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The Jerry Book
Old and In The Way
Banjo Transcriptions
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Dear Old Dixie – Jam-Track from The Session Book.
Many folks consider this one of the hardest tunes to play and I concur. Perhaps that explains why Earl only recorded it once.
Personnel:
Sean Ray – Banjo, Guitar, Bass
Brian Ray – Mandolin
Paul Kienitz – Violin
Tab in PDF and TablEdit formats - $7.00
Cumberland Gap – Jam-Track from The Session Book.
The Foggy Mountain Banjo album is timeless and this is one of the hardest driving of the 12 numbers on it.
Personnel:
Sean Ray – Banjo, Guitar, Bass
Brian Ray – Mandolin
Paul Kienitz – Violin
Tab in PDF and TablEdit formats - $7.00
Cripple Creek – Jam-Track from The Session Book.
A traditional banjo tune if they’re ever was one, free of chromatics and pyrotechnics. I like to keep this one good and country, just like Earl recorded it on the Foggy Mountain Banjo album.
Sean Ray – Banjo, Guitar, Bass
Brian Ray – Mandolin
Paul Kienitz – Violin
Tab in PDF and TablEdit formats - $7.00
Clinch Mountain Backstep – Jam-Track from The Session Book.
Ralph Stanley’s most popular instrumental. This tune features two extra beats in the B section
which is notated here as a measure of 6/4.
Personnel:
Sean Ray – Banjo, Guitar, Bass
Brian Ray – Mandolin
Paul Kienitz – Violin
Tab in PDF and TablEdit formats - $7.00
Bugle Call Rag – Jam tracks from The Session Book.
This swing era classic is quite popular with banjo players. This arrangement is very similar to the version on the Flatt & Scruggs Foggy Mountain Banjo album. Unfortunately, this song was omitted from the Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo book.
Personnel:
Sean Ray – Banjo, Guitar, Bass
Brian Ray – Mandolin
Paul Kienitz – Violin
Tab in PDF and TablEdit formats - $7.00
Blackjack – Jam tracks from The Session Book.
Arguably J.D. Crowe’s finest instrumental. This arrangement sticks pretty close to the way J.D.
played it on his album by the same name.
Personnel:
Sean Ray – Banjo, Guitar, Bass
Brian Ray – Mandolin
Paul Kienitz – Violin
Tab in PDF and TablEdit formats - $7.00
The Session eBook features 26 of the finest Scruggs-style banjo instrumentals ever played.
This Package includes 147 page PDF eBook/52 track MP3 download as well as 26 TablEdit files.
MP3 Play-Along files features full arrangements, played by real musicians. These are not your typical, generic MIDI, BIAB backing tracks.
The accompanying MP3 audio files include two versions of each song in the eBook. One with banjo to demonstrate the tab and one without the banjo so you can play-along with the band.
The tabs include a minimum of three solos per song complete with intros and endings. The chords for the entire arrangement are shown in an easy to follow format that minimizes page flipping so the rest of the jam session can follow along as well.
These are complete, performance ready, arrangements based on classic recordings. The backing tracks range in speeds between 80-120 bpm so you can work on your timing confidently without struggling to keep up. As you get more comfortable with the songs you can use your playback software, such as Quicktime, to speed up the tracks to your desired tempo.
if you’re new to the banjo then you can grow into this book or if you’ve been playing for a while then this is perfect for building up your repertoire.
Songs included: Blackjack, Bugle Call Rag, Clinch Mountain Backstep, Cripple Creek, Cumberland Gap, Dear Old Dixie, Earl’s Breakdown, Farewell Blues, Fireball Mail, Five Speed, Flint Hill Special, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Foggy Mountain Chimes, Foggy Mountain Special, Ground Speed, Home Sweet Home, John Hardy, John Henry, Lonesome Road Blues, Pike County Breakdown, Randy Lynn Rag, Reuben, Sally Ann, Sally Goodin, Shuckin’ The Corn, Train 45.
For sample page, play-along tracks and more details see below.
(Digital Download – PDF, MP3 & TablEdit format)
Price: $45
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Details:
eBook: 147 page 5-string banjo tablature book with chord charts in PDF format. (Delivered via Email)
TablEdit (TEF) Files: 26 TablEdit files included. (Delivered via Email)
MP3 Download: 52 Tracks Total (26 with banjo/26 without banjo). Three hours of music. (Download via link)
Personnel:
Sean Ray – Banjo, Guitar, Bass
Brian Ray – Mandolin
Paul Kienitz – Violin
Special thanks to Brian Ray and Paul Kienitz for their invaluable contributions to this project. For more information about their various musical endeavors check out The Briar Pickers
Samples:
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Check out the January 2013 edition of Banjo Newsletter for a complete review of The Session Book
The Jerry Book isn’t only for fans of Jerry Garcia’s banjo playing with Old & In The Way. It’s also a master class in Scruggs style backup playing.
I’ve spent countless hours transcribing Jerry’s banjo playing and this book is the culmination of those efforts.
As you can see from the contents page, the book includes all of the songs from the original Old & In The Way album as well as Old & In The Way Breakdown from the bootleg: The Boarding House, San Francisco, CA. 7/23/73
(Digital Download – PDF, MP3 & TablEdit format)
Price: $50
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The Christmas Song
(Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Here is my arrangement to a Christmas classic, played as closely to the Nat King Cole version as I could get.
The tab is free for all. It includes the banjo melody and chords along with the guitar chord chart and bass line.
Merry Christmas,
Sean
Bill Monroe’s tune Big Mon is a staple among Bluegrass jam sessions.
This video plays the melody twice. Once at the beginning and once at the end. In between there are four choruses for you to jam over on any instrument you like.
This song is usually played quite fast but this slow jam is about 50% slower than the usual tempo.
Tab in PDF and TablEdit formats - $6.00
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