The Best of Jack Hatfield Book/2-CD Set - Softcover

Jack Hatfield

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786683546 ISBN 13: 9780786683543

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc., 2012

Synopsis

This book is an anthology of Jack Hatfield's most successful teaching arrangements, jam session favorites, show tunes and original compositions. Although it is not a teaching method per se, there are many arranging concepts and general tips included in the performance notes. There are also a few drills. Sections One and Two are intended to be a supplement for beginner and intermediate students, especially those who have used Mel Bay s First Lessons Banjo. Additional solos are presented for many of the songs in that book. Section Three is basically a lick and repertoire building resource for more advanced players. This entire section with the exception of two arrangements is previously unpublished material. Hallmarks of Jack's teaching style include melody-oriented arrangements, the use of well-known songs for the beginner, teaching tunes essential to the bluegrass banjo player's repertoire, the use of bold-faced melody notes, and an extremely graduated approach which builds on previously learned techniques and licks. The arrangements in this book adhere to these principles. 112 pages, complete with two audio CDs.

About this title

About the Author

Jack Hatfield is from Knoxville, Tennessee where he taught banjo full time for seventeen years before moving to nearby Pigeon Forge to perform at venues such as Dollywood theme park and the Dixie Stampede dinner theater. For over thirty years his band True Blue has performed at special events festivals, and conventions in East Tennessee. Jack started writing for Banjo Newsletter magazine in 1976, authoring the Scruggs Corner, Beginner's Corner and most recently the Concepts and Systems columns. He was a finalist in the National Banjo Championship at Winfield, Kansas in 1989. Jack has also appeared in two feature length films and performed on syndicated television shows on the Country Music Television Network. Jack has authored several instruction books published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. He also publishes through his own company Hatfield Music, an e-commerce business that specializes in banjo instructional materials and accessories. Jack has invented or designed several accessories and practice aides that are available exclusively from Hatfield Music. Jack was on the faculty of the first major banjo camp, the 1988 Tennessee Banjo Institute. Since then he has conducted banjo workshops all over the USA and in four other countries. He presided as Bluegrass Director for Banjo Newsletter's Maryland Banjo Academy banjo camps. In 2004 he founded his own Smoky Mountain Banjo Academy banjo camp. He has been director of the annual banjo workshop at the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America convention in Nashville for fifteen years. Jack's workshops and camps have featured the world's most respected banjo authors, teachers, luthiers, and performers. From them he has gained insights and has garnered a variety of teaching techniques and philosophies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0786683546
• ISBN 13: 9780786683543
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 112