JAMMING BOOKS AND CD's FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS

The Let's Jam! Book, CD, DVD Combo
For beginning to advanced guitar players who want to learn to play licks, solos,
and rhythm -- with 10 "jam" tracks on CD, along with nearly 100 examples on DVD.
CD provides the band accompaniment.

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C-BA-LJ - List: $14.95 - SPECIAL: $13.85

Bluegrass Jam Ball
Do you ever wonder what song to play next? It is fun and simple!

31-BJB - List: $12.00 SPECIAL: $10.00

Banjo Camp! BOOK/CD
Workshops, tips, tabs, and campfire conversations with many banjo greats, including Pete Seeger, Tony Trischka, Alan Munde, Bill Keith, and Janet Davis.

B-SL10595bcd Banjo Camp! BOOK/CD
List $21.95 Our Price $19.55

Tenor Banjo Christmas Songbook
Features 28 well-known Christmas tunes arranged for tenor banjo, with accompaniment chords/strum patterns.

B-21014 Tenor Banjo Christmas Songbook Special $7.95

Mandolin Christmas Songbook
This book contains 28 familiar Christmas tunes arranged for mandolin, with accompaniment chords/strum patterns for guitar and mandolin.

B-21013 Mandolin Christmas Songbook Special $7.95

Ukulele Christmas Songbook Special
For ukes -- 28 Christmas songs arranged with standard notation and tab, along with accompaniment chords/strum patterns.

B-20886 Ukulele Christmas Songs Special $7.95

Reso Christmas Songbook
You asked for it, you got it -- 28 Christmas songs arranged for resophonic guitar.

B-21508 Reso Christmas Songbook Special $7.95

Best of Bluegrass Book/CD
Ten must-know songs arranged note-for-note for fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, reso, and bass. CD contains original recordings by Jimmy Martin with Ricky Skaggs, Mac Wiseman, Merle Travis, Jim & Jesse, and others. In tab, notation, and chords.

B-690636bcd Best of Bluegrass Book/CD
List $24.95 Our Price $21.45

Steve Kaufman's Four-Hour Bluegrass Workout
for ALL INSTRUMENTS - SERIES TWO BOOK/4CDs
Follow-up to the best-selling Workout #1 -- 50 more traditional favorites with a backup band on CD.

B-642067 Steve Kaufman's Four-Hour Bluegrass Workout for ALL INSTRUMENTS SERIES TWO
List $44.95 Our Price $35.95

Bluegrass Jammers' Top 10 Book/CD
Don't be afraid to solo -- get this book and get started with 10 classic tunes with tab and notation from instructor Eddie Collins. Includes guitar, mando, banjo.

B-EC-BJ10 Bluegrass Jammers' Top 10 Book/CD
Our Price $9.95

Parking Lot Picker's Songbook: Mandolin
A collection of over 225 great Bluegrass, Old Time, Country and Gospel standards; Melodies are presented with standard notation and tablature along with lyrics and chords.

B-96865bcd Parking Lot Pickers Songbook: Mandolin Edition BOOK/CD
List $29.95 Our Price $25.95

Parking Lot Picker's Songbook: Guitar Edition BOOK/CD
by Dix Bruce
Learn to play songs written and recorded by the giants of traditional American music: Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, The Osborne Brothers. Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson and many more.

B-96864bcd Parking Lot Picker's Songbook - Guitar BOOK/CD
List $29.95 Our Price $25.95

All Star Bluegrass Jam-Along for Guitar BOOK/CD
These fabulous collections for players of all levels feature 21 must-know bluegrss songs & instrumentals, created especially for learning players by the genre's leading artists. The artist plays a basic solo that states the melody of the tune, then a more adventurous improvisation, and each solo is transcribed in detail.

B-641943 All Star Bluegrass Jam-Along for Guitar BOOK/CD

List $19.95 Our Price $17.95

All Star Bluegrass Jam-Along for Mandolin BOOK/CD
These fabulous collections for players of all levels feature 21 must-know bluegrss songs & instrumentals, created especially for learning players by the genre's leading artists. The artist plays a basic solo that states the melody of the tune, then a more adventurous improvisation, and each solo is transcribed in detail.

