Welcome to Banjo Mountain
LEARN BANJO
Welcome to Banjo Mountain
LEARN BANJO

LEARN BANJO TODAY

Whether your dream is to play clawhammer or bluegrass, you can learn banjo and learn quickly. Just follow our lessons in order.

Learn Banjo

you will learn both

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.

About Bluegrass

 …and 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.

About Clawhammer

praise from our

banjo mountain community

H. Marc Lewis

H. Marc Lewis

Retired Software Programmer, Spokane WA

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.

Belinda M.

Belinda M.

Adirondacks, NY

I started playing banjo about a year ago. I started with bluegrass style as I really wanted to play along with my husband and his guitar. Later I decided to try claw hammer style as well. Banjo Mountain has both!

I have corrected some bad habits I learned while using Youtube and I am really doing well now. Banjo Mountain lessons are very helpful and I am feeling more successful!

Craig Mills

Craig Mills

Stateside via the U.K.

Eureka! I found it. After 3 years of frustration, being stuck at the same old stage in banjo lessons, I suddenly realized my classes were being taught by Guitar Players and not Banjo players.

I searched the web for a solution.  And there it was: Banjo Mountain.

It has fantastic go-at-your-own-pace lessons that are reasonably priced with great instruction and online help.  Simply the best banjo classes available.  ANYWHERE!

Ethan F.

Ethan F.

California

As a chiropractic teacher, I recognize that not everyone who is good at something is equally good at teaching it, and John is very, very good at both teaching and playing.

He is detailed without over-laboring the student.  He does not miss steps because they come so easily to him, as some instructors do, but knows what the next easy small step is and teaches it clearly.

Banjo Mountain makes learning banjo fun and I look forward to getting better every day.

when you subscribe, you get access to:

200+ BANJO LESSONS

and both the bluegrass and clawhammer schools

You 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...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...skills to 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.

Finally...Advanced 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.

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.

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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