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Learn to Play Banjo
Learning to play the banjo used to be a study in frustration. Banjo teachers were few and far between and you always had to work around their schedule. Now you can learn to play banjo from some of the best players in the business and they come with a rewind button. Whether you are a beginning banjo player or have been playing for years you can now find instructional materials to improve your playing and advance your skills. See "Buying your first Banjo" for helpful hints on banjo shopping For all of you "Old Time" banjo fans see the Old
Time Banjo page.
Tony Trischka's The Complete 5-String Banjo Player sets
the standard for bluegrass banjo instruction for both the beginning and the
advanced player. Banjo For Dummies is the latest book in our line of successful Dummies music titles. It will cover the basics on playing, from picking and strumming techniques to various banjo playing styles (from classic banjo technique to jazz theory). It will include finger patterns, chord positions, chord scales, single string technique, claw hammer picking and strumming, fingerboard charts, and more. More Info
A collection of over 225 great Bluegrass, Old Time, Country and Gospel standards arranged for banjo. Melodies are presented with standard notation and tablature along with lyrics and chords. Learn to play songs written and recorded by the giants of traditional American music: More Info
Slow Jam With Murphy
and Casey - You just wanna jam. Why does that seem to be so hard? Is it
because nobody plays slow enough? Because nobody will keep playing the same
tunes over and over till you can get the hang of it? Slow Jam with Murphy and
Casey is the answer to all your jamming woes! More
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Here is a little sampling of many new and featured items we carry for the banjo player including the Murphy Method. Visit our banjo instruction section for a complete extensive listing listing.
Banjo Books Banjo Videos Banjo Accessories
If you've never played banjo before, this is the place to
start! We teach you all the basics of Scruggs-style three-finger bluegrass banjo
picking. We use no tablature because each tune is explained note-by-note.
Develop your ear as you learn to play. It's easy the Murphy Method way! No Tab.
Tunes include Banjo in the Hollow, Cripple Creek, Cumberland Gap, Foggy Mountain
Breakdown, and John Hardy.
Having trouble with banjo? Want to play songs that sound like something? Want to play songs your friends might recognize? Songs that aren't so darn fast? Banjo for Misfits is what you need! Designed especially for adults. Uses basic licks to play great arrangements. Basic chording explained. No Tab. Includes Boil Them Cabbage Down, I Saw the Light, Worried Man, Do Lord, and Two-Dollar Bill.
Pete Dr. Banjo Wernick gets total novices to make good banjo music almost immediately. With only two chords, Pete has newcomers strumming and accompanying ten bluegrass standards. By learning just one more easy chord, they are now able to play along with almost any bluegrass song. Next, it's time for the basic banjo rolls that really start sounding like bluegrass picking. This super-easy lesson has been time-tested at Pete's many workshops and music camps, and it works! Includes play-alongs with guest students.
Learn to play banjo with this comprehensive method, you get 25 songs in standard notation and tab, a CD with 77 examples, and detailed info from banjo master Fred Sokolow on a host of other topics, including: the selection, care and feeding of your banjo; tuning; reading tablature; chords; three-finger rolls; backup licks; playing in any key; picking melody; special effects; different tunings; music theory; and many more.
Learn to play banjo with Tony Trischka. Here's a lesson that's a must-have for bluegrass banjo players at all levels. This nuts-and-bolts practice session is designed to help players improve their timing, strengthen their hands and play with precision, power and rhythmic sophistication. It is filled with exercises, etudes and workouts covering many of the building blocks of bluegrass banjo. 50-MIN.
90 - MIN VIDEO INCLUDES MUSIC & TAB $29.95 Bluegrass Music Price $26.95 Pick and sing along with Happy Traum within minutes with his
clear, easy, hands-on lesson. He starts with the basics - the parts of the
banjo, how to hold and tune it - and quickly moves on to teach two-chord
melodies to country and folk tunes in traditional banjo style. You'll learn
right-hand picking patterns, hammer-ons, slides, pull-offs and other essential
skills to use in hundreds of songs, including the favorites taught here:
"My Home's Across The Smoky Mountains," "Handsome Molly,"
"Cumberland Gap," "Jesse James," "Black-Eyed
Susie," "Banks Of The Ohio."
Learn to play banjo with Pete Wernick. A perfect lesson for those who want to play three-finger style bluegrass banjo--from scratch. Pete (Dr. Banjo) Wernick will have you picking right from the opening minutes of this tape. You'll learn the basic rolls, left-hand fingering and how to pick out melodies to nine all-time favorite bluegrass songs. By the time you finish with this tape, you'll be on your way to becoming a real bluegrass picker. Includes: "Buffalo Gals," "Mama Don't 'Low," "Columbus Stockade Blues," "Handsome Molly," "Shady Grove," "Worried Man," "Big Ball In Boston," "Red River Valley," "Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms," "Jesse James," "Lonesome Road Blues," "Little Maggie, "That Good Old Mountain Dew."
