Play the Banjo - Free Beginner Banjo Lessons with Tab and MP3 Tracks

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BLUEGRASS JAM TRACKS My favorites for beginners and intermediate players. Grab the free samples and try them out today.

FREE BANJO LESSONS - by Bradley Laird

HOW TO GET STARTED
Are you looking for free banjo lessons online? Well, you've come to the right place! I have been playing banjo since 1975 and teaching since 1982. I originally wrote this series of banjo lessons for my private students. Recently, I decided to put them on the web and give them away for free.

If you prefer to try picking the banjo in the "clawhammer" or "frailing" style then please check out my other free banjo lesson site.

FEATURED VIDEO LESSON Here is a free video banjo lesson on how to change a banjo string:

More video lessons here.

INDEX OF FREE BANJO LESSONS:

Lesson 1		Introduction & Parts of the Banjo
Lesson 2		Finger Picks & How to Hold the Banjo
Lesson 3		Right and Left Hand Positions
Lesson 4		How to Tune the Banjo
Lesson 5		Tuning to a Guitar, Checking Your Tuning
Lesson 6		How to Read Banjo Tab (Tablature)
Lesson 7		Playing the Thumb-Pinch & The Thumb In and Out Roll
Lesson 8		Exercises & Fretting Notes
Lesson 9		How to Play Slides
Lesson 10		Hammer-ons and FIRST SONG - B Part of Cripple Creek
Lesson 11		Two Exercises & The Long Slide
Lesson 12		Complete Song - A & B Parts of Cripple Creek
Lesson 13		How to Play Pull-Offs, New B Part to Cripple Creek
Lesson 14		New tune - Cumberland Gap and 4 New Rolls
Lesson 15		Beginning banjo chords
Lesson 16		More Chords!
Lesson 17		Playing Rolls while Changing Chords
Lesson 18		A Few New Licks & the song Boil Them Cabbage Down
Lesson 19		The song Worried Man Blues
Lesson 20		The song Little Maggie
Glossary		This is a great page to read when your fingers get sore.
Bonus		Free Printable Basic Banjo Chord Chart
Bonus		Free Jam Session Tune Cheat Sheets

If learning to play using tablature is giving you fits try my Play Banjo By Ear video course:

These 5 video lessons (over 2 hours total) might be just the thing to make it all "click" for you. I have discovered that not everyone's brains operate the same way. For some people, especially in the early stages of learning, printed tab and chord charts just looks like "chicken scratchin'" and TAB just gets in the way of learning. These videos are a "monkey see, monkey do" method and you should try it and see if it works for you.

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The lessons on this website are devised to get you off the ground playing Scruggs style 5 string banjo. It is a complete beginning banjo introduction. You will learn to read tablature. You will how to tune and how to play banjo rolls. You will learn basic banjo chords. You will learn to pick some popular jam session tunes. These free banjo lessons include the tab and MP3 audio tracks so you can hear how it should sound!

This series of banjo lessons is perfect for homeschoolers, self-directed learners, and people without access to a good banjo teacher.

If you prefer to try picking the banjo in the "clawhammer" or "frailing" style then please check out my other free banjo lesson site.

THE EASY, NO WORK, HOW TO PLAY DUELING BANJOS METHOD:

A Bonus Free Lesson

Since I mentioned Dueling Banjos, if you want to impress a few drunks at the next party, go to lesson 15, learn the C chord and the one handed G chord. Strum the G three times, the C once, and the G once more--and pass the hat for your tips. They will pay you money to stop! (You have to learn but one fairly simple chord.)

If you recently bought a banjo be sure to click here for advice.

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