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Pike County Breakdown by Bill Brown Jr.
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Pike County Breakdown

A Lesson on the Banjo Solo โ€œPike County Breakdownโ€

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Narrator Bill Brown Jr.

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Length 1 hour 15 minutes
Language English
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This is a rather simple arrangement but gives you plenty of variations each time through the two sections. This makes it a great lesson for not only learning the song but in learning variations of a lot of standard banjo phasing including accompaniment. A full demonstration at two speeds is included as well as backing tracks at two speeds.

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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