Ross Nickerson
Banjo Encyclopedia
2003
bluegrass

#    Title    Time    Info  
1 John Henry 1:39
2 Train 45 1:26
3 CD Intro by Ross Nickerson 1:29
4 Rhythm and timing exercises 0:44
5 Alternating Thumb Roll (slow/fast) 0:52
6 Forward roll (slow/fast) 0:51
7 Reverse roll (slow/fast) 0:48
8 Backward roll (slow/fast) 0:51
9 Foggy Mtn Breakdown roll (slow/fast) 0:52
10 Forward-Backward roll (slow/fast) 0:45
11 Doug Dillard roll (slow/fast) 0:41
12 Single-string roll (slow/fast) 0:40
13 Timing exercise 1 (slow/fast) 0:31
14 Timing exercise 2 (slow/fast) 0:29
15 Timing exercise 3 (slow/fast) 0:30
16 Timing exercise 4 (slow/fast) 0:29
17 Timing exercise 5 (slow/fast) 0:30
18 Timing exercise 6 (slow/fast) 0:30
19 Timing exercise 7 (slow/fast) 0:31
20 Timing exercise 8 (slow/fast) 0:32
21 Timing exercise 9 (slow/fast) 0:34
22 Timing exercise 10 (slow/fast) 0:48
23 Slides 1 0:18
24 Slides 2 0:22
25 Slides 3 0:17
26 Slides 4 0:19
27 Slides 5 0:17
28 Slides 6 0:18
29 Slides 7 0:19
30 Hammer-ons 1 0:20
31 Hammer-ons 2 0:20
32 Hammer-ons 3 0:20
33 Hammer-ons 4 0:19
34 Hammer-ons 5 0:18
35 Hammer-ons 6 0:19
36 Hammer-ons 7 0:19
37 Pull-offs 1 0:19
38 Pull-offs 2 0:20
39 Pull-offs 3 0:19
40 Pull-offs 4 0:19
41 Pull-offs 5 0:19
42 Pull-offs 6 0:19
43 Pull-offs 7 0:20
44 Pull-offs 8 0:15
45 Chokes 1 0:19
46 Chokes 2 0:20
47 Chokes 3 0:19
48 Chokes 4 0:19
49 Chokes 5 0:19
50 Banks of the Ohio-basic version (slow/fast) 1:33
51 Banks of the Ohio-with slurs (slow/fast) 1:30
52 Bury Me Beneath the Willow-basic (slow/fast) 1:25
53 Bury Me Beneath the Willow-with slurs (slow/fast) 1:20
54 Accenting exercise (slow/fast) 1:21
55 Sitting On Top of the World (slow/fast) 1:22
56 Nine Pound Hammer (slow/fast) 1:15
57 Banjo Student's Breakdown (slow/fast) 3:30
58 Sailors' Hornpipe (med speed) 0:41
59 Turkey in the Straw (med speed) 0:52
60 John Hardy (med speed) 0:33
61 Devil's Dream-lead part (med speed) 1:14
62 Devil's Dream-harmony part (med speed) 1:21
63 Blues Scale Melodic Exercise (med speed) 0:43
64 Don Reno Style Exercise (med speed) 0:17
65 The Darktown Strutters Ball (med speed) 0:25
66 Wildwood Flower-more complex version (med speed) 0:33
67 Arkansas Traveler (med speed) 0:56
68 Whiskey Before Breakfast-single-string (med speed) 0:57
69 The Scruggs, Melodic, Single-String Blues (med speed) 0:38
70 She'll Be Coming Around the Mtn-lower neck (slow/fast) 1:25
71 She'll Be Coming Around the Mtn-up the neck (slow/fast) 1:14
72 Oh Susanna (slow/fast) 1:12
73 The Blues Scale Blues (med speed) 0:22
74 Whiskey Before Breakfast-mixing the styles (med speed) 0:55
75 Blackberry Blossom (med speed) 1:12
76 Bass Run Passing Tone Exercise With Chords (med speed) 0:42
77 Song Example for Verse and Chorus Backup (med speed) 1:13
78 Slow Backup Example (slow) 0:46
79 Fiddle Backup Example (slow/fast) 1:08
80 Waltz Backup Example (slow) 0:28
81 Seventh Chord Exercise (slow) 0:31
82 Reverse Roll Chord Breakdown (med speed) 0:29
83 Sliding Into the Chords Exercise (med speed) 0:27
84 Pig in a Pen (slow/fast) 1:22
85 Kickin' Blues (slow/fast) 1:17
86 When The Saints Go Marching In-basic melody (slow) 0:46
87 When The Saints Go Marching In-bluegrass (slow/fast) 1:18
88 Red River Valley-basic melody (slow) 0:43
89 Red River Valley-bluegrass version (slow/fast) 1:19
90 Rough and Rocky-key of G (slow/fast) 2:12
91 Rough and Rocky-key of C (slow/fast) 2:09
92 Rough and Rocky-key of D (slow/fast) 2:01
93 Wildwood Flower-C tuning (med speed) 0:33
94 Home Sweet Home-D tuning (med speed) 0:50
95 Pretty Polly-Gm tuning (med speed) 0:27
96 Silent Night (slow) 0:57
97 Amazing Grace (slow) 0:44
98 John Henry 3:04
99 Train 45 1:25
Total time 78:59