B-641945 All Star Bluegrass Jam-Along for Mandolin BOOK/CD

List $19.95 Our Price $17.95

All Star Bluegrass Jam-Along for Bass BOOK/CD
These fabulous collections for players of all levels feature 21 must-know bluegrss songs & instrumentals, created especially for learning players by the genre's leading artists.

B-641947 All Star Bluegrass Jam-Along for Bass BOOK/CD
List $19.95 Our Price $17.95

All Star Bluegrass Jam-Along for Fiddle BOOK/CD
These fabulous collections for players of all levels feature 21 must-know bluegrass songs & instrumentals, created especially for learning players by the genre's leading artists. The artist plays a basic solo that states the melody of the tune, then a more adventurous improvisation, and each solo is transcribed in detail.

B-641946 All Star Bluegrass Jam-Along for Fiddle BOOK/CD

List $19.95 Our Price $17.95

ALL STAR BLUEGRASS JAM ALONG FOR BANJO, BOOK/CD By Tony Trischka
Backups, Lead Parts and Note-for-Note Transcriptions for 21 Essential Tunes

This great series will help you build your repertoire & get your licks in shape, so you can shine in your next performance or jam session!

B-641944 All Star Bluegrass Jam-Along for Banjo (Book/CD) List $19.95
Our Price $17.95

Parking Lot Picker's Songbook - Banjo
by Dix Bruce & Bill Evans
This is one of the most comprehensive tunebooks for banjo available!

B-20850bcd Parking Lot Picker's Songbook - Banjo List $29.95
Our Price $25.95

A Fiddle Players Guide to Jamming from Janet Davis Music - The Banjo Store

A Fiddle Player's Guide to Jamming by Carl Yaffey
This book presents everything a beginning or intermediate fiddler player
needs to know to participate in a jam session. There are sections that
describe the anatomy of a jam session, jam session etiquette, chords and
keys for jamming, and vamping. A play-along CD is included with 9 typical
bluegrass jam tunes. The tunes are played twice: once with the tune played
on the left channel and a verbal description on the right channel, and once in stereo.
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B-20889bcd - List: $14.95 SPECIAL $12.75

Band In A Book Bluegrass Vocals from Janet Davis Music - The Banjo Store

Band In A Book: Bluegrass Vocals Book/CD Set by Steve Kaufman
The idea here is to help coordinate the pickers so you all have solos to play and they can be played
in the same key. Within these pages you will find solos for the entire band: lead guitar, rhythm
guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle and bass.

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B-20425bcd - List: $24.95 SPECIAL $21.95

Band In A Book: Bluegrass Instrumentals Book/2-CD Set
Within these pages you will find solos for the entire band: lead guitar, rhythm guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle and bass. These solos are written for the beginner level student assuming you can already play a few simple solos or lead breaks.

B-20426bcd Band In A Book: Bluegrass Instrumentals Book/2-CD Set
List 24.95 Our Price $21.95

Band In A Book: Gospel Vocal Tunes for Bluegrass Ensemble by Steve Kaufman
Solos for the entire band: lead guitar, rhythm guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle and bass.

B-20424bcd Band In A Book: Gospel Vocal Tunes for Bluegrass Ensemble List $24.95 Our Price $21.95

20 GOSPEL TUNES THAT EVERY PARKING LOT PICKER SHOULD KNOW by Steve Kaufman

Great gospel standards, with backup on 6 CD

B-641717 20 Gospel Solos That Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know
Book & 6 CDs List 69.95 Our Price $59.95

THE REAL BOOK - VOLUME 1
Fake Book
Sixth Edition For All C Instruments
Artist: Various

THE REAL BOOK: A super Fakebook with the best-selling popular tunes of all time - words and music and chords.

B-240221 The Real Book $22.45

THE REAL BOOK - VOLUME 2
Fake Book
Second Edition For All C Instruments
Artist: Various

The best selling jazz book of all time, VOLUME TWO!

B-240222 THE REAL BOOK - VOLUME 2 List 25.00 Our Price $21.50

The Real Book Volume 3
Fake Book
Four hundred more jazz standards -- the third volume in the series.

B-240233 The Real Book Volume 3 List 29.95 Our Price $22.45

Alison Krauss & Union Station - so long so wrong
Pictures, Words, music,chord symbols, and instrument breaks (guitar, banjo, mandolin) in tablature--transcriptions from a great recording!

