If you have tried without success to learn banjo music from tablature, this video is for you! Beginning banjo players will also profit from this discussion of the basics of tab reading, focusing on how to count the rhythms. Two simple bluegrass banjo arrangements of well known songs are presented on the tape and printed material is included.

AcuTab has been at the forefront in producing books of authorized tablature transcriptions from the playing of popular bluegrass banjo pickers. Such well-known players as J.D. Crowe, Sammy Shelor and Scott Vestal have had their recorded work transcribed and published in AcuTab books with more being added all the time.

But what about those many pickers who dont read tab?

In this concise 30 minute video presentation, AcuTab's John Lawless takes you through the basics of reading tab for banjo. You will learn to recognize and count the various note values and decipher the numeric tab system.

With this video and a bit of work you'll soon be able to take advantage of the many tablature resources available for banjo. You can learn to play from tab!