Banjo Picking Styles

by Béla Fleck

(Banjo). On these six CDs, banjo master Bela Fleck teaches bluegrass, Celtic, ragtime and fiddle tunes as well as his original "new grass" solo banjo pieces. He starts with bluegrass basics and then moves into single-string techniques, moving bass lines, counter melodies, chromatics and scales in a variety of keys and tunings. Twenty tunes are taught, East Virginia Blues * Snakes Alive * Reach * Christina's Jig * The Plain Brown Jug * Kitty's Wedding * Flexibility * Reverie * In the Pines * Wildwood Flower * White Freight Line * Eager and Anxious * Frosty Morning * Salty * Eighth of January * Blackberry Blossom * Lowdown * Flapperette * and more. SIX CDs * INCLUDES TAB * LEVEL 4

44 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2001

About the author

An innovative and technically proficient banjo player, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.