Each book enhances your skill and makes you a more badass banjo player.
Books are downloadable with web access to videos
Level One is recommended for both new and experienced players.
Our book and videos set the foundation for new players and correct any bad habits that banjo veterans may have developed.
We use well-known songs to help the user get playing quickly. Level One covers a variety of techniques–strums, plucking, chording, and down-stroke (frailing).
Level Two continues to build skills in chords and strumming, two-finger (thumb lead, up-picking), and frailing; all practiced through classic and rare repertoire.
Funky Banjo, Level Two builds upon Level One’s lessons. The method book takes an in-depth look at two-finger playing techniques and adds what’s called “drop thumb” to frailing (“Thumping the ‘Jo”).
We include Thumb Lead, an alternate two-finger style, and introduce more complex chords, rhythms, and strums via tunes from the U.S., the Islands, and Africa.
We enhance your skills, grow your knowledge, and master the banjo.
There is always a story behind the song. Deeply rooted in culture, they reflect the history of their journey, and illuminate your playing.
Learn everything BUT Bluegrass. Techniques we teach include: single line melody playing, pinch-&-squeeze, thumb-finger playing, clawhammer, chord strumming and more.
Our repertoire spans the globe and centuries. Learn traditional songs from the African continent, tunes from the Islands and the Americas. Dabble with the Blues and some R&B, too!
Level Three is set for an early 2026 release. It takes you farther up the neck, dives into Thumpin’, and deepens techniques introduced in Levels One and Two. It also dives deeper into Black Banjo repertoire, and expands into non-Bluegrass three- and four-finger techniques to capture the groove of more modern songs. Fun stuff!
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