my opinion, are N-O-T EASY songs to learn on or play. You will spend considerable time learning rolls before you are PICKING. Buy it if you MUST, but there ARE better beginner books, I feel, to help you get started, if you are a beginner. This book, to me, is aimed more towards intermediate pickers and the song tabs are most valuable to students who already know a few songs and are playing with at least a LITTLE experience. It does have the tabulature to many of Earl's hits, and therefore makes this a VALUABLE book. But again, you won't just jump in and start playing them.
I had already learned some beginner type rolls and a couple of songs when I got this book. At about the same time, I purchased Tony Trischka's book "20 Easy Banjo Solos." Tony's book also comes with a CD and he plays through the songs slowly and at speed. Many of the rolls and "runs" you learn early in Tony's book will be things you can build on.
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