Books

Teach Yourself to Play Clawhammer Banjo

There are 45 lessons, expansive repertoire and 6 hours of MP3 audio.   This book is appropriate for complete beginners through Advanced.  Includes Cripple Creek • Black Mountain Rag • Wind That Shakes The Barley • This Train • Oh Susanna. Features chord diagrams, banjo tunings,  and more.  Publisher: Right Turn On Red Music

100 Banjo Lessons

Featuring 100 individual modules covering a giant array of topics, each lesson in this volume includes detailed instruction with playing examples presented in banjo tablature. You'll also get extremely useful tips, chord and neck diagrams, photos and much more to reinforce your learning experience, plus access to over 500 audio tracks with performance demos of all the examples. Collaboration with Greg Cahill. Publisher: Hal Leonard

American Bach

This book features the clawhammer banjo tablature (and formal music) transcriptions for Miles acclaimed CD of the same name. This includes all movements of J.S. Bach's 1st and 3rd Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, as well as Miles' own Suite for the Americas. Publisher: Right Turn On Red Music

Bob Dylan for Clawhammer Banjo

14 Dylan classics arranged specifically for clawhammer-style 5-string banjo, including: All Along the Watchtower • Blowin' in the Wind • Don't Think Twice, It's All Right • Hurricane • It Ain't Me Babe • Knockin' on Heaven's Door • Lay Lady Lay • Like a Rolling Stone • Mr. Tambourine Man • Positively 4th Street • Tangles Up in Blue • and more. Publisher: Hal Leonard

First 50 Songs for Banjo

Explore clawhammer and three-finger-style banjo with this one-of-a-kind collection of master-crafted arrangements. Songs include: Angel from Montgomery • Blowin' in the Wind • Carolina in My Mind • House of the Rising Sun • Man of Constant Sorrow • Maple Leaf Rag • Mr. Tambourine Man • Shady Grove • Country Roads, and more. Collaboration with Greg Cahill. Publisher: Hal Leonard

Counterpoint

This book includes the transcriptions of Miles highly acclaimed CD of the same name.  Here are traditional tunes arranged with a harmony part for a second banjo.  Tunes include Whiskey Before Breakfast • Banish Misfortune • Planxty Denis O’Conor and more.    Publisher: Mel Bay

Pete Seeger Banjo Play-Along 

The Banjo Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily with backing tracks. Just follow the banjo tab, listen to the demo track on the CD, and then play along with the separate backing tracks. Songs include: Blue Skies • If I Had a Hammer • Kisses Sweeter Than Wine • Mbube (Wimoweh) • Turn! Turn! Turn! and more. Publisher: Hal Leonard

Folk Songs for Banjo

40 traditional American folk songs arranged for clawhammer banjo, including: Amazing Grace • Arkansas Traveler • Buffalo Gals • Dixie • Down in the Valley • Give Me That Old Time Religion • Good Night Ladies • Home on the Range  • John Henry • Kumbaya • I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow • Oh Susanna • The Red River Valley • Turkey in the Straw • Wabash Cannon Ball and more! Publisher: Hal Leonard

Guitar Ensembles

This book features 4-part guitar ensembles--melody, harmony, bass, chords--written in formal music notation and easy-to-read guitar tablature, and link for midi-generated audio of all tracks.  It is ideal for school guitar programs.   Publisher: Right Turn On Red Music