The folk music source book / Larry Sandberg and Dick Weissman.

Author/creator Sandberg, Larry
Other author Weissman, Dick.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoNew York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1976.
Descriptionx, 260, xiv pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
Subjects

Contents LISTENING. Introduction ; Black American music ; North American Indian music ; Chicano music ; Canadian folk music ; Cajun music ; Anglo-American music ; Western swing, and a note on Nashville ; Contemporary music and a note on Nashville ; Contemporary music and the folk song revival ; England, Scotland, and Ireland ; The Caribbean (including Puerto Rico) ; Music of the world ; Folk tales ; Social and historical documentaries and anthologies ; General folk anthologies and folk festival recordings ; Folk songs for children -- LEARNING. Songbooks ; Reference books ; Instructional books and records ; Book and music publishers ; Mail-order books -- PLAYING. An elementary guide to the care of the five-string banjo / David Ferretta ; Remembering Gary Davis / Dick Weissman ; Dulcimers ; About guitars, picks, and strings / Larry Sandberg ; The mandolin as a folk instrument / Steve Wiencrot ; Miscellaneous instrument manufacturers ; Books about musical instruments, construction, repair ; Reprints of old instrument catalogues and publishers' addresses ; Transposition and a small dose of musical theory / Dick Weissman ; Learning to play folk music on banjo and guitar / Dan Fox ; 67 tunings for the five-string banjo / Dick Weissman ; Open A : a new tuning for advanced blues guitarists / Larry Sandberg -- HANGING OUT. Organizations ; Folk festivals ; Folk music centers ; Periodicals and serial publications ; Films ; Folk music archives ; The archive of folk song : Library of Congress / Joseph C. Hickerson ; You have to play who you are : the blues in West Memphis / as dictated by Jerry Ricks to Dick Weissman.
Abstract A guide for the listener, collector, singer, player and devotee of folk music. It covers music from string band to bluegrass, Canadian, Creole, Zydeco, jug bands, ragtime and the many kinds of blues. The book evaluates, reviews and recommends on such subjects as where to buy records and instruments and places where folk music flourishes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 75034472
ISBN0394496841

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