Five-String Banjo for Beginners
The emphasis of this easy, hands-on Homespun video tutorial series, is on traditional folk picking styles and song accompaniment. Almost anyone can do it, and newcomers to the five-string banjo will be playing and singing along with Happy Traum within minutes!
Videos
• Chapter 1 (13:30) - Happy plays a tune and welcomes you to this series on the 5 String Banjo. He get's you ready for learning by walking through all the different parts, history, holding and tuning your Banjo!
• Chapter 2 (16:27) - Happy talks about Mountain Style playing, and why it's a good start for beginners. This will step you through picking, holding your pick, and getting your rhythm down before learning some tunes.
• Chapter 3 (13:16) - In this video, Happy starts with helping you learn a tune! You'll learn a song called "My home's across the smokey mountains", and see how each part is played and memorized.
• Chapter 4 (12:03) - Happy teaches you a mountain balled called "Handsome Molly" and a number of different tunes that will help you get comfortable with learning Banjo tunes.
• Chapter 5 (05:03) - This video focuses on a cowboy balled called "Jesse James", helping you run through all the chords you've learned so far.
• Chapter 6 (08:20) - Happy talks about other styles of picking, like "Bluegrass" and "Up-picking", along with several other tips to get you going.
• Chapter 7 (08:06) - In this video, Happy speeds things up with a Ho-Dance or Square Dance styled tune, including those Hammer-Ons and Slides you've been learning.
• Chapter 8 (08:07) - In this last video, Happy shows you a style of playing that accompanies vocals nicely, with a tune called "Banks of Ohio". Happy ends off with some great advice for the road, and one last example before you go practice!