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Banjo Basics by Bill Brown
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Banjo Basics

A Banjo Lesson on the Basics of the Banjo

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Narrator Bill Brown

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Length 11 minutes
Language English
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In this quarter hour lesson you will learn the basic techniques and terminology of banjo playing that will allow you to jump right in to the Banjo By Ear lessons. This all-audio tutorial covers things like strings, frets, tuning, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and more. Completing this lesson will make it easier for you move through the other Banjo By Ear lessons since you will have most of the foundational techniques already โ€œunder your belt.โ€ This lesson is taught completely โ€œby earโ€ using no tab, music, or video.

Bill Brown began teaching music when he was in middle school alongside his mother, who was a respected classical piano teacher (Piano Teacherโ€™s Guild Hall of Fame Recipient). In the mid 1980s he started recording lessons for his students to take home to learn โ€œby ear.โ€ He discovered that learning songs without any print or video helped his students develop their ability to pick out other songs โ€œby earโ€ as well. The By Ear catalogue has rapidly expanded till now it includes over 1400 song lessons for more than a dozen instruments. Brown resides in South Georgia with his wife, also a music teacher, where he teaches and records lessons in his own private recording studio.

Bill Brown began teaching music when he was in middle school alongside his mother, who was a respected classical piano teacher (Piano Teacherโ€™s Guild Hall of Fame Recipient). In the mid 1980s he started recording lessons for his students to take home to learn โ€œby ear.โ€ He discovered that learning songs without any print or video helped his students develop their ability to pick out other songs โ€œby earโ€ as well. The By Ear catalogue has rapidly expanded till now it includes over 1400 song lessons for more than a dozen instruments. Brown resides in South Georgia with his wife, also a music teacher, where he teaches and records lessons in his own private recording studio.

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