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Brand New!
Bluegrass Mandolin for
the Complete Ignoramus!
(Book & CD Set)
by Wayne Erbsen
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Book with Instructional CD
$19.95
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Wayne's
friendly and FUN approach to learning to play has taught tens of thousands
of total beginners to play bluegrass music. Join the club! In this, his 26th
book, Wayne cuts through the clutter and confusion of learning to play
with his SIMPLE approach to playing the melody. He then leads the beginner
down the path of being able to IMPROVISE by adding several simple rhythms.
With Wayne’s help, you’ll soon be jamming up a storm. Guaranteed!
Includes instructional CD, plus complete lyrics
to all 28 songs. 9"x 12", 80 pages. This book is
guaranteed to help you learn to play bluegrass mandolin.
(How many
books come with a personal guarantee by the author?)
Click
HERE to open a pdf
file of several pages from the book. Click
HERE to listen to an MP3 of track 28 of
the CD. Click HERE to listen to an MP3
of track 29 of the CD.
You
WILL learn to play
and improvise on:
Amazing Grace,
Angel Band, Banks of the Ohio, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Cripple Creek,
Cryin Holy Unto the Lord, Dig a Hole in the Meadow, Don't This Road Look
Rough and Rocky?, Down the Road, East Virginia, Handsome Molly, In the
Pines, I’ve Been All Around This World, I’ve Just Seen the Rock of Ages,
John Hardy, Keep on the Sunny Side of Life, Knoxville Girl, Little Maggie,
Midnight on the Stormy Deep, My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains,
Nine Pound Hammer, Paul and Silas, Shady Grove, Soldier’s Joy, Roll in My
Sweet Baby’s Arms, Wildwood Flower, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
You’ll Also Learn...
How to Tune, How to Hold the Mandolin, The Best Way to Hold the Pick, How
to Read Tablature, Harmony Chord Positions, Simple Rhythm Chord Positions,
How to Play Harmony, Playing in the Dreaded Key of F, How to Jam, Playing
Different Rhythms, How to Play Simply but RIGHT, Vintage Photos,
Friendly Advice.
"This book is an
excellent addition to the beginning mandolin books that are currently
available. If you are thinking about learning mandolin, this is the book
to buy." Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine
"Your
book is the Bible to getting started.
If a happy customer is the best salesmen, I hope my endorsement will sell
a few more books. Again thank you very much."
Sincerely, Chris and Sandy B.
"You’re right there! Terrific stuff."
Ron Bacon
"If you've never picked up a mandolin
before, this book will give you all the instruction you need to go from
'complete ignoramus' to 'not too shabby.'" Marie Gantz, recent
ignoramus
"Finally! A mandolin instructional book &
CD that's easy to understand and gets you started playing many bluegrass
songs." Ralph Julian
 WAYNE
ERBSEN CAN EVEN TEACH A FROG TO PLAY THE MANDOLIN!
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Old-Time Fiddle for
the Complete Ignoramus!
(Book & CD Set)
by Wayne Erbsen
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Book with Instructional CD
$19.95
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If you are a total beginner on fiddle,
here is the perfect book to learn how to play old-time fiddle. Absolutely
no previous experience needed! Wayne's friendly writing style takes you
through every step of adjusting, tuning, holding and yes, playing your
fiddle. The Appalachian, old-time, bluegrass and folk tunes are written
out in Wayne's easy and unique tab system for those who don't read music, and in standard musical notation
for those who do. Learning old-time fiddle has never been
easier, clearer or more fun. Anyone can do it. Includes instructional CD,
plus complete lyrics to all 37 tunes. 9"x 12",
80 pages. This book is guaranteed to help you
learn to play old-time fiddle. (How many
books come with a personal guarantee by the author?)
Click HERE for a pdf
file of the first tune in the book, "Ida Red." Click
HERE to listen to an MP3 of this song
played slowly.
You WILL learn to play:
Amazing Grace, Blackest
Crow, Buffalo Gals, Charley He's a Good Old Man, Cluck Old Hen,
Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cripple Creek, Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase, Darling
Corey, Don't Let Your Deal Go Down, East Virginia, Groundhog, House of the
Rising Sun, Ida Red, In the Pines, It Ain't Gonna Grain no Mo', Joy to the
World, Little Birdie, Liza Poor Gal, Lynchburg Town, Muley's Daughter, Old
Joe Clark, Old Molly Hare, Polly Put the Kettle On, Rain and Snow, Red
River Valley, Run Johnny Run, Rye Whiskey, Sail Away Ladies, Say Darling
Say, Shortening Bread, Sugar Hill, Wagoner's Lad, Wildwood Flower, Willie
Moore.
