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Mel Bay Christmas Songs for 5-String Banjo

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Mel Bay Christmas Songs for 5-String Banjo

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Well-known composer, performer, bluegrass and five-string banjo specialist Janet Davis has arranged this fantastic book of Christmas songs for five-string banjo. Selections include material for various levels of ability and offer wide variety of songs for the holiday season. Tablature only with lyrics for each song. The companion CD is included. This is a stereo recording which contains all the music in the book, played slow and up-to-speed. The fast version includes guitar accompaniment.

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Product Details

Author:	Janet Davis
Paperback:	96 pages
Publisher:	Mel Bay Publications
Publication Date:	November 04, 2002
Language:	English
ISBN:	0786665602
Product Length:	11.6 inches
Product Width:	8.6 inches
Product Height:	0.3 inches
Product Weight:	0.7 pounds
Package Length:	11.4 inches
Package Width:	8.4 inches
Package Height:	0.5 inches
Package Weight:	0.5 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 4 reviews

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Average Customer Review: 4.5

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10 of 10 found the following review helpful:

Very helpful for the beginner Oct 31, 2005 By Daniel Hoenisch
I didn't see any customer reviews for this book, but I bought it anyhow since I want to play some Christmas songs at church around Christmas time.

I am writing this in October of 2005. I tell you this to let you know how old this review is and that at this point I have only been playing the 5-string Bluegrass banjo for four months. I just received this book a couple of days ago, and I am already playing Joy To The World from this book. I especially like this book because Janet Davis (the person who arranged the tabs in this book) teaches about the same way my banjo instructor does. Her tabs are clearly written, and make sense. She also plays the songs right from the tabs on the included CD, so you know how it is supposed to sound, which is also what my banjo instructor does on a tape. At the beginning of the book, there are instructions on how to read tablature. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is just because she doesn't show the fingerings for the different cords. I only know a select few, so I have a hard time when I am supposed to be in an A chord when I don't know what the fingerings are supposed to be. I can figure it out though. She even adds very simple one string tabs in this book, assuming for little children who just started the banjo.

I think this is a very good book, with plenty of learning to be gained from it. Janet Davis is a very good banjo player and knows what Bluegrass ought to sound like.

Oh, and for those of you who want more than the Bluegrass sound for these songs, she arranged some tabs for melodic style and tripelet. I don't have the book in front of me, so I can't say which songs are arranged in that style.

Anyhow, great book for the price.

Good to have three levels of arrangments Sep 17, 2011 By A. Debban "HistoryBuff"
This book is just what I was looking for. The arrangements are clear, and for my "advanced" beginner skill level provides arrangements that are challenging but doable.

Awesome! Dec 15, 2008 By C. Butler
This book is great, I sat down, as a beginner banjo player and picked almost all the songs the first day. It has the simple melody tab in it, then it has more versions of the song with pinches, rolls, etc. A great book, the songs are all the classics.

Great beginner book Nov 28, 2007 By Andrew Stevens
This is a very good beginner banjo book for Christmas songs. I have a number of Christmas banjo books, and this one is definitely my favorite. The song arrangements are good, and the included CD helps a lot. I definitely recommend this book.