Product Description: (Waltons Irish Music Books). The most comprehensive collection of Irish tenor banjo tunes currently available! Here are 50 jigs, reels and hornpipes arranged for two types of tuning; the standard CGDA used by Gerry O'Connor, and the traditional GDAE tuning used by David McNevin...read more

This book explains the anatomy of the tenor banjo, how it came to be used in Irish traditional music, and other background information while teaching the student how to play with authority. Music reading and banjo techniques are presented gradually, with the tunes arranged in progressive order of difficulty. The book presents 30 well-known Irish tunes in notation and tablature from Ireland's greatest tenor banjo player. Tuned for Mandola.