Banjo Christmas - Hard Copy

Banjo Christmas - Hard Copy Book

Price $26.95

The Holiday Season is a wonderful time for family and friends to be together. It is also a great opportunity to play music! That was the thought behind this series; playing Christmas Carols as a family or with friends.

The arrangements presented in this book are for 1, 2 or 3 Banjos. They are cleverly arranged to match the complimentary books in this series: Mandolin Christmas, Bass Christmas, Fiddle Christmas, Dobro Christmas and Guitar Christmas. You can mix and match any of the arrangements in many different combinations to create some very unique and entertaining Holiday Music and Caroling. As an example, let’s say that you have a Guitar and Mandolin picker to jam with. You can split up the parts between the three of you. The Banjo could play part 1, the Guitar part 2 and Mandolin part 3. For variety, you can switch these as you perform. The second time through the song, as an example, the Banjo could switch to part 2, the Guitar to part 3 and the Mandolin could go to part 1. On the next repeat, switch the parts again! There are many possibilities. Add a Bass and you will have an authentic, Christmas Carol Quartet! The Banjo edition also includes several solos (Scruggs Style) that could be played by the Banjo alone or used as an alternate part 1 with the group.

Here is an audio example of how this works. The first is a complete mix of three banjos together and the Bass, one is the lead and the other two harmonizing: Angels We Have Heard On High - Banjo All

This next mix has the lead Banjo 1 removed (and Bass) leaving Banjos 2 and 3. For practice, you can fill in the Banjo 1 part: Angels We Have Heard On High - Banjo 2, 3

Another variation is the Banjo Solo played on one instrument: Angels We Have Heard On High - Banjo Solo

There are many, many more play-along audio recordings included to give you variety and performance possibilities.

Song List: Angels We Have Heard On High Away in a Manger Christmas Hornpipe Coventry Carol Deck the Halls God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Oh Come All Ye Faithful O, Holy Night Silent Night The First Noel (Nowell) We Wish You a Merry Christmas What Child is This?