Bill Brown

Banjo by Ear: Box Set 1 Bill Brown

This Banjo by Ear box set is designed for the beginner banjo player who wants to learn the standard bluegrass tunes while progressing in proficiency. Here you will find song lessons at a beginner level as well as those at an intermediate level that will take the student into alternate tunings and positions up the neck. Included in this box set is the lesson “Banjo Basics,” designed to bring the absolute beginner up to speed on banjo terminology and techniques. At the other end of the spectrum is the lesson “Rhythms and Changes,” which builds the student’s knowledge of moveable chord shapes, tonal chords, and accompanying rhythm patterns.

Lessons include:

Banjo Basics
“Rhythms and Changes”
“Amazing Grace”
“American Pie” Accompaniment
“Ashokan Farewell”
“Blackberry Blossom”
“Bury Me beneath the Willow”
“Cumberland Gap”
“Dixie Hoedown”
“Eastbound and Down”
“Home Sweet Home”
“I Saw the Light”
“Jingle Bells”
“Kentucky Mandolin”
“Little Darling Pal of Mine”
“Mountain Dew”
“Mrs. Robinson” Accompaniment
“Oh, Susanna!”
“Old Dangerfield”
“Old Joe Clark”
“Pike County Breakdown”
“Red Rubber Ball” Accompaniment
“Redwing”
“The Star Spangled Banner”
“The Ballad of Jed Clampett” (Earl Scruggs)
“The Banks of the Ohio”
“This Land Is Your Land”
“Train 45”
“Wabash Cannonball”
“When the Saints Go Marching In”
“Whiskey before Breakfast”
“Wild and Restless Foam”
“Wreck of the Old 97”
show more