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This book opens an entire new world for the clawhammer banjo player. In Mel Bay’s Pawhammer Banjo, the banjoist will discover new realms in clawhammer play with the use of a technical extension called “pawhammer” developed by Steve Kahn. With this extension in hand, a banjo player will be able to play notes on higher strings after playing the middle- or index-fingernail stroke. This removes a longtime drawback in clawhammer play and allows the playing of not only many new bluegrass and traditional tunes, but the entire field of ragtime. Through meticulous technical descriptions, photos, and arrangements of fourteen tunes from both the bluegrass/traditional and ragtime fields—with seven favorites from Scott Joplin, including “Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer”—author Steve Kahn carefully teaches the new skills involved in “pawhammer” banjo technique.

Table of Contents:

• Part 1 - Bluegrass and Melodic Style
• How to Do It
• Photos of Preparation and Playing
• Exercises
• Rolls
• Key to the Kingdom: the M-Pk-T pattern
• The "Pinky Brush" (PkBr)
• Arkansas Traveler
• Casey Jones
• Cripple Creek
• Cumberland Gap
• Twain Harte Tune (Steve Kahn)
• Deputy Dalton (Alan Munde)
• Part 2 - Ragtime
• Accompaniment ("comping")
• A Different Playing-Hand Position
• Muting: Playing Hand
• The Damped Br Stroke
• Muting: Fretting Hand
• More About the "Pinky Brush" (PkBr)
• Two Stave Notation: Why Two Staves?
• Ragtime "bum diddy"
• Another Note
• More Tones
• Learning the Tunes
• The Easy Winners - Scott Joplin
• The Entertainer - Scott Joplin
• Gladiolus Rag - Scott Joplin
• Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
• Pineapple Rag - Scott Joplin
• Ragtime Dance - Scott Joplin
• Solace - Scott Joplin
• Ragtime Fragment - Steve Kahn

Catalog:	MB31180
Publisher:	Mel Bay
Composer:	Steve Kahn
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Voicing:	Banjo
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Pages:	56