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Bluegrass Banjo
Thirty-five songs offering a complete exploration of bluegrass music. Including music theory, tips on performance, bluegrass ensemble playing, backup playing, and a wealth of banjo lore. For beginners and advanced players.
Product# OK62778
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Earl Scruggs and the Five String Banjo
The best-selling banjo method in the world! Earl Scruggs's legendary method has helped thousands of banjo players get their start. The Revised and Enhanced Edition features more songs, updated lessons, and many other improvements.
Product# 695765
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You Can Teach Yourself Banjo
Written in tablature, this straightforward, easy-to-understand method teaches rolls, chords, bluegrass banjo techniques, playing up the neck, licks, endings, and other basic information. Play-along CD and DVD features Janet Davis' teaching and lively banjo performance. .
Product# 94429SET
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Teach Yourself Bluegrass Banjo
Teach yourself authentic bluegrass, with clear instructions from a professional. A section also includes personal advice on performance. Plus a complete section of the best bluegrass songs and tunes to learn from. B/w photos.
Product# OK64988
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Complete Bluegrass Banjo Method
One of the very best G-tuning five-string bluegrass banjo methods available. Contents include note reading, tablature, chord background styles, three finger picking, rolls, licks, runs, fills, and endings, use of the capo, easy solos, and advanced up-the-neck solos in three-finger style! CD is a stereo play-along recording.
Product# 93345BCD
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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
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)
Product# 21703DVD
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The Complete 5-String Banjo Player
Written by Tony Trischka, one of the leading authorities in banjo education, The Complete 5-String Bluegrass Banjo Player sets the standard for bluegrass banjo instruction from beginning to advanced. From holding the banjo and reading tablature to melodic banjo style and standard bluegrass repertoire, this book is the definitive guide to learning authentic bluegrass technique. The audio CD includes demonstration tracks of the music examples, techniques, and songs.
Product# OK65208
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O Brother Where Art Thou?
This stellar collection contains banjo tab arrangements of 12 bluegrass/folk songs from this Grammy-winning Album of the Year. Plus lyrics and a banjo notation legend.
Product# 699528
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A Banjo Player's Guide to Jamming
This book will show you what you need to know to sit in on a hot jam session. Geared toward beginner and intermediate players, it covers playing chords, including which ones to play and when to play them. You'll also discover how jam sessions work and how to act in a session, along with advice on practicing at home.
Product# 99708BCD
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Banjo Primer
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.
Product# BP
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Up The Neck DVD
A superb instructional DVD for five-string banjo dealing with the 5th through the 22nd fret Chapters on roll patterns, chords, songs, licks, chord progressions, arranging songs, improvising, melodic style, chromatic style, chromatic style, back-up, and much more! n
Product# 94820DVD
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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
Product# 641547
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O Brother Where Art Thou?
This stellar collection contains banjo tab arrangements of 12 bluegrass/folk songs from this Grammy-winning Album of the Year. Plus lyrics and a banjo notation legend.
Product# 699528
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Masters of the Five String Banjo
By Tony Trischka and Pete Wernick Back in print! This 400+ page book includes interviews, transcriptions and other useful information on 68 important banjo pickers (Earl Scruggs, Don Reno, Bill Keith, Sonny Osborne, Bela Fleck and many more). Originally published in 1988, it has been in and out of print since that time. This valuable banjo resource is now available once again from AcuTab. Every banjo picker and serious student of the instrument should have a copy in their library!
Product# M5SB
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Jim Mills AcuTab DVD
Learn 12 great tunes as recorded by Jim Mills, a four time winner of the prestigious IBMA Banjo Player Of The Year Award. The tunes are selected from Jim's two solo projects as well as recordings he made with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. The tunes include some basic ones that a relative beginner could hope to master as well as a few that will challenge experienced pickers.
Product# D-JM-1
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Sammy Shelor Acutab Banjo DVD
This DVD offers a super glimpse into the style of one of bluegrass music's most highly-regarded pickers. Sammy spends time talking about creating solos, playing backup and getting the best sound out of your banjo. He also teaches a number of songs in a split screen format. Tab booklet included. Ernest T. Grass, Daddy's Dream, When You Go Walking After Midnight. The DVD also contains as a bonus, the 20 minute Huber banjos video catalog.
Product# D-SS-1
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Steve Huber - Killer Tone
Steve Huber takes us through a detailed description of the parts of the banjo and how they affect tone, volume and playability. Steve also covers some of the most critical components of banjo set up. With careful attention to this video and a bit of trial and error, you can get the best possible tone from your banjo.
Product# D-KT
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Learn To Play Clawhammer Banjo - 2 DVD Set
Grab your five-string banjo and get ready to frail! Bob covers all the basics of traditional clawhammer style in this 2 DVD set.
Product# 641737
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Clawhammer Banjo Two DVD Set
This two-DVD set covers the fine art of clawhammer banjo. David Holt is considered one of the finest players and teachers of old-time clawhammer banjo. Start with the fundamentals including right & left hand technique in Lesson 1. Lesson 2 covers advanced techniques including thumb rolls. Lesson One: 60-MIN DVD • INCLUDES TAB • EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. Lesson Two: 55-MIN DVD • INCLUDES TAB • INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
Product# 641781
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