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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.

Virtuoso bluegrass multi-instrumentalist Dennis Caplinger, with the able assistance of John Moore, Kenny Blackwell, and Bill Bryson, guides you through all the bluegrass basics and beyond. You'll learn classic bluegrass banjo techniques, all in the context of classic bluegrass standards. Beginning with basic left- and right-hand techniques, Dowload now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com!

The banjo style created by Don Reno melds traditional bluegrass breakdowns with chord-based solos, percussive techniques and single-string runs. Don Wayne Reno passes on his dad's techniques and great advice as he analyzes 8 classic tunes. 60-MINUTE DVD - INCLUDES TAB - LEVEL 3.

This is a landmark instructional text on bluegrass banjo. Written by the legendary Sonny Osborne, it presents the basics needed to successfully play bluegrass banjo (G tuning). A special bonus is the inclusion of seven favorite songs for banjo solo. In notes and tab.

All Star Bluegrass Jam Along for Banjo (Book/CD) This fabulous collection features 21 must-know tunes, played and arranged for the most popular bluegrass instruments by some of the genre's leading artists. A basic solo states the bare melody followed by a more adventurous improvisation. The audio CD provides the solos and multiple rhythm tracks, performed at moderate tempo, for easy play-along. This great series will help build repertoire and help learners get their licks in shape so they can shine in their next performance or jam session. Bluegrass Banjo Tunes & Techniques (DVD) A top player teaches how Earl Scruggs and the other bluegrass masters get their distinctive sound. Tony Trischka teaches and analyzes ten essential bluegrass tunes. Bonus: Audio backup tracks for great practice sessions. Early intermediate level. Includes tab. 90 minutes.

On these six CDs, Béla Fleck teaches bluegrass, Celtic, ragtime and fiddle tunes and original new grass solo banjo pieces. He starts with bluegrass basics and then moves into single-string techniques, moving bass lines, counter melodies, chromatics and scales in a variety of keys and tunings. SIX CDs · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 4

A collection of traditional and Southern mountain songs progressively arranged in flatpicking guitar style. Many tunes are shown as both lyric versions with guitar chords and as flatpicking guitar solos.

Get in shape and ready for the next jam session or bluegrass festival with this new practice tape. Joe Carr and Alan Munde, along with the band, perform 15 songs for you to practice with and they explain each instrument's role in each song as well as provide tabulature for selected solos and backup parts as played on the banjo, mandolin, fiddle, guitar, and bass.

Get in shape and ready for the next jam session or bluegrass festival with this new practice tape. Joe Carr and Alan Munde, along with the band, perform 15 songs for you to practice with and they explain each instrument's role in each song as well as provide tabulature for selected solos and backup parts as played on the banjo, mandolin, fiddle, guitar, and bass.

Complete two-DVD series. Hundreds of building blocks to create licks, back-ups and solos. 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 other techniques. 2 DVD's. 200 MINUTES TOTAL! Download now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com !

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. Download now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com !

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 DVD INCLUDES TAB LEVEL 2/3/4. Download now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com !

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.

A compilation of favorite solos on Irish, Scottish and New England fiddle tunes arranged for banjo by one of America's foremost clawhammer banjoists, Ken Perlman. In notation and tablature.

Easy to play five-string banjo arrangements of twelve Christmas favorites by banjo master Ross Nickerson. Each song is arranged and performed using proper three-finger bluegrass technique. The arrangements are carefully designed to bring out the melody, but easy enough for a beginner or intermediate player to learn quickly.

Well-known composer, performer, bluegrass and five-string banjo specialist Janet Davis has arranged this fantastic book of Christmas songs for five-string banjo. Selections include material for various levels of ability and offer wide cross- section of songs for the holiday season. In tablature.

Examines the clawhammer style banjo. Tunes are transcribed in tablature and based on the playing of Wade Ward, Fred Cockerham, Henry Reed, Frank George and others. Including tunings and all basic right and left techniques. Complete with an instructional CD.

David Holt is considered one of the finest players and teachers of old-time clawhammer banjo. Start with the fundamentals including right & left hand technique in Lesson 1. 60-MIN DVD - INCLUDES TAB - EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

David Holt is considered one of the finest players and teachers of old-time clawhammer banjo. Lesson 2 covers advanced techniques including thumb rolls. Lesson Two: 55-MIN DVD - INCLUDES TAB - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

This two-DVD set covers the fine art of clawhammer banjo. David Holt is considered one of the finest players and teachers of old-time clawhammer banjo. Start with the fundamentals including right & left hand technique in Lesson 1. Lesson 2 covers advanced techniques including thumb rolls. Lesson One: 60-MIN DVD - INCLUDES TAB - EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. Lesson Two: 55-MIN DVD - INCLUDES TAB - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

This comprehensive book contains 139 solos for the 5-string banjo. The perfect resource to expand your repertoire of solo pieces. Not a method book, but rather a superb collection of intermediate to advanced solos. Standard notation and tablature.

One of the very best five-string bluegrass banjo methods available. Includes note reading, tablature, chord background styles, three finger picking, rolls, licks, runs, fills, and endings, use of the capo, easy solos, and advanced up-the-neck solos in three-finger style! CD is a stereo play-along recording.

One of the very best G tuning five-string bluegrass banjo methods available! The book teaches how to pick out tunes single-string style (one note at a time), how to play chord accompaniment, and how to play solos in the full three-finger, bluegrass style. Topics include note and tab reading, chord background styles, traditional bluegrass techniques, fills and endings, use of the capo, rolls, slides, hammers, pull-offs, choking, harmonics, and up-the-neck playing. In notation and tablature. The audio includes acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, and a rhythm track as well as the 5-string banjo. All songs and most exercises are included in this teaching recording, performed at a tempo that the student should be able to maintain in short order. Includes access to online audio.

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An important anthology of Irish and Celtic solos for the 5-string banjo featuring a history, techniques, and etiquette of playing the banjo in the Celtic tradition. Includes segments on tuning, pick preferences, and tablature reading followed by 101 jigs, slides, polkas, slip jigs, reels, hornpipes, strathspeys, etc.

Thirty-three gospel favorites written in tablature for G-tuning banjo. Each song has a melody tab and an accompaniment tab.