The non-jazz improvisation series is a concept that germinated in Dick Weissman's mind while he was attending music school. He wrote a 15-piece arrangement of the old square dance tune, Cripple Creek, and wanted the trombone to take a solo as part of the arrangement. When the trombonist kept playing a bebop solo that was totally unsuitable for the chart, Dick realized that - in addition to the many musicians who do not improvise - there are even jazz musicians who don't know how to improvise outside the limits of their own stylistic backgrounds. This book approaches the five-string banjo as a musical instrument freed from the prison of specific musical genres. Old-time music, clawhammer, bluegrass and many eclectic adaptations of the banjo are utilized to demonstrate a variety of musical styles. A number of the selections are in different tunings. All examples are written out in traditional and tablature notation.
| Instrument (fx guitar, sang m.m.) | Banjo, Banjo Tab |
| Genrer (Fx Pop, Rock, Børn m.m.) | Bluegrass |
| Type (fx Instrumentskole o.lign.) | Instrumentskole/lærebøger |
| Niveau | Let øvet |
| Sideantal | 136 |
| Media (fx Bog, CD, DVD m.m.) | CD, Noder |
| Publisher/Producent | Mel Bay Publications |
| Bidragydere | Fox, Dan (Editor) Weissman, Dick (Author) |
| Sprog | Engelsk |
| ISBN | 9780786675937 |
| UPC | 796279103039 |