New: learn music theory by hearing what you read, at Grammar of Music. Try it free

Unavailable

Bluegrass Banjo from All Sides is currently unavailable

We can no longer provide this arrangement through Sheet Music Stores. The listing stays online so you can learn about the piece and explore alternatives.

Try these next steps

About this arrangement

5-string banjo - Beginning; Intermediate; Advanced SKU: MB.21266M Composed by Richard Stillman. Squareback saddle stitch, Banjo: 5-String, Bluegrass, Technique, Theory and Reference. Style. Book and online audio. 92 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #21266M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.21266M). ISBN 9780786696970. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.Bluegrass Banjo from All Sides focuses on fifteen common jam session tunes, offering many different arrangements for each tune. The arrangements are presented in varying levels of difficulty. The reader will work through standard melody and harmony arrangements, playing backup in a bluegrass setting, playing backup behind fiddlers, and even two-banjo harmony. Further, the tunes offer a catalog of banjo techniques that can be applied to ones overall banjo approach and licks to be absorbed into ones vocabulary. Altogether this book demonstrates the stylistic versatility of three-finger banjo, as well as its identity and character. Includes access to online audio.

New · Grammar of Music

Understand the music behind every score

Grammar of Music is our new interactive music theory system. Every interval, chord and progression plays as you read, so you train your ear while you learn — and every score you pick up starts to make sense.

  • Hear every concept, not just read it
  • Chord dictionary, circle of fifths and more
  • Guided courses from basics to harmony
Start learning for free

No account needed to get started.