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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | This book presents more than 70 tunes in the unique highly developed clawhammer style known as "Round Peak" -named after the Blue Ridge Mountain, North Carolina community where it originated. While not intended for the absolute beginner, this book will benefit players at various experience levels. Tunes in the book are organized according to the specific banjo tuning used, with A and D tunings most prominent. Much of the book's commentary and the included CD recording is directed towards the fretless variant of the 5-string banjo but as these tunes are written in standard 5-string banjo tablature, they can most definitely be played on the more common fretted instrument. Includes tune lyrics and extensive historical and biographical notes plus technical tips and a discography. Written in 5-string banjo tablature only. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Brad Leftwich | | Paperback: | 104 pages | | Publisher: | Mel Bay Publications, Inc. | | Publication Date: | September 01, 1999 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0786629029 | | Product Length: | 11.75 inches | | Product Width: | 8.72 inches | | Product Height: | 0.28 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.8 pounds | | Package Length: | 11.6 inches | | Package Width: | 8.5 inches | | Package Height: | 0.4 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.75 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 5 reviews |
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6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Treasure of Old Time Songs Feb 27, 2002
This round peak style book is fantastic in that is has all the old time songs I have ever wanted to learn. It is not for the beginner though. The tab notation is a bit hard to figure out but it is possible.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 A must if you want to learn the Round Peak Sound Aug 12, 2005
By Jerry O. Whitt
A great addition to my collection of banjo how to books. Brad Leftwich has this sound down pat. I find the tabs easy to use, provided you read the how to part, and with the accompanying CD the banjo player can hear each tune played the way it is supposed to be played. I especially enjoyed the short stories about the history of each tune.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
The Best of What It Is - Round Peak Style Banjo Oct 01, 2011
By T Crumb
The negative reviews are correct, it is not a good clawhammer primer and it does not offer a diversity of styles.
The positive reviews are correct, it delivers an outstanding collection of iconic Round Peak songs, presents tabs that offer the tunes stripped down to their essentials and provides a CD that can actually be listened to as music and that serves as a good model for the aspiring player.
For someone who has their clawhammer basics down and wants a good Round Peak foundation, this is the book. Don't be put off by the fact that Leftwich is targeting fretless banjo players. The tab is 100% applicable to fretted banjo... slide or bend and you will get as close as you need to be and if that's not close enough, be bold and get a fretless.
If I were told I could keep only one of my tab books, this is the one to which I'd hold on. Choosing my second and third would be a battle.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Round Peak Style Clawhammer Banjo - Brad Leftwich Nov 19, 2005
By R. C. Trost
Here is another book where you listen to the authors playing and you get tabs that sort of resemble the songs being played. The tiny bit of instruction in the beginning lets you know you bought this book mostly to listen. Some interesting comments about the fretless banjo, but again, VERY little instuction and none really on the CD. At least, the author takes the time to match up the CD tracks to the tabulature in the book but all the songs are played at jam speed. On the plus side, the included CD is a good one to have. If you already know how to play clawhammer banjo you can learn a lot about Round Peak style and also pick up more than a few licks from this fat book and its 82 tunes.
0 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Hrmm... Sep 12, 2007
By C. Drane
This book comes highly recommended by Round Peak style experts, and does a fair job at walking you through the mechanics of Round Peak style, but frankly, most of the songs included on the accompanying CD sound like variations upon a few themes rather than distinct songs.
As I was going through the CD, I was struck at how many of the songs sounded the same. By the last track, I was extremely disappointed. It's a bit deeper than just surface-level similarities - in my opinion, this book covers about 5 "themes", expanded into about 30 "songs". In fact, you could probably learn the 5 themes and just improvise around the themes to get the same net effect.
If you are looking to learn a banjo playing style AND some memorable songs, this might not be your best bet - this book doesn't quite deliver.
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