Book/Online audio set. Based on Dan's innovative "Meet the Banjo" program (where Dan brings 15 banjos and teaches players who may have never held a banjo), this book assumes no prior experience. Presents a brief history of the 5-string banjo then goes over the parts of the banjo, holding the banjo, right and left hand positions and his basic clawhammer strum. Even the strum is broken down into the steps of the finger and thumb. You are guided through the chords, the scale and then the individual notes of 12 jam session favorites from scratch. The audio contains all exercises, tunes (slow and up to speed), and a fiddle version of each. Spiralbound, 124 pp.