Bluegrass Banjo For Dummies: Book + Online Video & Audio Instruction

Bluegrass Banjo For Dummies is the definitive guide to mastering the most popular banjo-playing skills and techniques. If you've always wanted to strum and pick a five-string, but never knew where to start — or if you'd like to polish your bluegrass licks — this book provides the instruction you'll need to take your playing to a new level. The accompanying online video and audio instruction helps drive home the key points, and makes for a great interactive experience to brush up on your roll patterns, picking, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and a whole lot more!

Bluegrass is taking the music scene by storm all over again and permeating other genres, including rock, pop, folk, and country music. With this widespread popularity, and the introduction of bluegrass into university music programs, the time to brush up on these newly-popular, old-school techniques is now.

• Join such famous acts as Mumford and Sons, the Avett Brothers, Alan Jackson, and Bela Fleck by adding bluegrass banjo to your repertoire
• Use online video and audio instruction to truly hone your technique and style
• Expand your abilities in other genres with techniques that cross over into other styles
• Get to know roll patterns and start picking, hammering-on, and pulling-off with aplomb

For the aspiring bluegrass banjo player, Bluegrass Banjo For Dummies is the definitive resource to picking like a pro!

Bill Evans has helped thousands of people to play the five-string banjo through his instructional workshops, music camps, DVDs, books, and recordings. He has performed on stages all over the world, his recordings have topped folk and bluegrass charts, and he has mentored many of today's top young professional players. Bill shares the shortcuts and secrets he has developed in more than 35 years of teaching to help all banjo players sound their best.