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Take banjo lessons in the comfort of your home with a banjo DVD from PlayBetterBluegrass.com. A DVD is a great way to take a banjo lesson because, unlike a live lesson with an instructor, you can rewind and replay sections that you did not quite understand. Many of the DVD’s are also in split screen so you can see a close up of the right and left hand. The price of taking a banjo lesson on DVD is a slight fraction of a lesson with a banjo instructor and you can view it over and over again.

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Banjo Primer DVD
Banjo Primer DVD
Banjo Primer Book with CD by Geoff Hohwald is the first true beginners book revealing the secrets of good Scruggs style 5 string banjo technique. Clearly illustrated with over 40 photographs, it includes basic rolls, exciting & easy to play song arrangements, and up the neck breaks. The CD lets you hear all songs at 3 speeds - very slow, medium and full tempo. Video and DVD also available.
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Beginning Banjo DVDs
Beginning Bluegrass Banjo
Beginning Bluegrass Banjo
This DVD is perfect for those who have never touched a banjo before, but want to play the compelling sounds of bluegrass. ''Dr. Banjo'' teaches basic chords, right-hand rolls and great tunes such as: Buffalo Gals Mama Don''t ''Low, etc. 120-MINUTE DVD INCLUDES TAB LEVEL 1.n
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Get Rolling: An Ultra-Easy, No-Fail Introduction to Bluegrass Banjo
Get Rolling: An Ultra-Easy, No-Fail Introduction to Bluegrass Banjo
Pete “Dr. Banjo” Wernick gets total novices to make good banjo music almost immediately. With only two chords, Pete has newcomers strumming and accompanying ten bluegrass standards. This super-easy lesson has been time-tested at Pete's many workshops and music camps, and it works!
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Murphy Method Beginning Banjo Vol. 1
Murphy Method Beginning Banjo Vol. 1
If you've never played banjo before, this is the place to start! Learn the basics of Scruggs-style three-finger bluegrass banjo picking. No Tab! Each tune is explained note-by-note. Banjo in the Hollow, Cripple Creek, Cumberland Gap, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, John Hardy. (1 hour, 50 mnutes)
Product# 21702DVD
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Murphy Method Beginning Banjo Vol. 2
Murphy Method Beginning Banjo Vol. 2
Build on what you learned in Volume One. More advanced tunes teach the harder basic licks. Move up-the-neck to play several tunes. No Tab. Includes Foggy Mountain Breakdown (high break), Lonesome Road Blues, Old Joe Clark, Salt Creek, and Fireball Mail. (1 hour 45 minutes)
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Murphy Method Jam Session Standards
Murphy Method Jam Session Standards
Five banjo standards, guaranteed to come up in almost any jam session. Chock full of great, new licks! Vamping explained. No Tab. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms, Salty Dog, Mountain Dew, Dueling Banjo, Rocky Top. (1 hour, 45 minutes)
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Murphy Method Banjo for Misfits
Murphy Method Banjo for Misfits
Having trouble with banjo? Want to play songs that sound like something? Banjo for Misfits is what you need! Uses basic licks to play great arrangements. Basic chording explained. No Tab. Includes Boil Them Cabbage Down, I Saw the Light, Worried Man, Do Lord, and Two-Dollar Bill. (1 hour, 50 minutes) New Lower price!
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Beginning Bluegrass Banjo Volume 1
Beginning Bluegrass Banjo Volume 1
Includes: introducing the 5-string banjo to the complete beginner, identification of all the parts, how to tune, basic chord formations, how to read banjo tablature, wearing your picks, 5 roll patterns, and he teaches you to play 4 tunes in complete detail.
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Beginning Bluegrass Banjo Volume 2
Beginning Bluegrass Banjo Volume 2
This Program takes up where 'Beginning Bluegrass Banjo Vol 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.
