• Image 1 of Absolute Beginners: Banjo - SKU# 01-986403 : Product Type Media : Elderly Instruments
    Book/CD pack. The complete guide to playing the banjo, using clear pictures and illustrations for every step! Covers stringing and holding the banjo, tuning; the G, D7 and C chords; playing your first songs, right hand positioning, using thumb and fingerpicks, the alternating-thumb roll, reading tab, the forward-backward roll, the pinch pattern, more. Includes a pull-out chart showing chords and parts of the banjo. The 44-track CD includes all exercises plus demo and accompaniment tracks for all songs. Tablature only. 39 pp.
    The exact appearance of this item may vary.
    More Details
1 1

More Details

Contents:

 

Online Audio Track Listing

Introduction

  • Practicing Tips

Types of 5-String Banjos

Parts of the Banjo

Strings and Things

Holding the Banjo

Tuning Your Banjo

  • Relative Tuning
  • Using an Electronic Tuner
  • Tuning to Other Instruments

Left-Hand Position 

Your First Chords

  • Chord Diagrams
  • The G Chord
  • The D7 Chord
  • Alternating between G and D7
  • The C Chord
  • Alternating between G and C

Let's Play!

  • Skip to My Lou
  • Man of Constant Sorrow
  • Will the Circle Be Unbroken
  • Long Journey Home

The Right Hand

  • Picks
  • Right-Hand Positioning

The Alternating-Thumb Roll

  • Skip to My Lou (with Alternating-Thumb Roll

Reading Tablature

The Forward-Backward Roll

  • Man of Constant Sorrow (with Forward-Backward Roll)

Using Roll Patterns to Accompany Tunes

The Pinch Pattern

Mixing Rolls and the Pinch Pattern

  • Skip to My Lou (Alternating-Thumb Roll and Pinch)
  • Skip to My Lou (Forward-Backward Roll and Pinch)

Finding the Melody

  • Skip to My Lou (Easy Melody)
  • Skip to My Lou (Solo 1)
  • Skip to My Lou (Solo 2)

Let's Play with the Band!

  • Cripple Creek

Chord Dictionary

Congratulations

Additional Lyrics

About the Author

Discography

 

Absolute Beginners: Banjo

New
by Bill Evans

SKU: 01-986403

$14.99 USD
$14.99 USD
Experience the Elderly Difference
Book/CD pack. The complete guide to playing the banjo, using clear pictures and illustrations for every step! Covers stringing and holding the banjo, tuning; the G, D7 and C chords; playing your first songs, right hand positioning, using thumb and fingerpicks, the alternating-thumb roll, reading tab, the forward-backward roll, the pinch pattern, more. Includes a pull-out chart showing chords and parts of the banjo. The 44-track CD includes all exercises plus demo and accompaniment tracks for all songs. Tablature only. 39 pp.
More Details

More Details

Contents:

 

Online Audio Track Listing

Introduction

  • Practicing Tips

Types of 5-String Banjos

Parts of the Banjo

Strings and Things

Holding the Banjo

Tuning Your Banjo

  • Relative Tuning
  • Using an Electronic Tuner
  • Tuning to Other Instruments

Left-Hand Position 

Your First Chords

  • Chord Diagrams
  • The G Chord
  • The D7 Chord
  • Alternating between G and D7
  • The C Chord
  • Alternating between G and C

Let's Play!

  • Skip to My Lou
  • Man of Constant Sorrow
  • Will the Circle Be Unbroken
  • Long Journey Home

The Right Hand

  • Picks
  • Right-Hand Positioning

The Alternating-Thumb Roll

  • Skip to My Lou (with Alternating-Thumb Roll

Reading Tablature

The Forward-Backward Roll

  • Man of Constant Sorrow (with Forward-Backward Roll)

Using Roll Patterns to Accompany Tunes

The Pinch Pattern

Mixing Rolls and the Pinch Pattern

  • Skip to My Lou (Alternating-Thumb Roll and Pinch)
  • Skip to My Lou (Forward-Backward Roll and Pinch)

Finding the Melody

  • Skip to My Lou (Easy Melody)
  • Skip to My Lou (Solo 1)
  • Skip to My Lou (Solo 2)

Let's Play with the Band!

  • Cripple Creek

Chord Dictionary

Congratulations

Additional Lyrics

About the Author

Discography