The Banjo Player’s Songbook

Ever notice that some songs work really well on the banjo, while others don’t? That some fit like a glove, while others take a good bit of finessing to sound right? 

Have you also noticed that finding accurate chord progressions for songs online is surprisingly difficult?  

I know I have! And those were two of the problems the “Banjo Player’s Songbook” was designed to solve – to provide songs that were well suited to being played on the banjo, and well us well suited to playing and singing on the banjo (should you so desire, as I do!). And to provide lyrics and accurate chord progressions, too!

The Banjo Player’s Songbook is a 132-page collection of over 50 songs for banjo. Each song contains the lyrics, chord progression, and melody line in banjo tab – raw materials that can be used in countless ways, including to:

• Work on picking out chords and melodies by ear (using the book as a reference)
• Create your own arrangements (using the melody and chords as “raw materials”)
• Practice chord changes and backup
• Play and sing with the banjo
• Practice improvising
• Play music with others (songbooks are perfect when getting together with friends who play music)

For Breakthrough Banjo members I’ll also be using this book in upcoming “Playing & Singing” tutorials in the Breakthrough Banjo course, where we break down the process of learning a new song by ear, using the melody and chords as our raw materials.

(RELATED: Full banjo tab arrangements for the solo banjo break and vocal backup are available for these songs inside The Vault, along with video demonstrations. Click here to see the current list of tunes and songs.)