Song List: So Long, So Wrong... No Place To Hide... Deeper Than Crying... I Can Let Go Now... The Road Is A Lover... Little Liza Jane... It Doesn't Matter... Find My Way Back to My Heart... I'll Remember You... Love In My Prayers... Looking In the Eyes of Love... Pain of A Troubled Life... Happiness... Blue Trail of Sorrow... There Is A Reason

Alison Krauss - fiddle, vocals
Dan Tyminski - guitar, vocals
Ron Block - banjo
Adam Steffey - mandolin
Barry Bales - bass

B-AKPG9716 BOOK: $22.95

CD-ROU0365 CD (band playing): $13.95

B-9716bcd Book and CD combo $36.90

THE BANJO PRIMER by Geoff Hohwald
Banjo Academy Publication

A book for basic beginners. Clear illustrations of technique positions, basic rolls;
Songs are 3-finger style arrangements; in tablature.
B-BA-BP.. . . . . . BOOK/CD $14.95

The Banjo Primer Jam CDs by Geoff Hohwald are a 2 CD set that play rhythm to all of the songs in the Banjo Primer at 5 different speeds. This companion product to the Banjo Primer is the perfect way to increase your playing speed, improve your timing and make that critical leap between practice and actually jamming with friends. Every track starts with the Banjo playing each song in the Banjo Primer one time to orient the student. The banjo then goes away, letting you play along with a real bluegrass band. The Banjo Primer Jam tracks will have you playing at your peak in no time. 2 CD's
CD-BA-BP Banjo Primer Jam 2 CDs ~~$14.95~~ SPECIAL $11.95

4-Hour Bluegrass Workout by Steve Kaufman
Play along with a Bluegrass Jam - For Any instrument.

Improve your picking, build up speed, and play along! On these 4 cd's, a bluegrass band plays back-up in the right to 49 well know bluegrass tunes, slow and up-to speed. The lead part can be heard in the left channel. It is fun to play along. Songs include: Alabama Jubilee, Arkansas Traveler, Black Mountain Rag, Dixie Hoedown, Down Yonder, Devil's Dream, Lost Indian, Miller's Reel, Ragtime Annie, Red Wing, Salt Creek, Soldier's Joy and more! Includes book with the chords for all the tunes. The chord's letter name is written in the appropriate measure(s) for each tune, so you can play along.

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B-641379 Book and 4 CDs
Reg: $44.95 SPECIAL: $35.95

4-Hour Bluegrass BANJO Workout
Same songs as above, but with the lead breaks tabbed out for the 5-String Banjo in 3-finger (bluegrass) style.

Click to see Song List

B-320170 Book and 4 CDs
Regular $44.95 SPECIAL: $35.95

Steve Kaufman's Four-Hour Celtic Workout - Provides an invaluable learning to for anyone who loves to play Celtic music and wants to build repertoire and technique. Some of the songs include: Banish Misfortune, Behind the Haystack, Castle Kelly, Chief O'Neill's Favorite, The Cliffs of Moher and many more. 50 tunes chosen by Steve.

B-641537 Book and 4 CDs
Regular $44.95 SPECIAL: $38.20

New!!!

BLUEGRASS JAMMING DVD
A Guide for Newcomers and Closet Pickers
Taught By Pete Wernick.
DVDWERJM21
Level 2
105 Minute DVD, Includes lyrics and chords

With Nick Forster, Sally Van Meter, Michael Kang, Ben Kaufman, Eric Walser and Joan (Nondi) Wernick

Pete Wernick now has the perfect solution for novice bluegrass players who want to start jamming,
or for any picker wanting to build experience and confidence. He has gathered several top musicians
to create a “DVD jam session” that players of any level can get in on. Here’s an opportunity to
participate in this wonderful activity, and get ready for the “real thing” -- so grab your instrument,
put the DVD in the player, and pick along!

Pete and his exciting all-star jam band teach you the ins and outs of “jam etiquette,” along
with the basics of music theory, handy jamming hints, and lots of other invaluable information.
You'll learn to change chords and play solos for 17 bluegrass standards. Regardless of the instrument
you play -- guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, Reso, bass -- you'll soon be playing along with the
great songs and instrumentals on this DVD. Best of all, it'll be fun to make music with Nick, Sally,
Eric, Michael, Ben and Pete as they play through the repertoire at an easy-going, slow-to-medium
tempo. They even leave a place in every song for you to try your own solo!