"Wayne Erbsen’s years of teaching experience shows
on every page. He makes it fun for the beginner to get started with a dose
of folklore and humor thrown in for good measure. A wonderful guide for
the notice fiddler." Meredith Coldren, beginning fiddler
For More reviews of this book,
Click HERE!
~What's the difference between a violin and a
fiddle? A violin has a brown neck and a fiddle has a
RED neck.
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Clawhammer Banjo For
the Complete Ignoramus!
(Book & CD Set)
by Wayne Erbsen
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Book with Instructional CD
$19.95
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Finally, clawhammer banjo instruction that is
for 100%
beginners! Wayne has taught people how to play the banjo for so long
(41 years!) that its been said that he can even teach a frog to play!
The friendly instructions are clear, simple, easy to understand and
humorous. What else could you want? This book is
guaranteed to help you learn to play clawhammer banjo. (How
many books come with a personal guarantee by the author?)
64 pages, 9" x 12", includes instructional CD with 85
selections!
Click HERE for a pdf
file of the first tune in the book, "Old Molly Hare." Click
HERE to listen to an MP3 of this
song played slowly.
You WILL learn to play: Buffalo Gals, Cluck Old Hen, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cripple
Creek, The Cuckoo, Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase, Darlin' Cory, Down in
the Willow Gardens, East Virginia, Groundhog, Handsome Molly, Little
Birdie, Little Sadie, Lynchburg Town, Muley's Daughter, New River Train,
Old Holly Hare, Old Blue, Old Joe Clark, Polly Put the Kettle On, Poor
Wayfaring Stranger, Rain and Snow, Red Rocking Chair, Shady Grove,
Shortening Bread, Sugar Hill, Swannanoa Tunnel, Sweet Sunny South, Wild
Bill Jones.
"You couldn't have made the Ignoramus any
simpler." Martin Lieschner
For More reviews of this book,
Click HERE!
Not sure what "Clawhammer
Banjo" is? Click
HERE.
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If you're looking to purchase the
banjo of your dreams, I may be able to help! Click
HERE.
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Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete
Ignoramus!
(Book & CD Set)
by Wayne Erbsen
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Book with Instructional CD
$19.95
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At
Last! A bluegrass banjo book designed for the true and absolute beginner.
Includes instructional CD with an amazing 99 tracks!
 9" x 12", 64 pp. This book is guaranteed to help you learn to play
bluegrass banjo. (How many books come with a
personal guarantee by the author?)Here in a nutshell is the essence of
this book: Most beginning banjo books teach tunes with
the rolls already incorporated into the song. With this approach most
students find it difficult or impossible to figure out an arrangement on
their own WITHOUT reading tab.
Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus! uses a different
approach. For each of the 23 tunes, only the melody is tabbed out. No rolls.
The student then learns he or she can play all 23 tunes using only the
simplest roll ("the pinch"). They gradually learn to play the melody using
any or all of seven rolls. After teaching banjo for 41 years, Wayne Erbsen
is convinced the melody approach to teaching bluegrass banjo works very well
indeed.
Click HERE for a pdf
file of the first tune in the book, "Bile 'Em Cabbage Down." After each
melody note, play a pinch (1st and 5th string played together at the same
time.) Click HERE to listen
to an MP3 of this song with the pinch.
You WILL learn to play: Bile ‘Em Cabbage Down,
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues, Columbus Stockade Blues, Down the Road,
Groundhog, Little Maggie, Long Journey Home, Lynchburg Town, Man of
Constant Sorrow, My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains, Nine Pound
Hammer, Palms of Victory, Pass Me Not, Poor Ellen Smith, Pretty Polly, Put
My Little Shoes Away, Red River Valley, Roll in
My Sweet Baby’s Arms, Shall We
Gather at the River, Wabash Cannonball, When I
Lay My Burden Down, When the Saints
Go Marching.
"Thanks for the great book. The history,
humor and ease of learning makes it the best one I have ever bought."
Brian McCallum
"I am the proud owner of 'Bluegrass Banjo for
the Complete Ignoramus.' What a great learning tool." Greg Strickland
For More reviews of this book,
Click HERE!
