Banjo Jamming and Play Along DVD

Here is a foolproof system that will improve your ear and help build stamina power and confidence in your banjo picking. Steve Kaufman and Bennie Boling play through 49 classic bluegrass tune - slowly then up to speed - sobanjo players at all levels can play along.With your stereo balance control you can turn off the lead and play along with the rhythm track to get your soloing together. The solo banjo part is on the other channel so youcan practice your back-up parts and learn the tune. These CDs provide an invaluable tool to practice your licks and solos and really get your jamming chops together!

The first important goal for beginning banjo players is to learn to play with other musicians and singers in a bluegrass jam session. On this two-hour DVD one of the world's most experienced banjo teachers provides all the tools you need to give rhythmic support play fill-ins and help the music sparkle. Pete 'Dr. Banjo' Wernick developed this lesson especially for new pickers. Using actual footage of a bluegrass jam session Pete shows in slow and clear detail the techniques you'll need to fit into a real jamming situation. You'll move from the simplest strum for the total beginner to chord vamping rolls up-the-neck positions and many of the fill-in licks that banjoplayers use to spark the bluegrass sound. As you learn the techniques you can put them into practice by playing along with Pete's companion bluegrass jamming DVDs. Dr. Banjo's prescription for solid banjo accompaniment is filled with sage advice and powerful pointers on how to become a great backup player.