You Can Teach Yourself Banjo By Ear - Softcover

Hatfield, Jack

9780786628650: You Can Teach Yourself Banjo By Ear

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786628650 ISBN 13: 9780786628650

Publisher: Mel Bay Pubns, 1997

Many musicians, including some that are technically quite advanced, never break away from the printed page to learn by simply listening and re-creating. The common name for this process is playing by ear. With some basic guidelines, any musician with rudimentary skills can teach himself or herself to play by ear, adding a new dimension to their playing skills. This book teaches the 5-string banjoist to listen and play solos and chord progressions by ear, providing essential ear training and techniques needed to participate in jam sessions of all types! Chapters include: Learning Chord Progressions by Ear; Faking a Solo; Playing the Melody by Ear; and Using Licks. Written in tablature only. The companion recording is in split-track format with the melody track on the left and the rhythm on the right.

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About the Author:

Jack Hatfield has been a professional instructor of banjo and a Banjo Newsletter columnist for almost twenty-five years. He has taught thousands to play the banjo via his instruction book series entitled Bluegrass Banjo Method. His Scruggs Corner columns analyzed the work of Earl Scruggs, the father of bluegrass banjo. These transcriptions remain today the most complete and accurate body of Scruggs' recordings ever published. Jack then wrote the Beginner's Corner column in which he tutored novice banjoists. He is currently writing a column called Concepts and Systems, which explains the structure of music as applied to the five-string banjo and reveals procedures and systems of learning. Jack has also published a unique theory book for all musicians called How to Play by Ear: A Guide to Chords and Progressions for Musicians, Songwriters, and Composers. He has four Mel Bay publications to his credit as well. Jack is a band leader and banjoist for the True Blue bluegrass band, which works conventions and tourist attractions such as the Dollywood theme park and the Dixie Stampede in his home town of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. He has been a finalist in the Tennessee State Banjo Championship, the Kentucky State Banjo Championship, and the National Banjo Championship held in Winfield, Kansas. As director of Banjo Newsletter Workshops, he travels across the U.S.A, teaching and promoting banjo workshops featuring today's top recording artists and other Banjo Newsletter columnists.

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