{"product_id":"a-guide-to-non-jazz-improvisation-banjo-dan-fox-9780786675937","title":"A Guide to Non-Jazz Improvisation-Banjo [With CD (Audio)]","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Fox,Dick Weissman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786675934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786675937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mel Bay Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.50h x 8.80w x 0.40d","brand":"Dan Fox","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483691004159,"sku":"9780786675937","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7296755-3e52-4dc5-a2a7-b02e9f4e62b9.jpg?v=1778040031","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-guide-to-non-jazz-improvisation-banjo-dan-fox-9780786675937","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}