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5-String Banjo Lessons	Following is a compilation of lessons on 5-string banjo. We will divide the lessons into two categories: Beginner and Advanced. Our first lessons listed here are in the Beginner category. These lessons focus on basic three-finger styles which is the foundation for bluegrass banjo...and can be used for many other approaches to 5-string banjo including: classical, ragtime, jazz and rock. Beginner to Advanced 5-String Banjo Lessons How to Read Tablature for 5-String Banjo Banjo Lesson #1 Holding the Banjo Banjo Lesson #1b Tuning Your 5-String Banjo Banjo Lesson #1bb Right-Hand Positioning Banjo Lesson #1c Basic Chording Techniques Banjo Lesson #1d Your First Chord Progression Banjo Lesson #1e Your Second Chord Progression Banjo Lesson #2 (Forward Rolls) Banjo Lesson #2b (Forward Rolls with Chords) Banjo Lesson #3 (Alternating Rolls) Banjo Lesson #3b (Alternating Rolls with Chords) Banjo Lesson #4 (Forward/Reverse Rolls) Banjo Lesson #4b (Forward/Reverse Rolls with Chords) Banjo Lesson #5 (Reverse Rolls) Banjo Lesson #5b (Reverse Rolls with Chords) Banjo Lesson #6 Adding A Melody Banjo Lesson #7 Starting with the Basic Melody Banjo Lesson #8 Key of C Scale Studies Banjo Lesson #9 Key of G Scale Studies Banjo Lesson #10 Key of D Scale Studies Banjo Lesson #11 Key of D Scale Studies Banjo Lesson #12 Key of A Scale Studies Banjo Lesson #13 Key of A Scale Studies Banjo Lesson #14 Key of E Scale Studies Banjo Lesson #15 Key of E Scale Studies Banjo Lesson #16 Key of Bb Scale Studies Banjo Lesson #17 Key of Bb Scale Studies Banjo Lesson #18 Learning Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs Exercises for Further Development Banjo Exercises 1 (Chromatic Studies) General Information Banjo Maintenance (Care and Feeding of Your New Banjo) Practice Tips 5-String Banjo G Tuning Standard Sound File Beginner Melodies "Ode to Joy" Key of G Beginner Level "Old Joe Clark" Key of G Beginner Level "Eighth of January" Key of D Beginner Level Intermediate Melodies "Dixie" Key of G Intermediate Level "Dixie" Key of D Intermediate Level Advanced Melodies "Ode to Joy" Key of G Advanced Level "Red Haired Boy" Key of G Advanced Single String Style "Loch Lavan Castle" Key of Am Advanced Single String Style "Sailor's Hornpipe" Key of G Advanced Single String Style "Whiskey Before Breakfast" Key of G Advanced Single String Style 5-String Banjo Instructional Video: Introduction to the 5-String Banjo Return to Top of Page



		Melodic/Keith Style 5-String Banjo Lessons Lesson #1 Introduction to Melodic Banjo Lesson #2 Key of G Scale Studies Lesson #3 Key of C Scale Studies Lesson #4 "Red Haired Boy" Lesson #5 "Loch Lavan Castle" Lesson #6 "Sailor's Hornpipe" Lesson #7 "Whiskey Before Breakfast" Return to Top of Page Wisdom of the Wood Video Support Materials "Introduction to the 5-String Banjo" Tablature Transcriptions Banjo Exercises: Forward Rolls Banjo Exercises: Forward/Reverse Rolls Banjo Exercises: Thumb In and Out Rolls Banjo Exercises: Reverse Rolls Stay tuned for more transcriptions to come from the video release below: 5-String Banjo Instructional Video: Introduction to the 5-String Banjo

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