Play It Like Perry

Play It Like Perry - “The Man With Ten Thousand Fingers”
The Perry Bechtel Manuscripts for Tenor Banjo

This historic book places the art of Perry Bechtel’s style within reach of any banjoist! This is a “must-have”
• For banjo and music historians,
• For students of the Bechtel style
• For all who want to “Play It Like Perry”
• For any fan of “The Greatest Of Them All”

Dave Frey and Sue Sangiacomo bring Perry’s sound back to life.
Perry Bechtel, with his unique style, his perfectionism, and his amazingly nimble fingers, remains a standard for all four-string banjoists. The Bechtel style continues to be one of the major influences on banjoists today.
Dave Frey, noted musician, author and banjo teacher, and talented co-author Sue Sangiacomo, have applied their love of banjo and teaching to the art of Perry’s style. With the same perfectionism inherent in Bechtel’s style, Dave has converted by hand 20 of Perry’s handwritten scores. Together Dave and Sue have rendered the fundamentals and the intricacies of Perry’s playing, note by note, into a doable, playable instruction book!

With Play It Like Perry, it is possible for today’s banjoist to reproduce the talent and technical skills of Perry Bechtel, “The Man With Ten Thousand Fingers.”