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Painless Mandolin Melodies
(Book & CD Set)
by Wayne Erbsen
 There's NEVER
been a simpler mandolin method. Great for the TOTAL beginner. This book
will get you to "first base" on the mandolin. Includes: Tuning Hints,
Selecting and Holding a Pick, The Cure for Sore Fingers, How to Read
Mandolin Tab, Fighting The Fear of Scales and More. Comes Complete with an
Instructional CD.
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Book with Instructional CD
$14.95
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This book is
guaranteed to get you started to learn to play the mandolin.
(How many books
come with a personal guarantee by the author?)
"This book is exactly what the basic
beginner needs." Jerry Brittain
"Painless Mandolin Melodies was
very helpful in getting me started. Thank you!"--Tim Evans
"Thanks for sending Painless Mandolin
Melodies to my father. He is 85 years old and is in the hospital right
now. Thanks so much for giving a great person one more reason to fight
for life." Cathy Burt"
"Your Painless Mandolin Melodies book is
very helpful. Thanks to your easy-to-follow instructions I can now pick
out a few tunes that are not in your book. I've never played an instrument
before but your book makes it easy." Kenneth Klein
You WILL learn to play:
Shortening Bread, Frere Jacques, Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Oh
Susanna, Columbus Stockade, Hush Little Baby, Jimmy Crack Corn, Old Time
Religion, Yankee Doodle, She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain, Buffalo
Gals, I’m a Little Tea Pot, The Old Grey Mare, Cripple Creek, Leaning
on the Everlasting Arms, Turkey in the Straw, Golden Slippers, Old Joe
Clark, Wildwood Flower, When the Saints Go Marching In.
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beginner looking to learn old-time music, START HERE!"--Fiona Dudley
Southern Mountain Instruction
Books
For Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, Dulcimer & Guitar
by Wayne Erbsen
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Wayne Erbsen's recording, Southern Mountain
Classics. Each book has song histories, vintage photos,
plus beginning, intermediate and advanced arrangements of the 16 tunes
found on the recording. To get the most out of
any of the Southern Mountain books, we strongly recommending getting the
Southern Mountain Classics recording.
"What a great concept you have with this!
You have a way of making music fun, and very informative at the same time,
with all the history you put in it." Del Scriven
"This is a killer
recording!"--Banjo Newsletter"
"Awesome fiddling. Best version of
'Arkansas Traveler' I ever did hear." Robert Thomas
"A superb recording of many classics. If you are
a beginner looking to learn old-time music, START HERE!"--Fiona
Dudley
"I wanted to let you know how much my wife
and I have enjoyed your 'Southern Mountain Classic' recording. We played the
cassette until it wore out and now have the CD. Great music!!" Tom
Stuckert
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Southern Mountain Banjo
by Wayne Erbsen Clawhammer banjo
instruction for beginning & intermediate players. This book has beginning,
intermediate and advanced arrangements for the 16 tunes found on the
recording "Southern Mountain Classics." A great package! |
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Book $15.95
Southern Mountain Classics CD
$14.95
Southern Mountain Classics
Tape $ 9.95
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You
WILL learn to play:
Arkansas Traveler, Chicken Reel,
Cluck Old Hen, Fishers’ Hornpipe, Hogeye, John Henry, Leather Britches,
Little Rosewood Casket, Mississippi Sawyer, Old Spinning Wheel, Red Rocking
Chair, Shady Grove, Soldier’s Joy, State of Arkansas, Uncle Joe, When You
and I Were Young, Maggie.
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Southern Mountain Fiddle
by Wayne Erbsen
Old-time fiddle instruction for beginning, intermediate
and advanced players. This book has beginning through advanced arrangements
of
the 16 tunes found on the recording "Southern Mountain Classics." Uses
standard musical notation. A great package!
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Book $12.95
Southern Mountain Classics CD
$14.95
Southern Mountain Classics
Tape $9.95
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You
WILL learn to play:
Arkansas Traveler, Chicken Reel,
Cluck Old Hen, Fishers’ Hornpipe, Hogeye, John Henry, Leather Britches,
Little Rosewood Casket, Mississippi Sawyer, Old Spinning Wheel, Red Rocking
Chair, Shady Grove, Soldier’s Joy, State of Arkansas, Uncle Joe, When You
and I Were Young, Maggie.