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Bluegrass Banjo Basics & Beyond - Ultimate Beginners Series
Bluegrass Banjo Basics & Beyond - Ultimate Beginners Series
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,
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Murphy Method Blackberry Blossom
Murphy Method Blackberry Blossom
(Formerly Titled "Melodic Banjo") Murphy Method students have been waiting a long time to learn Blackberry Blossom. Well, here it is and the teacher is none other than Casey Henry! Following in her mother's footsteps, Casey is a natural at teaching without tab. No Tab.(1 hour 48 minutes)
Product# 21710DVD
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Great Banjo Lessons Bluegrass Style
Great Banjo Lessons Bluegrass Style
This terrific compilation features instruction by some of Homespun's most celebrated banjo pickers. The lesson segments progress from very basic to advanced, and will give players a full range of bluegrass banjo techniques. Taught by Bill Keith, Pete Wernick, Tony Trischka, Eddie Adcock, Don Wayne Reno, Sonny Osborne and Ralph Stanley
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Beginning Bluegrass Banjo 2 DVD Set
Beginning Bluegrass Banjo 2 DVD Set
Complete 2 DVD set by master banjo player, Greg Cahill.
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Learn To Play Banjo Lesson 1
Learn To Play Banjo Lesson 1
Your first banjo lesson! Get started on the right foot and start playing music you enjoy right away. Lesson 1 is designed for someone sitting down with a banjo for the first time, and explains how to tune and hold your banjo, and will teach you a few simple chords and melodies.
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Learn To Play Banjo Lesson 2
Learn To Play Banjo Lesson 2
Follows up on the basics presented in Lesson 1. Start learning the picking patterns that form the basis of bluegrass style banjo. Lesson 2 explains and demonstrates the basic right hand patterns, called rolls, and adds them to the simple melodies taught in Lesson 1.
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Learn To Play Banjo Lesson 3
Learn To Play Banjo Lesson 3
Builds on the material covered in Lessons 1 and 2. Learn some common left hand techniques and add them to your songs. Slides, hammer ons and pull offs are covered, and multiple drills are presented before adding them to songs.
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Learn To Play Banjo Set Lessons 1, 2 and 3
Learn To Play Banjo Set Lessons 1, 2 and 3
Includes Learn To Play Banjo Lessons 1, 2 and 3 in a 3 DVD set. D-LPB-1, D-LPB-2 and D-LPB-3.
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Intro To The 5-String Banjo
Intro To The 5-String Banjo
Here it is! The first instructional DVD on 5-String Banjo that focuses on playing banjo within most any setting. Learn how to play banjo within most any musical genre including: bluegrass, rock, country, blues, ragtime and jazz. New lower price!
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Branching Out On Bluegrass Banjo - DVD 1
Branching Out On Bluegrass Banjo - DVD 1
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.
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Branching Out On Bluegrass Banjo - DVD 2
Branching Out On Bluegrass Banjo - DVD 2
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.
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Branching Out on Bluegrass Banjo - 2 DVDs
Branching Out on Bluegrass Banjo - 2 DVDs
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!
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Five String Banjo For Beginners
Five String Banjo For Beginners
Clear, easy, hands-on lessons. Happy teaches a wide variety of country and folk tunes in traditional banjo style. Learn right-hand picking patterns, hammer-ons, slides and pull-offs, and more. 90-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC TAB · LEVEL 1
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Banjo Chords Made Easy
Banjo Chords Made Easy
This handy DVD takes the banjo student through all the basic banjo chords then moves into some advanced voicings. Chords are shown in all keys. Chords include major 7, minor 7, 6, minor 6, 9, diminished, augmented and many more. DVD format makes navigating easy.
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Fun With The Banjo
Fun With The Banjo
An excellent beginner's video featuring Joe Carr teaching chords, strums, and songs. An ideal beginner's course for 5-string banjo (concert C tuning).
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Banjo Chords
Banjo Chords
This great 5-string banjo chord DVD makes it possible to learn all the essential chords. Learning becomes much more interesting when you can see and hear each chord.
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Play Bluegrass Banjo By Ear
Play Bluegrass Banjo By Ear
This lesson in basic music theory will help learning banjo players find melody and harmony notes and fully understand the fingerboard. Combining this knowledge with basic rolls, harmonized scales, pentatonic runs and licks, and more will allow anyone to develop powerful and creative bluegrass solos – by ear. 60 minutes.
