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This video is designed to teach the basics of bluegrass banjo playing to the beginning student who has no background in music or previous playing experience. It includes a broad discussion of Scruggs-style banjo playing with a brief introduction to melodic-style playing. Bluegrass standards such as "Cripple Creek," "Lonesome Road Blues," "Little Maggie," "Bury Me Beneath the Willow," and many others are taught in the lessons. Includes free instructional booklet.
An excellent beginner's video featuring Joe Carr teaching simple chords, strums, and songs. An ideal beginner's course for five-string banjo (concert C tuning).
An excellent beginner's video featuring Joe Carr teaching simple chords, strums, and songs. An ideal beginner's course for tenor banjo players of any age.
Ken Perlman's works have received critical acclaim, and he is a familiar face on the folk music scene. He is a leader in banjo instruction, and his instruction manuals are considered definitive works. In his new video, Ken shows you step by step how to play the exciting clawhammer style. Close-ups and clear explanations make clawhammer technique quick and easy to learn. Topics include right- and left-hand positions, tunings, pull-offs, hammer-ons, slides, chords, and more! Free instructional booklet included.
This video picks up where Beginning Clawhammer Banjo leaves off. It begins with a review of brush thumbing and the single-string stroke. The video moves quickly to the specialized techniques of drop thumbing and double thumbing. Tunes include "The Meeting of the Waters," "Old Joe Clark," "Boatsman," "Green Willis," and more! Free instructional booklet included.
This video covers soloing on the five-string bluegrass banjo, as well as playing back-up, which uses many of the same phrases and techniques as solo playing, but with a different attitude. Introduces three elements of music-melody, harmony, and rhythm-in relation to playing back-up banjo, as well as the most often-used rolls, bluegrass banjo licks, and intervals. Free instructional booklet included.
Evo teaches basic frailing, double thumbing, drop thumbing, hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides. Includes the tuning of open G, double C, G modal, and using a capo for other keys.
Gerry O'Connor shares his extensive knowledge and skills with you. He carefully demonstrates each of his sensational techniques, then features them in solos performed live on stage, accompanied by some of Ireland's foremost musicians. Features triplets, cross picking, pivot notes, advanced triplets, rapid cross picking, hammer-ons, pull-offs, scales, arpeggios, and much, much more!
This video teaches tuning basic melody, and techniques such as picking, triplets, slides, moving triplets, long notes, and different rhythms. Includes a wealth of Irish tenor banjo and mandolin tunes.
Using arrangements of J. D. Crowe's solos, Greg teaches you nine tunes. Includes "Come Back Little Darlin', "Blue Ridge Cabin Home," "Molly and Tenbrooks, " and "Head Over Heels." You'll learn the Scruggs-Osburn-Crowe approach to soloing. Easy to use and follow. Free instructional booklet included.
This video teaches tuning, basic melody, and techniques such as picking, triplets, slides, moving triplets, long notes, and different rhythms. Includes a wealth of Irish tenor banjo and mandolin tunes.
Evo teaches basic frailing, double thumbing, drop thumbing, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides. Includes the tunings of open G, double C, G modal, and using a capo for other keys.
Gerry O'Connor shares his extensive knowledge and skills with you. He carefully demonstrates each of his sensational techniques, then features them in solos performed live on stage, accompanied by some of Ireland's foremost musicians. Features triplets, cross picking, pivot notes, advanced triplets, rapid cross picking, hammer-ons, pull-offs, scales, arpeggios, and much, much more!
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