Free Video Lessons for banjo and guitar.
The 12 bar blues is one of the most common forms in all of music. There are literally thousands of songs written using the the 12 bar blues form. The great thing about the 12 bar blues is once you internalize it, you can follow…
Banjo Licks: D to G One of the most common Chord Changes in Bluegrass music is D to G. So, we need lots of vocabulary to use over these chord changes if we are to improvise. One way to get some new words into…
E minor Banjo Licks-Free Lesson Click on Image to Watch Banjo LICK Video So much banjo music is in the key of G and you’ll encounter an E minor chord a lot. It’s the most common chord in the key of G. So it’s a…
Single String Licks for 5-string banjo What is Single String? Single-string is a style made popular by banjo players such as Don Reno and Bela Fleck. Technique-wise, for now, it is essentially alternating of the right hand fingers, whether that be Thumb-Index, or Index-Middle…
Learning Jazz banjo licks In my latest youtube video, I teach a basic jazz lick. This lick uses enclosures and a descending Mixolydian idea. Here is the video: How should you learn jazz licks? 1)Play through the lick and memorize it 2)Analyze the lick, how…
Banjo Arpeggios In the following video, I go over a two-octave G major arpeggio. As you’ll see, this covers the entire range of the banjo fingerboard. These videos are meant to break you free from playing in fixed positions, what some people like to call…
Banjo Lesson video: 5 foot 2 part two Here is the 2nd installment of the FREE Banjo Lesson video on “Five foot two.” This is the chorus or part B of the song. Keep in mind that the form of the song is AABA. This…
Are you counting beats or unable to memorize the chord changes? Are you unable to hear when the chords change? These are common problems the beginner faces; I faced the same exact challenges when I was learning. The greater your ability to hear the…