{"product_id":"9780786675937","title":"A Guide to Non-Jazz Improvisation: Banjo Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e  The non-jazz improvisation series is a concept that germinated in \u003ci\u003eDick Weissman\u003c\/i\u003e's mind while he was attending music school. He wrote a 15-piece arrangement of the old square dance tune, Cripple Creek, and wanted the trombone to take a solo as part of the arrangement. When the trombonist kept playing a bebop solo that was totally unsuitable for the chart, Dick realized that - in addition to the many musicians who do not improvise - there are even jazz musicians who don't know how to improvise outside the limits of their own stylistic backgrounds.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e  This book approaches the five-string banjo as a musical instrument freed from the prison of specific musical genres. Old-time music, clawhammer, bluegrass and many eclectic adaptations of the banjo are utilized to demonstrate a variety of musical styles. A number of the selections are in different tunings. All examples are written out in traditional and tablature notation.\u003c\/p\u003e    ","brand":"Mel Bay Publications, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016049246448,"sku":"9780786675937","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780786675937_p0.jpg?v=1763666706","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786675937","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}