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Ross Nickerson, Banjo Encyclopedia

Audio CD

Disk ID: 418332

Disk length: 1h 18m 59s (99 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 2003

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. John Henry 1:38
2. Train 45 1:25
3. CD Intro by Ross Nickerson 1:28
4. Rhythm and timing exercises 0:43
5. Alternating Thumb Roll (slow/fast) 0:51
6. Forward roll (slow/fast) 0:50
7. Reverse roll (slow/fast) 0:47
8. Backward roll (slow/fast) 0:50
9. Foggy Mtn Breakdown roll (slow/fast) 0:51
10. Forward-Backward roll (slow/fast) 0:44
11. Doug Dillard roll (slow/fast) 0:40
12. Single-string roll (slow/fast) 0:39
13. Timing exercise 1 (slow/fast) 0:30
14. Timing exercise 2 (slow/fast) 0:28
15. Timing exercise 3 (slow/fast) 0:29
16. Timing exercise 4 (slow/fast) 0:28
17. Timing exercise 5 (slow/fast) 0:29
18. Timing exercise 6 (slow/fast) 0:29
19. Timing exercise 7 (slow/fast) 0:30
20. Timing exercise 8 (slow/fast) 0:31
21. Timing exercise 9 (slow/fast) 0:33
22. Timing exercise 10 (slow/fast) 0:47
23. Slides 1 0:17
24. Slides 2 0:21
25. Slides 3 0:16
26. Slides 4 0:18
27. Slides 5 0:16
28. Slides 6 0:17
29. Slides 7 0:18
30. Hammer-ons 1 0:19
31. Hammer-ons 2 0:19
32. Hammer-ons 3 0:19
33. Hammer-ons 4 0:18
34. Hammer-ons 5 0:17
35. Hammer-ons 6 0:18
36. Hammer-ons 7 0:18
37. Pull-offs 1 0:18
38. Pull-offs 2 0:19
39. Pull-offs 3 0:18
40. Pull-offs 4 0:18
41. Pull-offs 5 0:18
42. Pull-offs 6 0:18
43. Pull-offs 7 0:19
44. Pull-offs 8 0:14
45. Chokes 1 0:18
46. Chokes 2 0:19
47. Chokes 3 0:18
48. Chokes 4 0:18
49. Chokes 5 0:18
50. Banks of the Ohio-basic version (slow/fast) 1:32
51. Banks of the Ohio-with slurs (slow/fast) 1:29
52. Bury Me Beneath the Willow-basic (slow/fast) 1:24
53. Bury Me Beneath the Willow-with slurs (slow/fast) 1:19
54. Accenting exercise (slow/fast) 1:20
55. Sitting On Top of the World (slow/fast) 1:21
56. Nine Pound Hammer (slow/fast) 1:14
57. Banjo Student's Breakdown (slow/fast) 3:29
58. Sailors' Hornpipe (med speed) 0:40
59. Turkey in the Straw (med speed) 0:51
60. John Hardy (med speed) 0:32
61. Devil's Dream-lead part (med speed) 1:13
62. Devil's Dream-harmony part (med speed) 1:20
63. Blues Scale Melodic Exercise (med speed) 0:42
64. Don Reno Style Exercise (med speed) 0:16
65. The Darktown Strutters Ball (med speed) 0:24
66. Wildwood Flower-more complex version (med speed) 0:32
67. Arkansas Traveler (med speed) 0:55
68. Whiskey Before Breakfast-single-string (med speed) 0:56
69. The Scruggs, Melodic, Single-String Blues (med speed) 0:37
70. She'll Be Coming Around the Mtn-lower neck (slow/fast) 1:24
71. She'll Be Coming Around the Mtn-up the neck (slow/fast) 1:13
72. Oh Susanna (slow/fast) 1:11
73. The Blues Scale Blues (med speed) 0:21
74. Whiskey Before Breakfast-mixing the styles (med speed) 0:54
75. Blackberry Blossom (med speed) 1:11
76. Bass Run Passing Tone Exercise With Chords (med speed) 0:41
77. Song Example for Verse and Chorus Backup (med speed) 1:12
78. Slow Backup Example (slow) 0:45
79. Fiddle Backup Example (slow/fast) 1:07
80. Waltz Backup Example (slow) 0:27
81. Seventh Chord Exercise (slow) 0:30
82. Reverse Roll Chord Breakdown (med speed) 0:28
83. Sliding Into the Chords Exercise (med speed) 0:26
84. Pig in a Pen (slow/fast) 1:21
85. Kickin' Blues (slow/fast) 1:16
86. When The Saints Go Marching In-basic melody (slow) 0:45
87. When The Saints Go Marching In-bluegrass (slow/fast) 1:17
88. Red River Valley-basic melody (slow) 0:42
89. Red River Valley-bluegrass version (slow/fast) 1:18
90. Rough and Rocky-key of G (slow/fast) 2:11
91. Rough and Rocky-key of C (slow/fast) 2:08
92. Rough and Rocky-key of D (slow/fast) 2:00
93. Wildwood Flower-C tuning (med speed) 0:32
94. Home Sweet Home-D tuning (med speed) 0:49
95. Pretty Polly-Gm tuning (med speed) 0:26
96. Silent Night (slow) 0:56
97. Amazing Grace (slow) 0:43
98. John Henry 1:38
99. Train 45 1:24

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