Any Flecktone banjo tabs out there?
Robert LaBarbera
of the Banjo Newsletter. By the way, if any of you don't get the
Banjo Newsletter, he is featured in it this month.
I was wondering if any of you out there new of a place where I
could get my hands on some others. I've been looking for the
tabs for Sunset Road, Half Moon Bay, and other early Flecktone
pieces.
A banjo freak,
Robert
Mouser9999
Banjo Newsletter has printed tabs of Sunset Road, Sinister Minister, and bits
of Cheeseballs in Cowtown. You can purchase back issues of BNL at the BNL
website: http://www.tiac.net/users/bnl/
and check their tab index. Sunset Road is a great tune for the intermediate
banjo player (like me!), as it is technically not that difficult, but requires
subtlety and nuance to get it right.
If you're into Bela's music outside of the Flecktones, tab books are available
of Bela's "Drive" album and of Bela and Tony Trischka's "Solo Banjo Works."
(Both from Homespun) "The Flecktone Fakebook" (from Hal Leonard) does not have
banjo tab, but does have quite a few Flecktones songs in standard notation--
always useful. All of the above are available from their publishers, or more
easily from Elderly Music, www.elderly.com (which has it's entire inventory of
books and videos online.
One other source is Bela's Homespun video (called something liek "Banjo
Techniques"). This isn't for the faint of heart, but it is a fascinating look
at some of Bela's techniques (and includes tab for several songs that Bela
plays). He does a whole section on using Scruggs tuners, if you're into that.
You can get this at Elderly, too.
Good luck!
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JDWbanjo
>Techniques"). This isn't for the faint of heart, but it is a fascinating
look
>at some of Bela's techniques (and includes tab for several songs that Bela
>plays). He does a whole section on using Scruggs tuners, if you're into that.
>You can get this at Elderly, too.
And let's not forget Bela's Homespun audio series, which is a real resource
(the video and audio series are available from Homespun together as the "Bela
Package"). The audio series focuses on all aspects of Bela's style, and gives
particular attention to single string technique. In the long run, learning the
building blocks of Bela's style is more valuable than learning to play a
particular tune (although learning particular tunes and seeing how they are put
together can be extremely educational). Learning the fundamental elements
leads to the development of one's own style and creativity -- which, hopefully,
remains any player's ultimate objective.
Cheers,
Jim W.
Strat20
want to learn to play like him. he enters into modes by pressenting the scales
all the way up the fingerboard. It was how i got started into the "dark side
of the banjo" anyhow. Definitely worth the money