Bluegrass Banjo For Dummies

Your guide to the bluegrass banjo sound!

You and your five-string banjo can make beautiful music together, even if you've never played a lick in your life. This book makes it simple to get started, practice your technique, and join in the band. Learn the skills you need for fretting and picking, playing backup and melody, following banjo tablature, and keeping your instrument in tip-top shape. Thanks to this straightforward book, including online video and audio instruction, you ll be playing recognizable tunes lickety-split. Time to join the bluegrass nation!

Inside...

• Play basic chords and patterns
• Interpret banjo tablature
• Tackle Scruggs, melodic, and single-string styles
• Invent your own solos
• Hold down rhythm parts
• Follow along with video and audio lessons at dummies.com