If you're looking for resources to help you learn Irish trad music - or to expand your skills and/or repertoire, what we offer on this website may be just what you're looking for.
DUSTY BANJOS is a learners' group for adults based in Galway. Started by Mary Lovett and later joined by Heather Greer, Dusty Banjos has helped thousands of budding trad musicians to hone their skills and learn new tunes. It is now run by others, but the books on sale here grew out of the desire to provide resources to the many who came along to the Dustys classes and sessions.
BOOKS AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE:
- TEN YEARS OF TUNES, Mary Lovett & Heather Greer, 2013. 419 tunes, most of them arranged in sets, in standard musical notation and in ABC.
- WHICH WAY IS UP? THE IRISH TENOR BANJO, Mary Lovett, 2016. All you need to know, explained in easy steps and with many illustrations, in order to learn or improve your playing of the 4-string Irish banjo. (This title is currently out of stock).
- SESSION TUNES (3rd Edition, 2013), Mary Lovett. Over 60 well-known tunes, in banjo/mandolin tablature as well as standard musical notation and ABC.
- THE CONCERTINA DIARIES, Heather Greer, 2013. An intuitive method of learning Irish trad on the Anglo concertina. Extensive introductory chapters plus 47 tunes carefully selected/sequenced, and presented in standard musical notation, ABC, and concertina notation (the concertina notation is explained in the manual).