Do-It-Yourself Banjo

Hal Leonard’s ‘Do-It-Yourself’ series is aimed toward adult learners who want to learn musical skills and guarantee self-teaching success! Each book features lessons with audio and video support that demonstrate key elements. The explanations in each book are thorough and the audio lessons demonstrate concepts using “adult-friendly” music from artists like the Beatles, ZZ Top, Taylor Swift and more!

Do-It-Yourself Banjo provides step-by-step instructions on what you need to know to play this folk instrument. It uses well-known bluegrass tunes as examples and includes audio tracks for demonstration and play-along, plus video instruction. Topics covered in this book include banjo fundamentals, reading banjo tablature, right-hand rolls, left-hand techniques, chords and playing backup, melodic banjo, using a capo, tag licks and endings, and banjo maintenance.

Musical selections:

• Big Ben

• Black Mountain Rag

• Boil Them Cabbage Down

• Bury Me Beneath The Willow

• Cripple Creek

• Devil's Dream

• Down The Road

• Eighth Of January

• Flint Hill Special

• Foggy Mountain Chimes

• I'll Fly Away

• In Despair

• Mama Don't 'Low

• Old Joe Clark

• The Red Haired Boy

• Seeing Nellie Home

• Soldier's Joy

• There Is A Time

• Think Of What You've Done

• Wildwood Flower

• Will The Circle Be Unbroken