LEARNING BANJO IS EASY.
Whether your dream is to play clawhammer or bluegrass, you can learn banjo and learn quickly. Just follow our lessons in order.
LEARNING BANJO IS EASY.
Whether your dream is to play clawhammer or bluegrass, you can learn banjo and learn quickly. Just follow our lessons in order.
LEARNING BANJO IS EASY.
Whether your dream is to play clawhammer or bluegrass, you can learn banjo and learn quickly. Just follow our lessons in order.
You will Learn
Bluegrass Banjo
Also known as three-finger style or Scruggs-style (after Earl Scruggs whose innovative approach influenced generations of players) the picking consists of an up-picking motion by the fingers and a down-picking motion by the thumb. Traditionally the player wears finger picks on the thumb, index and middle fingers.
You will learn
Clawhammer Banjo
A much older style of banjo playing, often referred to as “old-time banjo”, clawhammer picking is primarily a down-picking style. The hand assumes a claw-like shape and the strumming finger is kept fairly stiff, striking the strings by the motion of the hand at the wrist and/or elbow, rather than a flicking motion by the finger.
“I WANTED TO LEARN BANJO SINCE THE 1980’s…”
Just before my 78th birthday, I decided it was about time to actually learn the banjo, something I’ve wanted to do since the 1980’s. I bought a new Deering Goodtime 5-string and searched YouTube for beginner lessons. I tried several before I discovered The Banjo Mountain, but when I did, I knew I’d found the right place to start.
H. Marc Lewis
Retired Software Programmer, Spokane WA
you will learn
Bluegrass Banjo
Also known as three-finger style or Scruggs-style (after Earl Scruggs whose innovative approach influenced generations of players) the picking consists of an up-picking motion by the fingers and a down-picking motion by the thumb.
Traditionally the player wears finger picks on the thumb, index and middle fingers.
you will learn
Clawhammer Banjo
A much older style of banjo playing, often referred to as “old-time banjo”, clawhammer picking is primarily a down-picking style.
The hand assumes a claw-like shape and the strumming finger is kept fairly stiff, striking the strings by the motion of the hand at the wrist and/or elbow, rather than a flicking motion by the finger.
your lessons start with
foundational banjo skills
To create rock solid banjo playing we start with the fundamental video lessons of how to hold the banjo, right hand position and techniques, left hand position and techniques, fretting, tuning and then into reading tablature and many more.
Just follow one video lesson after the other and drill the skills before moving on.
your lessons start with
foundational banjo skills
To create rock solid banjo playing we start with the fundamental video lessons of how to hold the banjo, right hand position and techniques, left hand position and techniques, fretting, tuning and then into reading tablature and many more.
Just follow one video lesson after the other and drill the skills before moving on.
then you will play
your first banjo song
Having developed the foundational skills to playing banjo we take you into playing your first song.
Next up, we take you through our Beginner Banjo Songs course. Each song has tablature and we’ve taught you how to read it (it’s easy!)
It’s official: you’re a banjo player.
then you will play
your first banjo song
Having developed the foundational skills to playing banjo we take you into playing your first song.
Next up, we take you through our Beginner Banjo Songs course. Each song has tablature and we’ve taught you how to read it (it’s easy!)
It’s official: you’re a banjo player.
then you will
jam with others
At this point you’ve learned many beginner banjo songs and are ready to spread your wings.
Our Intermediate courses teach you the skills you need to play banjo with others. As you develop your intermediate skills you will also develop new techniques for more complicated banjo songs.
then you will
jam with others
At this point you’ve learned many beginner banjo songs and are ready to spread your wings.
Our Intermediate courses teach you the skills you need to play banjo with others as well as more complicated banjo songs.
now comes
advanced banjo playing
Having learned intermediate skills and songs, we now take you into advanced techniques and our advanced banjo song library.
The dream has been realized and you are at the top of the mountain!
now comes
advanced banjo playing
Having learned intermediate skills and songs, we now take you into advanced techniques and our advanced banjo song library.
The dream has been realized and you are at the top of the mountain.
“I WANTED TO LEARN BANJO SINCE THE 1980’s…”
Just before my 78th birthday, I decided it was about time to actually learn the banjo, something I’ve wanted to do since the 1980’s.
I bought a new Deering Goodtime 5-string and searched YouTube for beginner lessons.
I tried several before I discovered The Banjo Mountain, but when I did, I knew I’d found the right place to start.
H. Marc Lewis
Retired Software Programmer, Spokane WA
“I WANTED TO LEARN BANJO SINCE THE 1980’s…”
Just before my 78th birthday, I decided it was about time to actually learn the banjo, something I’ve wanted to do since the 1980’s.
I bought a new Deering Goodtime 5-string and searched YouTube for beginner lessons.
I tried several before I discovered The Banjo Mountain, but when I did, I knew I’d found the right place to start.
H. Marc Lewis
Retired Software Programmer, Spokane WA
when you subscribe, you get access to:
200+ BANJO LESSONS
and both the bluegrass and clawhammer schools
A PERFECT LESSON
MULTIPLE CAMERA ANGLES TO CLEARLY SEE THE LEFT AND RIGHT HAND AS WELL AS THE INSTRUCTOR.
TABLATURE
ALL SONGS COME WITH TABLATURE (A MUSICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE SONG) AND WE TEACH YOU HOW TO READ IT. YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD AND PRINT THEM OUT.
CHAPTER MARKERS
USE CHAPTER MARKERS TO JUMP TO A PARTICULAR MEASURE OF THE SONG YOU ARE PRACTICING. TRY IT ON “PONY EXPRESS” BY CLICKING ON THE THREE LINES WITH DOTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VIDEO PLAYER BAR.
A PERFECT LESSON
MULTIPLE CAMERA ANGLES TO CLEARLY SEE THE LEFT AND RIGHT HAND AS WELL AS THE INSTRUCTOR. CHECK IT OUT IN “SHADY GROVE.”
TABLATURE
ALL SONGS COME WITH TABLATURE (A MUSICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE SONG) AND WE TEACH YOU HOW TO READ IT. YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD AND PRINT THEM OUT.
CHAPTER MARKERS
USE CHAPTER MARKERS TO JUMP TO A PARTICULAR MEASURE OF THE SONG YOU ARE PRACTICING. TRY IT ON “PONY EXPRESS” BY CLICKING ON THE THREE LINES WITH DOTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VIDEO PLAYER BAR.
FOLLOW THE PATH
Stop wasting time on Youtube. Follow our step-by-step path as we take you from the first step of how to hold a banjo into the proficiency of playing your first song!
TRACK YOUR PROGRESS
When you start a course, you can track how far along in the course you’ve progressed. Easily jump back to the lesson you left off at any time.
John has been teaching both Bluegrass and Clawhammer Banjo for over 30 years to students ranging from 5 years old to folks in their mid-seventies. He has toured the world playing banjo as well as recorded for artists like The Wrecking Crew.
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