FRED
SOKOLOW "Bluegrass Banjo"
features: Forward rolls, chord positions,
tag endings, left hand slides, barring, hammer-ons
& pull offs, bass runs, "chop" chords,
and lots of hot licks! You'll take solos, play melodies
and learn songs such as "Will the Circle Be
Unbroken," "John Henry," and "Nine
Pound Hammer." (60 min. video) LEVEL 1-2, #VSJ109
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Fred
Sokolow click here for sales price
Greg
Cahill has Grammy nominations for one of his Banjo LPs, and two LPs by his bluegrass
band, "The Special Consensus." He has recorded and performed
with the likes of Jethro Burns and Byron Berline,
and his playing can be heard on countless major radio and TV commercials and on
recordings of various Country, Folk, and Bluegrass artists. If you've seen a TV
commercial featuring John Lithgow (from the hit TV series "Third
Rock from the Sun"), with a banjo, that's actually Greg Cahill doing
the playing! Greg has been featured twice on the cover of "Banjo
Newsletter" & appears periodically as a guest columnist. He
teaches at The Old Town School of Folk Music in his hometown
of Chicago, and conducts workshops at music festivals & venues nationwide
& internationally. He has toured with his band all over the U.S. and Canada,
South America (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay), and Europe (England, Finland, Germany,
Holland, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Switzerland. Greg is also on the Board of
Directors of the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), & is chairman
of the IBMA "Bluegrass in the Schools" committee. View picture here
Beginning
level, 90-minute video & tablature
#6913 .................... Beginning
Bluegrass Banjo Volume 1 click here for sales price
This
Program takes up where "Beginning Bluegrass Banjo Volume 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. Tunes
include: Fireball Mail (two variations: regular & up-the-neck), Old
Joe Clark, Devil's Dream, Soldier's Joy, & Sweet Dixie (Home Sweet Home) *
accompanying tablature sheet music inside this package. View picture here
Beginning
level, 60-minute video & tablature
#6914 .................... Beginning
Bluegrass Banjo Volume 2 click here for sales price
This
book shows a picture diagram of the chords, as well
as the box diagram. It explains banjo tuning and
has a handy chord index. Chords included are major,
minor, seventh, diminished, augmented, ninth and
much more. There is also a summary of forms and
chords related to each. Banjo
Chords click here for sales price
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 stereo recording
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. 244 pages.
Complete
banjo method click here for sales price
Bluegrass
banjo tunes and techniques video 641121With
David Grier, guitar and Andrea Zonn, fiddle. Learn how the bluegrass masters get
their distinctive sound and style. Tunes include: John Henry * John Hardy * Nine-Pound
Hammer * Cross-Eyed Cricket * Soldier's Joy * Liza Jane * Weeping Willow * Bluegrass
Blues * Little Maggie * Leather Britches. 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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banjo tunes and techniques video click here for
sales price
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