(Featuring World Famous Alan Munde)
Alan Munde's Basic Bluegrass Banjo Method
Alan Munde
This course starts with very easy chord forms for song accompaniment and progresses to a variety of five-string techniques. Even the absolute beginner will soon be playing their favorite bluegrass songs and having a great time with this video course. Many all-time favorite bluegrass banjo songs are presented in this exciting banjo course.
Songs include:
"Goodnight Ladies," "Boil That Cabbage Down," "Cripple Creek," "Banjo in the Hollow," "Foggy Mountain Breakdown."
(BB-60) $29.95
Easy Solos for the Five-String Banjo
Alan Munde
With just a few elementary right hand roll picking patterns and some easy left hand fretting positions, you can learn to play eight of the all-time great country, gospel and bluegrass standards and be able to participate more in informal jam sessions with your picking friends. If you already play a little, these easy and beautiful arrangements will increase your repertoire and provide hours of musical fun.
Arrangements include:
"I'll Fly Away," "Oh Susanna," "Grandfather's Ctock," "You Are My Sunshine," "Wildwood Flower," "Coming Round The Mountain," "Red River Valley," and "Little Maggie. "
(MNS-60) $29.95
Alan Munde's Bluegrass Banjo Favorites
Alan Munde
By popular request we now have available this great new banjo instruction video by Alan Munde. If you have completed the Basic Bluegrass Banjo Course or if you have been playing the banjo for a while and are ready to play some professional arrangements, this video will provide a great new challenge for you.
Alan teaches the arrangements to:
"The Wreck of the Old 97", "The Wildwood Flower, "Homesweet Home," "Temperance Reel," and "Hamilton County Breakdown." If you're ready for some real banjo fun, get a copy of this new Alan Munde video.
(AM 60) $29.95
Alan Munde's Bluegrass Banjo Models
Alan Munde
Alan Munde is one of the most respected bluegrass banjo artists in the world. Alan has prepared the bluegrass Banjo Models video to help the intermediate player develop their solo and backup playing techniques. He includes five solos and demonstrates several backup techniques for each. Everything that the band player needs to know to be part of a bluegrass band or to contribute to a bluegrass jam session is taught by Alan in this exciting new video.
Alan teaches:
"The Salty Dog Blues," "All The Good Times," "Lonesome Indian," "John Henry," and "Bill Cheatum."
(MM-60) $29.95
Alan Munde Banjo Workshop, (Volume I)
Alan Munde
Alan Munde, long-time banjo player for "Country Gazette" and innovative solo artist, is a frequent instructional contributor to Banjo Newsletter and Frets magazine. His impressive discography includes sessions with Jimmy Martin, Clarence White, Sam Bush, Linda Ronstadt, the Flying Burrito Brothers, The Eagles, and many, many more besides his regular contributions to "Country Gazette" recordings.
This Alan Munde workshop video will give the intermediate to advanced banjo player an opportunity to learn the secrets of Alan's brilliant techniques of solo development, applications of chordal and melodic theory, and unique approaches to arranging music for the banjo. Several of Alan's recorded solos are also featured on this Workshop Video.
(AAM-100) $49.95
Festival Favorites for Five String Banjo
Alan Munde
Taken from his Ridge Runner and Rounder record series, "Festival Favorites,"this video is packed with great bluegrass standards arranged by Alan and sure to be a treat at any festival. Step-by-step explanations and accompanying tablature will have you playing Alan's outstanding arrangements of these Bluegrass classics in no time!
Arrangements include:
"Salt Creek," "Under the Double Eagle," "No Title Yet Blues," "Old Joe Clark," and "Cripple Creek."
(92-M-10) $29.95
Backup Techniques for Bluegrass Banjo
Alan Munde
Alan is considered one of the finest accompanists in the Bluegrass world. He draws on his 30 years of experience in working with such Bluegrass greats as Roland White, Jimmy Martin, Red Allen, Byron Berline, Laurie Lewis, and his own group, "Country Gazette" to bring you the essentials of back up. Using chord changes to popular bluegrass standards, Alan teaches the most used roll patterns, chord shapes, fill-in licks and runs in both open and up the neck positions.
(92-M-15) $29.95
Creating Your Own Bluegrass Banjo Solos
Alan Munde
Master player Alan .Munde offers a new and successful approach to building your own stylized and beautiful banjo solos. Using several standard melodies as models, Alan teaches you the vocabulary needed to translate these melodies into the exciting three-finger bluegrass style.
(92-M-20) $29.95
The Alan Munde Professional Banjo Series
Alan Munde
Using song breaks, banjo instrumentals, and fiddle tunes from his most popular recordings, Alan Munde presents an in depth look into his musical approach.
Alan Munde Professional Banjo Series: Breaks to Songs I
Alan Munde
This tape features breaks to songs with emphasis on exploring playing in keys other than G without the use of a capo. In addition to solos for Sunnyside of the Mountain and Sara Jane in G, are Darlin Cory in D, Don't Let Nobody Tie You Down in A, Anywhere the Wind Blows in B and Going Back to Alabama in Bb.
(AB-95-01) $29.95
Alan Munde Professional Banjo Series: Instrumentals II
Alan Munde
This tape looks at Munde's playing of his original instrumentals Deputy Dalton and Peaches and Cream plus his arrangements of tradional pieces Marching Through Georgia and Rainbow. As a bonus, his instrumental-like approach to the song Keep on Pushing is included.
(AB-95-02) $29.95
Alan Munde Professional Banjo Series: Instrumentals III
Alan Munde
This tape is a continuation of Munde's playing of instrumentals. Included with all the recorded full length variations are Sleep Eyed John, Pickin at Snuffy's, The Great American Banjo Tune, and Bob Wills Stomp.
(AB-95-03) $29.95
Alan Munde Professional Banjo Series: Fiddle Tunes IV
Alan Munde
Munde has long been respected for his arrangements of fiddle tunes from his recordings, Huckleberry Hornpipe, Smith's Reel, Molly Bloom, Lime Rock, and Paddy on the Turnpike.
(AB-95-04) $29.95
Gospel Banjo by Alan Munde
Alan Munde
By request, well-known banjoist and music educator Alan Munde turns his attention to a teaching tape of five popular gospel songs set in the three-finger style. Munde teaches his bluegrass-rich arrangements using both down the neck and up the neck solos and includes a waltz-time piece. Songs include This Little Light of Mine, Farther Along, and Oh, How I Love Jesus. In addition to these songs, Munde teaches several standard banjo turnarounds that can be used in many gospel songs.
(93-MU-B1) $29.95
The Bluegrass Banjo Workout by Alan Munde
Alan Munde
In ten information-rich lessons, master teacher Alan Munde de-mystifies many right and left hand playing techniques. Work with these lessons will add to the player's dexterity, will increase left hand stretch, solve difficult left hand fingerings, increase speed, and help with the visual organization of the fingerboard.
(93-MU-B2) $29.95
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