Do-It-Yourself Banjo: The Best Step-By-Step Guide to Start Playing by Mike Schmidt

Book excerpt: (Do It Yourself). Do-It-Yourself Banjo is a fun way to get started playing on your own. Using well-known bluegrass tunes, you will be given step-by-step instructions on what you need to know to get started and sounding like a pro in no time. Includes audio tracks for demonstration and play-along, plus video instruction by banjo teacher Mike Schmidt. Includes: banjo fundamentals; reading banjo tablature; right-hand rolls; left-hand techniques; chords & playing backup; melodic banjo; using a capo; tag licks and endings; banjo maintenance; demonstration and play-along audio tracks; video instruction and demonstration; and more. The price of this book includes access to audio and video online, for downloador streaming, using the unique code found inside. Includes PLAYBACK+, amulti-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, setloop points, change keys, and pan left or right available exclusively from Hal Leonard.