This unique lesson in basic music theory will help you find melody and harmony notes and understand the banjo fingerboard in a way that will open up vast possibilities. Combining this knowledge with basic rolls, harmonized scales, pentatonic runs and licks, and more will allow you to develop powerful and creative bluegrass solos.
Pete Wernick presents hundreds of building blocks for creating licks, back-ups and solos. You'll learn dozens of left-hand chord groups, versatile right-hand rolls, classic up-the-neck licks and variations, rhythm patterns and chord vamping for back-up, movable chord positions, and more to help you improvise your own solos and variations.
Pete shows you how to apply the techniques covered in the previous video plus dozens of new licks, runs, back-ups, modulations, scales, chords, breaks and more. He shows you how to create your own improvisations and solos while teaching these great bluegrass classics: Soldier's Joy, The Wild Ride, High On A Mountain, If I Should Wander Back Tonight, Radio Boogie, Walk The Way The Wind Blows, Gone Fishing, Nellie Kane, Foggy Mountain Special.
Learn how Earl Scruggs and the other bluegrass masters get their distinctive sound—and learn to play terrific tunes in the process! Tony Trischka highlights each piece with an in-depth analysis and numerous pointers. He covers rolls, chokes, slides, timing, speed problems, syncopation, improvisation, intros, endings, chord inversions, back-up techniques and lots more in teaching these tunes and their variations: "John Henry," "John Hardy," "Nine-Pound Hammer," "Cross-Eyed Cricket," "Soldier's Joy," "Liza Jane," "Weeping Willow," "Bluegrass Blues," "Little Maggie," "Leather Britches."
This is the first of two highly-packed video lessons that provide a rare opportunity to spend time with John Hartford and get his personal take on how he plays the five-string banjo. A thoughtful and knowledgable musician, John has many unusual theories and a treasure-trove of ideas and techniques that he enthusiastically shares with learning players. With Chris Sharp backing him up on on fiddle and guitar, John's video lessons provide invaluable insights into his trademark banjo sound. On this lesson, John works with several well-known traditional and original songs taken from his vast repertoire, demonstrating a variety of ideas pertaining to his banjo style. He shows you a number of important rolls and licks, along with invaluable tips about getting good tone (finding the "sweet spot"), phrasing, accenting, using picks, playing backup and lots more. John reveals his personal tricks for playing fast (using hammers and pulls, triplets and "ghost" notes), and illustrates how he "plays the words" to a song to give his banjo solo depth and meaning. The tunes John covers on this video include "Cumberland Gap," "Old Time River Man," "Cripple Creek," and his best-known hit song, "Gentle on My Mind"
On this second part of his unique banjo lesson series, John Hartford once again imparts numerous ideas and a myriad of techniques for the learning player. He explains chromatic scales and teaches his famous "slide whistle" lick, which allows you to play ear-catching runs that will enhance any tune. You'll also learn to add color and excitement to your banjo solos with John's trademark "fiddle style" melodic licks, which you will learn to play anywhere on the fingerboard. Sally Goodin and Old Time River Man provide the perfect examples for this dynamic technique. John provides words of advice for everything from using a metronome and a tape recorder for your practice sessions to detailed instruction on dancing while playing the banjo (complete with his "footlature" notation system. Among other topics he covers are licks based on diminished and augmented chords, banjo back up licks, pushing the beat, how to create "accidental counterpoint," and how John writes his original breakdowns for banjo. Some of the other instrumentals John and Chris demonstrate include "Leather Britches" (backup), "Goin Back to Dixie," " Cackling Hen," "Annual Waltz," "Your Tax Dollars at Work," "Lorena," "Boogie" and "Foggy Mountain Landscape." ************************************************************************************* Popular banjo videos. Popular banjo books.
See our great selection of banjo
accessories. There is a whole lot more than what you see here. Visit the Pickin' Parlor. BANJO BASS FIDDLE GUITAR MANDOLIN VOCAL Gibson and Deering Banjos in the Pickin Parlor
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You can learn to play banjo with our great selection of learn to play resources
and banjos. Videos, books, and cds, for the beginning to advanced player.
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Method - Beginners Banjo 1
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Rolling - An Ultra Easy No Fail Introduction to Bluegrass Banjo
