Whiskey Before Breakfast - Beginner This free video lesson by Geoff Hohwald will teach you a beginning banjo version of the popular celtic / bluegrass tune Whiskey Before Breakfast. This lesson is surprisingly easy when you tune the 5th string up to an A note. If you want to learn two more great solos, go to the Premium Download for Whiskey Before Breakfast.
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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, how to locate all 12 major chords using those shapes, and how to play basic backup rhythm using those chords.
Moveable Major Chords 1 , the first lesson of this series, 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. $4.99
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This site is designed to teach you how to play the banjo. From beginner techniques like parts of the banjo to right and left hand technique, learning simple and more advanced arrangements of bluegrass songs, and how to improvise and make a song your own. If you have a suggestion for a new banjo video lesson please email geoff@cvls.com.
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