How to Play the Five-String Banjo, Part A [sound recording]
name: label: performer
content: Seeger, Pete 1919-2014
notes: label: Notes
content: Pete Seeger (1919 - 2014) was a giant of our time. Growing up in a musical family, he had a long and productive career as a folk song leader and social activist. Overall, he appears (or is otherwise associated with) an astonishing total of 123 Smithsonian Folkways recordings. One of the most influential of those recordings is the present one. What better way to learn a musical instrument than from someone who is generally acknowledged to be the most prominent performer and authority on that instrument? This recording affords just such an opportunity and many "Folk Revival" folksingers - including Dave Guard of the Kingston Trio - first learned to play the banjo either from this recording or from Pete Seeger's book of the same title. On this recording, Pete explains and provides examples of basic tunings, strums, techniques such as "hammering on" and "pulling off" and other aspects of playing. He covers the basics of a variety of styles, including frailing, 3-finger, blues, jazz, and Latin-American. Liner notes provide background information, a complete transcript, and the musical notation for what Pete demonstrates.
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content: CDR copy- Disc 344
label: Notes
content: Recorded in: New York, United States.
label: Table of contents
content: Music instruction
label: Track information
content: 101 Lesson One / Banjo
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content: 102 Lesson Two / Banjo
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content: 103 Lesson Three / Banjo
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content: 104 Lesson Four / Banjo
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content: 105 Lesson Five / Banjo
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content: 106 Lesson Six / Banjo
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: New York
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs
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content: Folksong revival
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content: Instructional
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content: Banjo
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: Anglo-American
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-1378
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 7 in