Play and improvise with more expression and freedom in bluegrass and related styles. These ideas exercises and etudes will help you expand your palette of improvisational and compositional techniques and sounds. Develop yourversatility over the fingerboard and master rhythmic ideas on the banjo. The CD features demo and play-along tracks performed by an all-star bluegrass band!?This book opens u…

Tenor Banjo Chord Book contains all of the Tenor Banjo chords you'll ever need. Suitable for beginners to intermediate players Tenor Banjo Chord Book includes all of the essentialchords in all 12 keys for the Tenor Banjo in C-G-D-A tuning.This narrow format book fits neatly into your case so you can take it everywhere.

This DVD lesson is perfect for those who want to play three-finger style bluegrass banjo - from scratch. You may never have touched a banjo before but that's OK. Pete (Dr. Banjo) Wernick will have you picking right from the opening minutes of this DVD. By the time you finish you'll accompoany songs play solos and have a real understanding of the instrument. Here are just some of the things you…

The Absolute Beginners Irish Tenor Banjo book tells you everything you need to know about playing this unique instrument from the very first moment you pick it up. Featuring helpful and practical guides toeverything from holding your Tenor Banjo to playing your first tunes this book and accompanying download card will take you through your beginning stages and beyond. Beginning with a short h…

Improvising and Arranging Songs on the 5-String Banjo-Splitting The Licks leads the Banjo player step-by-step through working out songs for the five-string Banjo from basic melodies in both Scruggs/bluegrass style and melodic/chromatic style. Each section containsexercises and examples for improvising. Furthermore this book teaches how to arrange music based on concepts of combining rolls and lic…

Know only 20 Banjo solo licks' How about 50' 100' 200' If that's all then you need this book designed to help you improvise bluegrass style Banjo solos. These 400 licks are played over standard chord progressions; the use of licks sometimes will take precedent over stating the melody. The progressions used are based primarily on common vocal numbers. Some of the licks included are: chromatic lic…

Tools Techniques & Recipes for Playing Clawhammer Banjo-Whether you're explaining how to cook food or make great music there are two approaches that can be taken to writing a cookbook. One way is to give the reader a bunch of recipes and explain 'here's how to make the dish'. Another way is to teach them how to cook by sharing with them techniques for mixing flavors and the knowledge of when w…

Janet Davis' comprehensive text is now a video! Learn the basic techniques commonly used on five-string banjo to accompany vocalists and instrumentalists. Separates the various back-up techniques into categories determined by songtempo by lead instrument being accompanied and by the area of the fingerboard in which the chords are being played. Presented by one of America's finest banjo teachers…

Banjo Book With Online Audio-In Everything You Wanted To Know About Clawhammer Banjo one of the world's leading Banjo players Ken Perlman addresses nearly every aspect of the popular 5-string Banjo style known as clawhammer orfrailing.Chapter themes include fundamentals; advanced and experimental techniques; arranging and backup; how to play reels hornpipes jigs and other fiddle tunes; how to…

DVD-Celebrated folk music tutor Ken Perlman introduces this DVD that explores the heritage and techniques of the Clawhammer Banjo tradition. Beginning with a look at the brush-thumb technique Perlman uses his expert knowledge and experience to guide you through:Drop thumbingDouble thumbingDrop thumb anticipationSkipSingle-string brush-thumbingChords in double 'C' tuning.During the course of the t…

How to Play Banjo. This book teaches the fundamentals of banjo playing through familiar tunes, including: Buffalo Gals · Down in the Valley · Blue-tail Fly · and many more.

Buzzard Banjo - Clawhammer Style. Provides the intermediate clawhammer (5-string) banjo player with a fresh repertoire of 21 traditional and 5 original tunes as played by the author with the Boiled Buzzards Old Time String Band. The book briefly addresses clawhammer basics with a few pages of exercises and scales before presenting the tunes. The banjo tunings in this book are: double C tuning (gCG…

Learn at your own pace and open the door to the world of banjo music with this beginner's book/CD/DVD instruction pack!Play Today! is the ULTIMATE self-teaching method designed to offer quality instruction and terrific songs. All you have to do is follow along with the tips lessons and music provided as you listen to the CD or watch the DVD.The book features over 90 great songs with professional…

Bluegrass banjo has all the drive excitement rhythmic complexity and melodic possibilities that you could want in an instrument. This collection of lessons compiled from Homespun's vast library of music instruction covers a variety of skills and tunes. The segments are graded to take you from elementary to advanced levels and will open up myriad playing possibilities while allowing you to sa…