Rhythm & Backup 101 Series by Geoff Hohwald is a series of Quicktime video lessons designed to teach beginners how to play the 3 major chord shapes, 3 minor chord shapes, how to locate all 12 major and 12 minor chords using those shapes, and how to play basic backup rhythm using those chords. For free tips on playing backup read Geoff's Thoughts on Backup.
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Moveable Major Chords 1
This video lesson teaches using the barre chord shape, along with the Chromatic Scale, to produce all 12 major chords on the banjo. You will learn to play these chords with 4 bluegrass style songs. 4 MP3 practice tracks and an 8 page PDF file are included.
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Code: BJ42
Length: 24 minutes
Size: 122.8 mb
Price: $4.99
Moveable Major Chords 2
This video lesson expands on Lesson 1 and teaches using the "G" chord shape, along with the Chromatic Scale, to produce all 12 major chords on the banjo. You will also learn several right hand picking options. 6 MP3 practice tracks and a 10 page PDF file are included.
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Code: BJ43
Length: 26 minutes
Size: 124.2 mb
Price: $4.99
Moveable Major Chords 3
This video lesson expands on Lesson 2 and teaches using the "D" chord shape and how to use the "chord cluster concept" to efficiently group chords together using multiple shapes. You will also learn to play the "off beat" bluegrass rhythm. 6 MP3 practice tracks and a 14 page PDF file are included.
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Code: BJ44
Length: 22 minutes
Size: 107 mb
Price: $4.99
Moveable Minor Chords
Lots of bluegrass songs (such as Foggy Mountain Breakdown, The Ballad of Jed Clampett, and Rocky Top) use minor chords. This video lesson teaches you how to convert the three major chord shapes taught in in the previous lesson into minor chords. In addition, Geoff teaches you how to mix various chord shapes into easier to play "chord clusters." You will learn to play these chords with 5 bluegrass style songs. 5 MP3 practice tracks and an 6 page PDF file are included.
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Code: BJ45
Length: 32 minutes
Size: 133.7 mb
Price: $4.99
Using Chord Clusters
This lesson continues the process of learning to play backup chords and rhythm. In this video Geoff goes into more depth on the concept of using chord clusters to add efficiency to your left hand movements and to make your playing more musically interesting. The lesson teaches a new right hand picking pattern and you'll get practice playing along with Old Joe Clark, John Hardy, Little Maggie and Soldier's Joy. 4 MP3 practice tracks and a 3 page PDF file are included.
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Code: BJ46
Length: 24 minutes
Size: 101.7 mb
Price: $4.99
Combining Backup Patterns
This lesson complete this 6 lesson series on playing chords and rhythm backup. Several new backup licks are taught in this lesson and 4 complete backup arrangements are taught which combine all the ideas presented so far. Good banjo players do not generally play one basic lick over and over and over... they mix ideas to keep it interesting. After you complete this lesson you'll know how to do that too! Download includes 3 MP3 practice tracks and an 8 page PDF file with all the tablature.
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Code: BJ47
Length: 24 minutes
Size: 99.5 mb
Price: $4.99
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