{"product_id":"the-early-minstrel-banjo-technique-and-repertoire-1574241338","title":"The Early Minstrel Banjo: Technique and Repertoire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1574241338\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Weidlich, Joe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Banjo). Featuring more than 65 classic songs, this interesting book teaches how to play the minstrel banjo like players who were part of various popular troupes in 1865. The book includes: a short history of the banjo in the US in the antebellum period, including the origins of the minstrel show; info on the construction of minstrel banjos, evolution of the lower-pitched minstrel banjo tunings, and idiomatic techniques peculiar to the minstrel banjo; chapters on each of the seven major banjo methods published through the end of the Civil War; songs from each method in banjo tablature, many available first time; info on how to arrange songs for the minstrel banjo; a reference list of contemporary gut and nylon string gauges approximating historical banjo string tensions in common usage during the antebellum period (for those Civil War re-enactors who wish to achieve that old-time \"minstrel banjo\" sound); and an extensive cross-reference list of minstrel banjo song titles found in the major antebellum banjo methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIncludes banjo tab266 pagesSize: 12\" x 9\"Author: Joe WeidlichISBN: 1574241338\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51887552823584,"sku":"NEW1574241338","price":27.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61zVJ_ZD-7L.jpg?v=1781902702","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-early-minstrel-banjo-technique-and-repertoire-1574241338","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}