Appalachian Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo
Violin - Sheet Music

Fiddle - Beginning; Intermediate; Advanced

SKU: MB.30655M

Perfect binding, Strings. Old Time. Book and online audio. 156 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30655M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30655M).

ISBN 9781513465425. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

This comprehensive collection features over 100 note-for-note skillfully-crafted clawhammer banjo arrangements of “old-time” Southern fiddle tunes, in clear tablature - with suggested guitar chords at a wide variety of skill levels. It contains most of the tunes played in concert or recorded by author Ken Perlman and renowned Appalachian-style fiddler Alan Jabbour, plus over 50 more classic tunes from Ed Haley, Edden Hammons, John Salyer and many other iconic roots fiddlers. Also included:

•         Instruction on basic and advanced techniques 
•         Tips on improving your musicianship 
•         How to play syncopated rhythms and melodies in clawhammer style
•         Frameworks for dealing with crooked tunes and modal tunes
•         Historical notes and picturesque backstories
•         Ken Perlman demonstrates all tunes and most musical illustrations on 124 online audio tracks

*Online Audio Includes: 24 tracks featuring excerpts from recordings of the author performing with the virtuosic fiddler Alan Jabbour, to whom the book is dedicated.