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Southern Mountain Mandolin
by Wayne Erbsen Old-time mandolin
instruction for beginning, intermediate and advanced players. This book has beginning
through advanced arrangements of the 16 tunes found on the
recording "Southern Mountain Classics." Uses standard musical notation AND
tab. A great package!
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Book $19.95
Southern Mountain Classics CD
$14.95
Southern Mountain Classics
Tape $9.95
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You
will learn to play:
Arkansas Traveler, Chicken Reel,
Cluck Old Hen, Fishers’ Hornpipe, Hogeye, John Henry, Leather Britches,
Little Rosewood Casket, Mississippi Sawyer, Old Spinning Wheel, Red Rocking
Chair, Shady Grove, Soldier’s Joy, State of Arkansas, Uncle Joe, When You
and I Were Young, Maggie.
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Southern Mountain Guitar
by Wayne Erbsen
Old-time guitar instruction for beginning & intermediate players. This book
has beginning, intermediate and advanced arrangements for the 16 tunes found
on the recording "Southern Mountain Classics." Uses standard musical
notation AND tab. A great package!
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Book $17.95
Southern Mountain Classics CD
$14.95
Southern Mountain Classics
Tape $9.95
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You
WILL learn to play:
Arkansas Traveler, Chicken Reel,
Cluck Old Hen, Fishers’ Hornpipe, Hogeye, John Henry, Leather Britches,
Little Rosewood Casket, Mississippi Sawyer, Old Spinning Wheel, Red Rocking
Chair, Shady Grove, Soldier’s Joy, State of Arkansas, Uncle Joe, When You
and I Were Young, Maggie.
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Southern Mountain Dulcimer
by Wayne Erbsen
Old-time dulcimer instruction for beginning & intermediate
players. This book has beginning, intermediate and advanced arrangements for
the 16 tunes found on the recording "Southern Mountain Classics." Uses
standard musical notation AND tab. A great package!
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Book $17.95
Southern Mountain Classics CD
$14.95
Southern Mountain Classics
Tape $9.95
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Includes:
Arkansas Traveler, Chicken
Reel, Cluck Old Hen, Fishers’ Hornpipe, Hogeye, John Henry, Leather Britches,
Little Rosewood Casket, Mississippi Sawyer, Old Spinning Wheel, Red Rocking
Chair, Shady Grove, Soldier’s Joy, State of Arkansas, Uncle Joe, When You
and I Were Young, Maggie.
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Starting Bluegrass Banjo
From Scratch
by Wayne Erbsen
 This
is a great intermediate banjo instruction book written in a friendly
style. Originally published in 1974, this book has taught thousands to
play bluegrass banjo. The book includes a history of the banjo, vintage
photographs, many valuable tips. 80 pp. Instructional CD included.
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"Wayne. I learned to play the banjo from
you book "Starting Bluegrass Banjo From Scratch" ten years ago. And now I
use your book to teach others. I just wanted to say thanks, thanks a lot."
Dave Cannon
"I love this book. It was and is the
best instruction book I have run across. Thanks for writing such an informative
learning aid."
"I had tried several other books but
yours was the one that really got me started on the right track. Thanks!"
Rodney Thompson
"Great photos, very readable tabs and a
friendly and fun approach to learning. A good bridge to the next level."
Peggy Zeigler, banjo teacher
"An awesome book." Brian Bruggeman"
"Your book was my guidebook for learning to
play banjo. Thank you for such informative information." M. Hill
You WILL learn to play:
Skip to My Lou, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Walking Cane,
Ground Hog, Jesse James, Cripple Creek, Bile Em Cabbage Down, Cumberland
Gap, Sourwood Mountain, When You And I Were Young Maggie, What a Friend
We Have in Jesus, Grandfather’s Clock, Pretty Polly, Little Maggie, Old
Joe Clark, Lonesome Road Blues, Down in the Valley, Down in the Willow
Garden, Wildwood Flower, John Hardy, Devil’s Dream, Banks of the Ohio.
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ly realized that
Bluegrass Banjo
Simplified! could still be of benefit to struggling banjo players. So for a
limited time, I'm making this book available again at a
reduced price. NOTE: What you will receive will be a photocopy of this 26
page book along with a CD or Cassette. The contents will be the same as the original book,
but without the
color cover or the heavy paper stock. The pages will be held together with
one large paper clip and will be three-hold punched so you can pop it into
your own binder. This package is UGLY but it WORKS!" Wayne Erbsen
