Traditional Songs for the 5-String Banjo - Adrian Hopkins

Traditional Songs for the 5-String Banjo

By Adrian Hopkins

  • Release Date: 2014-03-18
  • Genre: Music

Description

Traditional Songs for the 5-String Banjo features 22 classic old-time favourites, specially arranged for 5-string Banjo.
The distinctive sound of the 5-string Banjo is most usually associated with folk, country and bluegrass music. In this book you’ll find a superb collection of traditional songs that lend themselves perfectly to a variety of Banjo styles.
From the lively The Midnight Special to the wistful Wild Mountain Thyme, each song has been chosen and arranged to make the most of the instrument’s unique capacity for rolling rhythms and flexible fingerpicking patterns.
Whether your favourites are jazzy, folky or country, you’ll find plenty here to help you play, sing and extend your repertoire.

Auld Lang Syne
All Through The Night
Amazing Grace
Danny Boy
Home On The Range 
The Black Velvet Band
The Midnight Special
She Moved Through The Fair
Loch Lomond
My Grandfather's Clock
My Wild Irish Rose
On Top Of Old Smoky
Sam Hall
Scarborough Fair
Shady Grove
St. James Infirmary
Sweet Betsy From Pike
There's A Hole In My Bucket
Wayfaring Stranger
What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor
Wild Mountain Thyme
The Yellow Rose Of Texas

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