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Usually ships in 1 business days | | Only 3 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | Clawhammer Style Banjo - A Complete Guide For Beginning And Advanced Banjo Players| From Ken Perlman, here is a brilliant teaching guide that is destined to become the handbook on how to play the banjo. The style is easy to learn, and covers the instruction itself, basic right and left-hand positions, simple chords, and fundamental clawhammer techniques; the brush, the Õbumm-tittyÕ strum, pull-offs, and slides. For the advanced player, there is instruction on more complicated picking, double thumbing, quick slides, fretted pull-offs, harmonics, improvisation, and more. The book includes more than 40 fun-to-play banjo tunes. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Ken Perlman | | Paperback: | 194 pages | | Publisher: | Centerstream Publications | | Publication Date: | May 01, 1989 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0931759331 | | Package Length: | 11.89 inches | | Package Width: | 9.06 inches | | Package Height: | 0.55 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 7 reviews |
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 Must have companion for dvd Dec 29, 2008
I initially only puchased the DVD videos, but they reference the book constantly. Well laid out book and good instructions. I'm not that far into the lessons yet, but so far it's fairly easy to follow.
6 of 8 found the following review helpful:
*The* way to learn clawhammer Jul 18, 2006
Pete Seeger's famous little book got me started frailing and picking, but it was this book that really taught me how to play clawhammer. I can't recommend it highly enough. Besides teaching the basics, Perlman presents a full repetoir of well-known traditional songs- enough for a couple of sets. I can't recommend this book (and Perlman's other banjo books) highly enough.
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Incredible Jul 17, 2006
This book takes you to an incredibly advanced level from the very basics. It is hands down the best instructional book I've ever read- not just for clawhammer, but out of all books I've read for guitar, Dobro, autoharp, etc... You will be a wonderful frailer if you buy this book and stick at it.
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Great place to start playing banjo Aug 24, 2005
As a bluegrass player this book totally demystified the process of clawhammer. I highly recommend getting the DVD with the book. I was up and running in no time. I'm still working thru the book as we speak, but I feel like a I have a good grip on it. Ken starts off very slow and dissects the action and rythmn of clawhammer banjo. The best part is that this book keeps giving, plenty of tunes and much to learn after you get the basics.
most comprehensive teaching guide Mar 22, 2005
Ken Perlman's book has been around for almost 30 years and, with the sentimental exception of Pete Seeger's "How to Play the 5 String Banjo", is clearly the leading "how to" book on this unique style of play. However comprehensive and well written a book is if you don't get the earliest lesson down pat you're gonna be dead meat when things speed up down the road. If you don't have a competent teacher and are trying to learn from any book alone clawhammer, more than any other picking style, will beat you into the ground.
Fortunately for those of us too cheap to hire an instructor Perlman has produced a 2 DVD (originally VHS) set that bests most teachers for clarity and continuity in following the text of this excellent book. I can't recommend highly enough just how effective the book and DVD combination is. You'll save years of struggle and have a great time learning this most fascinating style of play. A great book made much better with the available video.
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