Alternate Tunings for Five-string Banjo is the first three-finger style banjo instruction book written specifically for the bluegrass banjoist wishing to explore alternate tunings. Written using standard tablature, the book takes the learner through the G modal, Standard C, Open C, Bb, D modal, Open D and E tunings. A companion CD is included with each book that includes examples of each tuning and song taught. The songs are played slowly and up to standard tempo on the CD.

• The first three-finger style banjo instruction book written specifically for the bluegrass banjoist wishing to explore alternate tunings.

• Written using standard tablature, the book takes the learner through the G modal, Standard C, Open C, Bb, D modal, Open D and E tunings.

• Students will learn new arrangements for such traditional pieces as Cumberland Gap, Shady Grove, Kansas City Railroad Blues, Pretty Polly and seventeen others.

• A companion CD is included with each book that includes examples of each tuning and song taught. The songs are played slowly and up to standard tempo

• Angelina Baker 
• Boil 'Em Cabbage Down 
• Bunker Hill 
• Bury Me Beneath the Willow 
• Country Blues 
• Cumberland Gap 
• Deep Elem Blues 
• I Ain't A-Gonna Work Tomorrow 
• Kansas City Railroad Blues 
• Little Liza Jane 
• Lonesome Road Blues 
• My Home's Across the Blueridge Mountains 
• Old Joe Clark 
• Pretty Polly 
• Rabbit in a Log 
• Reuben's Train 
• Shady Grove 
• Straight Drive 
• The Long Fork of Buckhorn 
• Way Down the Old Plank Road 
• Worried Man Blues