Traditional 5-String Banjo Book

If you want to learn traditional music on the 5-string, this book by Peter Flanagan is for you. There's no extraneous confusing detail and the straight forward approach using tablature means you're playing something recognisable within minutes.

The straightforward approach to traditional music on the 5-string. Play something recognisable - without musical notation - in minutes! There's no extraneous detail; instead, there is extremely simple, clear tablature with very good cross-referencing between the recording and the book. The Traditional 5-string Banjo method was devised and the music played by Peter Flanagan.

Peter's method will produce instant results without having to learn any musical theory so you can enjoy traditional music right from the word go. Once you have experienced the pleasure of playing, this book will inspire you to learn more about music and the 5-string banjo.

Contents

Aunt Rhody

Black velvet band

Bobby Shaftoe

Boil them cabbage down

Camptown races

Round the mountain

Cripple Creek

Down in the valley

Drunken sailor

Foggy dew

Grandfather's clock

Ground hog

Kelly, the boy

Leaving of Liverpool

Maggie

Maggie May

Michael, row the boat

My bonny

Old Joe Clark

On top of Old Smoky

Plaisir d'amour Pretty Polly

Red River valley

Scarborough fair

Scotland the brave

Seaport town

Maggie May

Michael, row the boat

My bonny

Old Joe Clark

On top of Old Smoky

Plaisir d'amour

Pretty Polly

Red River valley

Scarborough fair

Scotland the brave

Seaport town

Shady grove

Skip to my Lou

Twenty-one years

Worried man

Yankee doodle