Jane Davis est l'auteur de neuf romans stimulants qui explorent les thèmes des secrets, des mensonges, du chagrin et de la rédemption. Son œuvre se caractérise par des personnages finement ciselés et leurs relations complexes, offrant aux lecteurs une exploration captivante de la condition humaine. Davis possède une voix narrative distinctive et une profonde capacité à saisir la profondeur psychologique, entraînant le public dans ses histoires captivantes et émouvantes. Sa prose est à la fois engageante et perspicace, l'établissant comme une voix significative dans la fiction contemporaine.
This instructional text focuses on mastering the five-string banjo, covering techniques from the 5th to the 22nd fret. It features comprehensive chapters on various topics such as roll patterns, chords, improvisation, and arranging songs, complemented by numerous solo tabs from Janet Davis. The accompanying extended play audio recording includes 144 stereo tracks for practice, allowing readers to listen and play along with Davis. Additionally, access to online audio and video enhances the learning experience.
Featuring a diverse collection of Christmas songs, this book is expertly arranged for five-string banjo by Janet Davis, a renowned composer and performer. It caters to various skill levels and provides tablature with lyrics for each piece. Additionally, it includes a companion online audio download, offering stereo recordings of the music at both slow and up-to-speed tempos, with guitar accompaniment in the fast version. This resource is perfect for banjo enthusiasts looking to celebrate the holiday season through music.
Focusing on the application of major scales for the 5-string Banjo, this book provides an in-depth exploration suitable for players at all levels, from beginners to advanced musicians. It addresses common questions and offers comprehensive guidance on mastering major scales, enhancing the player's understanding and skills on the instrument.
(Banjo). A great collection of banjo classics, Alabama Jubilee * Bye Bye Love * Duelin' Banjos * The Entertainer * Foggy Mountain Breakdown * Great Balls of Fire * Lady of Spain * Rawhide * (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) * Rocky Top * San Antonio Rose * Tennessee Waltz * UFO-TOFU * You Are My Sunshine * and more. The package also includes recordings of demos for listening and playing along. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right
Written in tablature, this straightforward, easy-to-understand method teaches rolls, chords, bluegrass banjo techniques, playing up the neck, licks, endings, and other basic information needed to play bluegrass and melodic style banjo. A great beginner's text. The companion stereo play-along CD features Janet Davis' teaching and lively banjo performance.
Exploring the humor in daily life, the author shares her journey into poetry over the past five years. Set against the backdrop of Leesburg, Florida, the collection showcases light-hearted reflections and relatable moments, revealing how laughter can be found in the ordinary. Through her verses, Janet D. Davis invites readers to appreciate the joy and whimsy that time brings, all while celebrating the simplicity of life's experiences.
The classic resonator guitar sound is currently popping up in all types of musicranging from country to bluegrass to blues to rock. Resonator Guitar is a fun instrument to play. Janet Davis has taught people of all ages to play resonator guitar and in her own words, "They all have a good time pickin' and grinnin'." This is a very easy method to follow and it will teach you basics ofresonator performance including both chording and single note playing using the slide bar. Also, you will play bluegrass, old-time country, blues, Hawaiian, fiddle tunes, folk songs and more. This method covers an extremely wide and diverse array of topics. If you want to play Dobro, this book will show you how! Intablature only. Includes access to online audio and video.
The melodic style is a beautiful three finger picking style which can be traced to the early 1900's and became a fully accepted style for playing the five-string banjo in the 1960's, and is today an integral part of the three-finger style of many banjo players at all playing levels. Plus, the songs arranged in this style are easy and fun to learn. Although the melodic style may sound impossible with all of those notes coming from it, surprisingly you will find that it is not that difficult to learn and no previous musical knowledge is needed. This course covers the melodic style from the very basics of this picking style to the advanced techniques and provides many fun to play and well-known songs arranged in the three-finger melodic style for upper level beginning players through advanced level players. Includes access to online audio.
Wouldn't you feel cheated if the woman you'd imagined was the villain of your childhood turned out to be someone rather extraordinary? Turn of the century Brighton. A spark is ignited when wide-eyed Lottie Pye enters Mr Parker's photographic studio and discovers the new medium that will shape her life ... 2009: Disgraced politician Sir James Hastings is resigned to living out his retirement in a secluded Surrey village. He is unmoved when he learns the mother who abandoned him as a baby has died at the age of 108: he presumed she had died many years ago. Brought up by his father, a charismatic war-hero turned racing-driver, young James, torn between self-blame and longing, eventually dismissed her as the 'villain' of his childhood. But, when he inherits her life's work - a photography collection spanning over six decades - he is forced to confront his past. Assisted by student Jenny Jones, who has recently lost her own mother to cancer, Sir James is persuaded to look at the photographs as if he is seeing through his mother's eyes. The camera reveals an extraordinary tale of courage and sacrifice, and James confronts the realisation that his version of the past is not even half the story.
