How to Play the 5-String Banjo; A Manual for Beginners

Seeger, Peter

Published by Printed by the author, Beacon, N.Y., 1954

About this Item

8vo. [1], 2-40 pp. Yellow wrappers, staple-bound, printed in green with a banjo in green and a green stripe on the front wrapper, a quote from an old-time banjo player on the rear wrapper. Illustrated with several in-text diagrams on how to properly pluck the banjo, with music included for the banjo player. Also with black and white photographs and drawings of men and women playing the banjo, including a photograph of a Black woman playing the banjo (taken in 1856 according to the photographer credit). The second edition of Pete Seeger s guide to banjo playing, limited to 3,000 copies. The first edition was mimeographed and sold in two printings of 100 and 500 copies respectively. A classic how-to guide for the banjo from one of the greatest American folk musicians and one of the true ambassadors of the art form. A bit of toning to the wrappers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Play the 5-String Banjo; A Manual for Beginners
• Publisher: Printed by the author, Beacon, N.Y.
• Publication Date: 1954
• Binding: Pamphlet
• Edition: Second edition.
• Condition: Very Good or better
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