The songs you’ll be jamming on are: "Old Home Place," "Blue Ridge Cabin Home," "In the Pines,"
"Footprints in the Snow," "Salt Creek," "How Mountain Girls Can Love," "Soldier's Joy," "New River
Train," "Sitting on Top of the World," "Long Journey Home," "Worried Man Blues," "Hot Corn Cold Corn,"
"Cripple Creek," "Handsome Molly," "Take Me Back to Tulsa," "Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky,"
and "Blue Moon of Kentucky."

NOTE:This DVD also has a special feature that allows you to use your "angle" button to
choose to view either the band or the guitarist's right hand during the tunes.
DVD-641558 List: $29.95 Bluegrass Jamming - DVD $23.95

V-641474 VIDEO $23.97

New!!! A Banjo Player's Guide To Jamming By Carl Yaffey
You're a beginner or intermediate bluegrass banjo player; you've learned a few tunes such as
"Cripple Creek", "Old Joe Clark", and "Boil Them Cabbage Down". You might have learned the basics of playing back-up, but you may not have played with other people much or at all. Carl's task is to give you some tools and tricks so you can sit in on most any jam session and come out alive and grinning. List: $14.95
B-99708bcd Book and CD SPECIAL: $12.75

Selections from O Brother Where Art Thou
Some of the songs include - Big Rock Candy Mountain, You Are My Sunshine, Down To The River To Pray, I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow and more.
B-699528 FOR BANJO Your Price: $9.95

B-313182 FOR GUITAR Your Price: $16.45

B-695762 FOR MANDOLIN Your price: $9.95

B-313193 FOR PIANO and VOCAL Your Price: $16.45

Let's Jam - 23 Country and Bluegrass Jam-Along Tracks
Great for all instruments. Includes a helpful instruction booklet. Tracks include - Chick'n Pick'n in A, Country Swing in E, Gospel Waltz and more. The Bluegrass tracks include: 9 Pound Hammer, Old Joe Clark, Sitting On Top of the World. Salt River, Lonesome Road Blues, Little Maggie, Sally Goodin and John Hardy. Great for practicing your lead picking or your vocals.
CD-BA-LJ Let's Jam $9.95

THE CHORD WHEEL

Just Dial It In - easy to use!
The Ultimate Tool for all Musicians - By Jim Fleser

Master chord theory in minutes! Puts the most essential and practical applications of chord theory into your hands. Helps you Improvise and Solo; Transpose Keys; Compose your Own Music.

B-695579 List Price $12.95 Special: $10.95

BLUEGRASS MANDOLIN SOLOS that Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know by Steve Kaufman
Six CD Lessons plus a book with all songs in notation and tablature for mandolin. Fun to play arrangements for all levels. Beginniners can learn to pick out the melody to become familiar with the tune, intermediate players will develop facility with a series of licks and runs for improvising, and more experienced players can develop advanced techniques.
Songs include: Arkansas Traveler, Big Sandy Rier, Bill Cheatham, Billy In the Low Ground, Blackberry Blossom, Under The Double Eagle, Flop Eared Mule, Fisher's Hornpipe, Forked Deer, Gold Rush, Old Joe Clark, Salt Creek, Soldier's Joy, St Anne's Reel, Ragtime Annie, Red Haired Boy, Sweet Georgia Brown, Turkey In the Straw, Whiskey Before Breakfast.
B-641495 List: $69.95 Special: $59.95

"BLUEGRASS GUITAR SOLOS" That Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know Steve Kaufman
Includes 6 CDs and a Book with all songs. For all level players. Play along - lead guitar on right channel with the band on the left channel. Includes the same tunes as in the Mandolin Solos course above.
Reg: $69.95
B-641411 Vol 1 $59.95

Rise & Shine - The Banjo and Guitar of Eddie Collins
Music and tablature for all of the Banjo and Guitar solos on the CD with the same name. 55 pages.
B-EC-RS Book $12.00

B-EC-RSbcd Book and CD combo $19.95

CD-MOZO0103 CD $13.95

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