Tutor DVD by Instrument
For the two row B/C also C#/D tuning. Peter Browne now shares his amazing right hand techniques with you. One button triplets, two button triplets, two and three finger triplets, standard cuts, roll and triplet cuts, five note rolls, two button rolls, rhythms, off beats, syncopation, vibrato, scales and exercises and much more.
An instructional 2 DVD Set that starts from the beginning! Clawhammer From Scratch begins as though you really have NO knowledge of how to play the five string banjo clawhammer style. Beginning at the beginning, Dan presents a brief history of the 5-string banjo then goes over the parts of the banjo, holding the banjo, right and left hand styles and his basic clawhammer strum. Even the strum is broken down into the steps of the finger and thumb.
Learn to play the banjo with just two fingers! Believe it or not, you CAN play the 5-string banjo. This simple approach is designed to make banjo playing immediately accessible to EVERYONE! If you've believed that you can't make music, this DVD will change your mind and bring the richness of music making to your life. Run time is 30 minutes.
Take a lesson from the man the NY Times has called "Dobro's matchless contemporary master." On this DVD, Jerry Douglas shares the powerful techniques and unique sounds that have characterized his award-winning playing and have made him a legend among acoustic musicians.
Bob Brozman uses a variety of instruments - a Weissenborn, a Dobro-type resophonic and a National steel - to teach the funky blues tunes, cool riffs and adventurous improvisations that he pulls from his seemingly bottomless bag of tricks.
With Pete 'Dr.Banjo' Wernick.
Anyone with any instrument can join in with this Bluegrass jam session, even if you've never tried it before...all you need are four basic chords to play along with the band!
2 hours. Chords and lyrics enclosed.
This intimate look at Ralph Stanley's pioneering banjo style begins with the first tunes he learned from his mother in the old-time clawhammer technique, and progresses through the three-finger bluegrass picking he helped make famous.
This DVD lesson will thrill and inspire mandolinists at all levels. Chris Thile shares his own successful formula for developing right and left hand dexterity, improving speed and accuracy, and playing with heightened musicality.
Designed to augment level 2 of David Barrett's Harmonica Masterclass Series, this video bridges the gap between what can be studied at home and what can only be learned in private lessons.
Sonny Terry started playing harmonica in his teens, as a blind street musician in North Carolina. After a stint with a medicine show, he hooked up with the popular ragtime singer/guitarist Blind Boy Fuller.