If you're after the usual folk-tune-collection introductions to each song, you won't find them here: just the bare bones of the songs in various arrangements (mostly clawhammer, quite a few Scruggs-style). The music speaks for itself, though, and like all books of this type it's fun to pick a page at random and see what it sounds like.

This book is 216 pages of banjo tunes arranged for three-finger and clawhammer players. It includes a cross-reference of alternate titles and a 24 page general discography, as well as a discussion of the types of tunes included. There is also a short discussion of technical topics such as modes (very appropriate for traditional music) and how to read tablature.

This book is a lot like a Grainger's collection of fiddle tunes for flatpickers. Unlike Grainger's, which only provides enough tablature to spell out the melody for the A part and the B part, The Banjo Picker's Fakebook takes you through one whole iteration of each tune complete with first and second endings. Also like Grainger's, this is not an instruction book. It leaves both the right and left hand fingerings entirely up to the reader. For example, if you are a strictly a bluegrass player, the clawhammer arrangements will not be useful to you.

Although the discography could be used to collect aural examples of the tunes, a CD or a set of tapes would have been a welcome addition. Music is an aural art, and it is impossible to convey the full musical sense in tablature or in standard musical notation alone.

If you are looking for a lot of tunes, thoughtfully arranged in a single volume, I highly recommend The Banjo Picker's Fakebook. If the tune can't be found in this book, chances are no one eles knows it either, so you could go ahead and play anything that fit.

BETTER THAN MANY OTHERS. BUT NOT THE BEST YET

This book on lotto wheeling systems is one of the best -- probably the best -- I have ever bought. It's many ready-to-use systems afford a tremendous choice and selection. One can pick a wheeling system using from 7 to 49 numbers. All systems are mathematically created and show the minimum guarantees. This way a player knows exactly his/her chances. I also appreciate that the publisher stands 100 percent behind this book with its Double Money-Back Guarantee in case the player can prove that a system did not perform as promised by the publisher's guarantee. I would urge all potential purchasers and lotto players to check out this simply written, down-to-earth book as amazon.com sells it with a 30-day money-back guarantee. How can one lose? I like this manual with 56 wheeling systems very much. Important was for me also that it is a classic by itself, helping lotto players for decades to reach their dreams. Thank you Mr. Winter, I love your book.

This could actually be a good book if it had been edited and produced by professionals. Instead, it has convoluted writing,...crude cartoons that pass for illustrations and plastic spiral binding that seems to have come from the corner print shop. It does, however, contain a good amount of hard information. The author should seek a real publisher and relaunch this book.

This book made me hundreds of thousands of dollars...I highly suggest it!

Good beginners content,from basic programming to higheracky programming

This book is a real time saver when trying to locate parts or vendors. I have owned MOPARS for 15 years and I found many new distributors. It is organized well although it could use some dressing up. The appearance is the only thing keeping it from getting five stars but if you want parts, this is the place to go.

I have read this book from cover-to-cover twice and found that it is a good leaping-off point to do further research on any of the topics covered. Anybody who wants to do more in-depth study or just wants a place to go to to do a Sunday school would do well to purchase and read this book. Since this is a book in the Bible Mystery Series, I can not wait for additional books to be published.

I ordered this book as a Christmas present for a budding novelist, and I also ordered a copy for myself. When the "book" I had ordered for myself arrived and I found that it looked like a photocpy from Kikos, I was incredibly embarrassed to have given it as a Christmas present. For the price I would have expected it to be bound or have stated otherwise in the descripion. I cannot believe I received this quality of product. There is nothing that could be said in the content to compensate for this and I will never buy anything from this author again. It is hard to believe anything he says when he can't really get his own book "published".

This author delivered as promised. The book is well written, short, and very helpful. The insights about the discipline of writing were exactly what I needed to help me move forward. This was one of two "how to" books I bought on writing. The other one was a waste of time; this one was right on point. And for you skeptics out there, no, I don't know, nor am I in any way related to the author. Thanks David Melton, I am going to follow your advice and "start writing!"