Young, Kyle Gray - Phil Rice's 1858 Method for the Banjo
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Young, Kyle Gray - Phil Rice's 1858 Method for the Banjo

Catalogue No: 31038M
Transcribed in Tablature for the Modern Banjoist

ArrangementBanjo
Product FormatSheet Music/Online Audio
ComposerKyle Gray Young
£22.99
Awaiting restock from UK distributor, typically dispatched in 3-4 weeks
LanguageEnglish
Pages108
Publication Date2024
Grade of DifficultyEASY
ISBN9781513473932 (1513473931)

This book is considered the first in-depth method book ever published for learning to play the 5-string banjo. First appearing in 1858, Phil Rice’s 1858 Method for the Banjo was written in standard notation in the tuning (eAEG#B). Kyle Gray Young has meticulously transcribed 64 solos from the original keys and notation to clear, easy-to-read tablature in modern C tuning; 15 of these solos also appear in G tuning. Since the intervals between strings are the same in the C or A tunings, these tablature editions are also playable on replica banjos in the 19th-century tuning.In addition to its 64 solos, this Mel Bay edition features a complete transcription of the original step-by-step method on how to play stroke-style banjo as it was presented in 1858, but again—in modern tablature with online audio. Some of these wonderful melodies haven’t been heard since the Civil War era. It’s time to bring them back to life!

Contents

  1. introduction
  2. Exercises & Lessons
  3. Juba, a Jig Dance
  4. Where Did You Come From?
  5. Do Mr. Boker Do
  6. Hurrah for Hard Times
  7. Green Corn
  8. Rattlesnake Jig or Hoop De Dooden Doo
  9. Jump into the Wagon
  10. Oh, Come Along John
  11. Buckley’s Banjo Jig
  12. To the Other Side of Jordan
  13. Hear Him, Johnny, Hear Him!
  14. Oh, Sally Is the Gal for Me
  15. Rob Ridley
  16. ...
  17. Root Hog Or Die
  18. Down in Alabama
  19. Gettin’ Up Stairs
  20. Picayune Butler’s Comin’ to Town
  21. Bobbin’ Around
  22. White Cat or Black Cat
  23. Hannah, Hannah, Where You Going?
  24. I’m Off for Nicaragua
  25. Machine Poetry
  26. United States, It Is the Place
  27. Oh, the Law Gals
  28. Oh, What’s the Matter Suse Ann?
  29. Somebody’s In the House with Dinah
  30. So Glad Dinah Left Me
  31. Don’t Mind Steven
  32. ...
  33. The Ole Grey Goose
  34. Oh, Jenny Get Your Hoe Cake Done
  35. Darling Nelly Gray
  36. Oh, Ladies All!
  37. That’s So and You’d Better Believe It
  38. Sandy Boy
  39. Hi! Ho! The Charleston Gals
  40. Go Away, Jenny
  41. Get Away, Gumbo, Sound Your Horn
  42. Where’s That Man?
  43. Sam Johnson’s Reel
  44. Devil’s Dream
  45. What’s Going On?
  46. Phil Rice’s Excelsior Jig
  47. Come Shine Out, Peggy
  48. Whoop Jamboree
  49. Oh John, Did You Ever See My Daughter Sally?
  50. The Old Gander
  51. Rise Old Napper
  52. Mrs McCloud’s Reel
  53. Set ‘Em Up John
  54. Come Day, Go Day
  55. Power of Music, as Executed by Tom
  56. John Diamond Walk Around
  57. Grape Vine Twist
  58. Oh, Bring Along the Gal
  59. Old Virginny Jig
  60. Mr. Brown
  61. Snap, Flip, Toodleum, Dee
  62. The Lady’s Jig
  63. Buckley’s Walk Round
  64. Essence of Old Virginia Dance
  65. Dick Sliter’s Reel
  66. Buckley’s Best Reel
  67. Unsworth’s New Jig
  68. Walk Around
  69. Alternate Solos in G Tuning:
  70. To the Other Side of Jordan
  71. Oh, Sally Is the Gal for Me
  72. Bobbin’ Around
  73. White Cat or Black Cat
  74. Hannah, Hannah, Where You Going?
  75. I’m Off for Nicaragua
  76. United States, It Is the Place
  77. Sandy Boy
  78. ...
  79. Sam Johnson’s Reel
  80. Come Shine Out Peggy
  81. Whoop Jamboree
  82. Oh John, Did You Ever See My Daughter Sally?
  83. Oh, Bring Along the Gal
  84. Essence of Old Virginia Dance
  85. Unsworth’s New Jig
  86. ...
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