A Guide to Non-Jazz Improvisation-Banjo [With CD (Audio)] (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780786675937)

The non-jazz improvisation series is a concept that germinated in Dick Weissman's mind while he was attending music school. He wrote a 15-piece arrangement of the old square dance tune, Cripple Creek, and wanted the trombone to take a solo as part of the arrangement. When the trombonist kept playing a bebop solo that was totally unsuitable for the chart, Dick realized that - in addition to the many musicians who do not improvise - there are even jazz musicians who don't know how to improvise outside the limits of their own stylistic backgrounds.

This book approaches the five-string banjo as a musical instrument freed from the prison of specific musical genres. Old-time music, clawhammer, bluegrass and many eclectic adaptations of the banjo are utilized to demonstrate a variety of musical styles. A number of the selections are indifferent tunings. All examples are written out intraditional and tablature notation.

Author: Dan Fox,Dick Weissman
ISBN-10: 0786675934
ISBN-13: 9780786675937
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Language: English
Published: 09/23/2009
Pages: 135
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 11.50h x 8.80w x 0.40d