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Blazing Bluegrass Banjo Volume 1 Jamming Skills
Blazing Bluegrass Banjo Volume 1 Jamming Skills
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.
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Blazing Bluegrass Banjo Vol 2  Stylistic Variety
Blazing Bluegrass Banjo Vol 2 Stylistic Variety
Learn how to play tunes in different keys, positions, and timings. Margarita Breakdown-Scruggs Style breakdown using Keith/Scruggs tuners. Danny's Dance In-6/8 time, this Irish Jig will broaden your banjo horizons.
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Blazing Bluegrass Banjo Volumes 1 & 2 Set
Blazing Bluegrass Banjo Volumes 1 & 2 Set
Complete 2 Volume set in VHS format.
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You Can Teach Yourself Banjo
You Can Teach Yourself Banjo
In this straightforward, easy to understand video for five-string bluegrass banjo, Janet Davis teaches tuning, how to read tablature, roll patterns, chords, licks, and other basic information needed to play bluegrass and melodic-style banjo. Janet explains the first 22 lessons from the book of the same title and demonstrates examples both slowly and at regular speed. This 60-minute video can be used by itself to learn by ear, or with the tablature found in the companion book. The companion book for this video may be purchased separately. Note: The DVD teaches through Lesson 22. For the remaining Lessons, the CD must be purchased to hear those licks.
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Beginning Banjo
Beginning Banjo
Intermediate Banjo DVD. Follow up to SMP-B1D Beginning Banjo DVD.
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Intermediate Banjo
Intermediate Banjo
Intermediate Banjo DVD. Follow up to SMP-B1D Beginning Banjo DVD.
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Anyone Can Play Bluegrass Banjo
Anyone Can Play Bluegrass Banjo
This DVD is designed to teach the basics of bluegrass banjo playing to the beginning student who has no previous music experience. It includes a broad discussion of Scruggs; style banjo playing with a brief introduction to melodic-style playing.
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The Nashville Banjo DVD
The Nashville Banjo DVD
The Nashville Banjo DVD is taught by Terry Hampton, and accomplished musician who has worked with Charlie Louvin on the Grand Ole Opry and throughout the United States. He is an accomplished instructor and emphasises correct playing techniques.
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Intro To The 6 & 12 String Banjo
Intro To The 6 & 12 String Banjo
Essentially a guitar-banjo hybrid, the 6-string banjo has served as the guitarist's answer to having a completely different voicing in one's palette. The long-time guitarist who is completely familiar with the fretboard can now emulate the banjo without having to learn a new language. New lower price!
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Easy Beginner Banjo Instruction DVD
Easy Beginner Banjo Instruction DVD
This 30 minute introduction to the banjo is loaded with easy to understand basics needed by every beginning banjo student of any age. This easy beginner banjo DVD is just the tool you need to be playing songs soon!
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Complete 5 String Banjo Player
Complete 5 String Banjo Player
Tony Trischka's Complete 5-String Banjo Player sets the standard for DVD bluegrass banjo instruction. A renowned recording artist and banjo teacher, Tony Trischka covers everything from holding the banjo correctly to melodic banjo style and the standard bluegrass repertoire. This definitive guide to learning authentic bluegrass banjo technique includes music examples, techniques, and songs
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Intermediate and Advanced Banjo DVDs
Super Bluegrass Banjo Picking Techniques
Super Bluegrass Banjo Picking Techniques
In this DVD, Alan Munde describes the basic rolls and picking pattern that make up bluegrass banjo music. Play-along exercises allow the student to develop a strong roll which leads to accuracy, speed, and right-hand control!.
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Back Up Banjo
Back Up Banjo
nDVD version of the popular book. With its wealth of information on how technique can be tastefully applied, Back-Up Banjo is the definitive source on the subject of banjo accompaniment. The various back-up techniques are separated into categories. n
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Essential Practice Techniques for Banjo
Essential Practice Techniques for Banjo
Here's a lesson that's a must-have for bluegrass banjo players at all levels. This nuts-and-bolts practice session is designed to help players improve their timing, strengthen their hands and play with precision, power and rhythmic sophistication. 50-MIN VIDEO. · LEVEL 2 · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB
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DVD Banjo Lessons

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