{"product_id":"9781574241334","title":"The Early Minstrel Banjo: Technique and Repertoire","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Banjo). Featuring more than 65 classic songs, this interesting book teaches how to play the minstrel banjo like players who were part of various popular troupes in 1865. The book includes: a short history of the banjo in the US in the antebellum period, including the origins of the minstrel show; info on the construction of minstrel banjos, evolution of the lower-pitched minstrel banjo tunings, and idiomatic techniques peculiar to the minstrel banjo; chapters on each of the seven major banjo methods published through the end of the Civil War; songs from each method in banjo tablature, many available first time; info on how to arrange songs for the minstrel banjo; a reference list of contemporary gut and nylon string gauges approximating historical banjo string tensions in common usage during the antebellum period (for those Civil War re-enactors who wish to achieve that old-time \"minstrel banjo\" sound); and an extensive cross-reference list of minstrel banjo song titles found in the major antebellum banjo methods.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Centerstream Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049439412464,"sku":"9781574241334","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781574241334_p0.jpg?v=1763792566","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781574241334","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}