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Would you like to take a banjo lesson at home? Try a banjo video from PlayBetterBluegrass.com. A video is a great way to take a banjo lesson because, unlike a lesson with a live banjo instructor, you can rewind and replay sections that you did not quite understand. Some videos are also in split screen so you can see a close up of the right and left hand. The price of a banjo video is a fraction of the cost of a lesson with a banjo instructor and you can view it many times.

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Beginning Banjo Videos
Murphy Method Beginning Banjo Vol. 1
Murphy Method Beginning Banjo Vol. 1
If you've never played banjo before, this is the place to start! Learn the basics of Scruggs-style three-finger bluegrass banjo picking. No Tab! Each tune is explained note-by-note. Banjo in the Hollow, Cripple Creek, Cumberland Gap, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, John Hardy. (1 hour, 50 mnutes)
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Murphy Method Beginning Banjo Vol. 2
Murphy Method Beginning Banjo Vol. 2
Build on what you learned in Volume One. More advanced tunes teach the harder basic licks. Move up-the-neck to play several tunes. No Tab. Includes Foggy Mountain Breakdown (high break), Lonesome Road Blues, Old Joe Clark, Salt Creek, and Fireball Mail. (1 hour 45 minutes)
Product# 21703DVD
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Murphy Method Jam Session Standards
Murphy Method Jam Session Standards
Five banjo standards, guaranteed to come up in almost any jam session. Chock full of great, new licks! Vamping explained. No Tab. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms, Salty Dog, Mountain Dew, Dueling Banjo, Rocky Top. (1 hour, 45 minutes)
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Murphy Method Banjo for Misfits
Murphy Method Banjo for Misfits
Having trouble with banjo? Want to play songs that sound like something? Banjo for Misfits is what you need! 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. (1 hour, 50 minutes) New Lower price!
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Murphy Method Amazing Grace
Murphy Method Amazing Grace
NOW ON DVD! Gospel tunes for banjo! Murphy teaches hard-driving Scruggs-style breaks to 5 favorite gospel tunes. Each tune explained note-by-note. 'When the Roll is Called Up Yonder', 'I'll Fly Away', 'What a Friend We Have in Jesus', 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken', and 'Amazing Grace'. No Tab. (1 hour 45 minutes)
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Murphy Method Rawhide and Other Banjo Favorites
Murphy Method Rawhide and Other Banjo Favorites
Been wanting to tackle these hot jam tunes, but didn't know where to start? Murphy makes it easy! How? 1. By using easy-to-learn variations of basic Scruggs licks. 2. By explaining the hard parts in detail. Bluegrass Breakdown, Theme Time, Rawhide, and Hazel Creek. No Tab. (2 hours) New Lower price!
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Murphy Method Vamping
Murphy Method Vamping
Learn how to vamp to all the songs on the Beginners' Banjo Videos, Vol 1. and 2. Vamping is what you do when the other person is playing the melody or playing the 'lead' or 'taking a break.' Lots of slow playing so you can play along. Ending licks taught for each song. NO TAB. (2 hours) New Lower price!
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Five String Banjo For Beginners
Five String Banjo For Beginners
Clear, easy, hands-on lessons. Happy teaches a wide variety of country and folk tunes in traditional banjo style. Learn right-hand picking patterns, hammer-ons, slides and pull-offs, and more. 90-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC TAB · LEVEL 1
Product# 641338
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Bluegrass Banjo Texas Video
Bluegrass Banjo Texas Video
This course starts with very easy chord forms for song accompaniment and progresses to a variety of five-string techniques. Beginners 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. (60-minutes)
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Bluegrass Banjo Tunes & Techniques
Bluegrass Banjo Tunes & Techniques
Learn how the bluegrass masters get their distinctive sound and style. Includes free 'Homespun Practice Tracks' audio cassette featuring back-ups to all tunes taught on the video. 90-MINUTE VIDEO INCLUDES TAB + PRACTICE TAPE LEVEL 2/3.
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Blazing Bluegrass Banjo Vol 1 Jamming Skills
Blazing Bluegrass Banjo Vol 1 Jamming Skills
In this video, Greg covers the things you'll need to know when you start getting together with other people for informal picking or to start a band. These are topics that have been consistently requested by his students over the many years he's been teaching.
Product# 3567
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Blazing Bluegrass Banjo Vol 2 Stylistic Variety
Blazing Bluegrass Banjo Vol 2 Stylistic Variety
Learn how to play tunes in different keys, positions, and timings. Margarita Breakdown-Scruggs Style breakdown using Keith/Scruggs tuners. Danny's Dance In-6/8 time, this Irish Jig will broaden your banjo horizons.
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Blazing Bluegrass Banjo Volumes 1 & 2 Set
Blazing Bluegrass Banjo Volumes 1 & 2 Set
Complete 2 Volume set in VHS format.
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Branching Out On Bluegrass Banjo - Video 1
Branching Out On Bluegrass Banjo - Video 1
Hundreds of building blocks to create licks, back-ups and solos. 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 other techniques. 110-MINUTE VIDEO INCLUDES TAB LEVEL 2/3.
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Branching Out On Bluegrass Banjo - Video 2
Branching Out On Bluegrass Banjo - Video 2
The 'big tree of licks,' chord progressions, ascending and descending runs, back-ups, modulations, , improvising ideas, favorite Scruggs and Reno-style runs and licks, breaks in C, D and F, picking out melodies, creating bluegrass solos and more! 90-MINUTE VIDEO INCLUDES TAB LEVEL 2/3/4.
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Fun with the Banjo
Fun with the Banjo
An excellent beginner's video featuring Joe Carr teaching chords, strums, and songs. An ideal beginner's course for 5-string banjo (concert C tuning).
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Jammin Bluegrass Banjo Video
Jammin Bluegrass Banjo Video
This video covers soloing on the five-string banjo, as well as playing back-up. Introduces the three basic elements of music--melody, harmony, and rhythm--in relation to playing back-up banjo, as well as the most often-used bluegrass rolls, licks, and spills. Jam with the band! Instructional booklet included.
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Beginning Bluegrass Banjo Volume 2
Beginning Bluegrass Banjo Volume 2
This Program takes up where 'Beginning Bluegrass Banjo Vol One' leaves off. Includes: study of tunes in the Scruggs, melodic, & single-string styles. Also explains use of the capo & How to play tunes in the G, D, & C positions.
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Murphy Method Ralph Stanley Style Banjo
Murphy Method Ralph Stanley Style Banjo
An entire video devoted to the songs of Ralph Stanley! Includes 'Man of Constant Sorrow' (two versions in D & G positions), 'Little Maggie,' 'Clinch Mountain Backstep,' 'Daybreak in Dixie,' 'Riding That Midnight Train' and 'How Mountain Girls Can Love.' All taught the Murphy Method way, note by note without tab. 136 min. New Lower price!
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Murphy Method Advanced Earl
Murphy Method Advanced Earl
Earl Scruggs is THE MASTER! Murphy has studied Earl's picking closely for over twenty years. SHE CAN TEACH IT! Here are five of Earl's greatest tunes, carefully explained note-by-note. Sally Goodwin, Groundspeed, Pike County Breakdown, Bugle Call Rag,and Foggy Mountain Special. 2 hours and 21 minutes! No Tab. New Lower Price!
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Easy Solos for the Five-String Banjo
Easy Solos for the Five-String Banjo
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.
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