Fundamentals of Five String Banjo

Chapters

• 1 How to Read Tablature
• 2 Holding the Banjo and Using the Picks
• 3 The Parts of a 5-string Banjo
• 4 Tuning your Banjo
• 5 Timing Explanation
• 6 Banjo Rolls Description
• 7 Learning the Rolls
• 8 More Tips on Right Hand Positioning
• 9 The Position of Your Picking Hand
• 10 Alternating Thumb Roll & Forward Roll
• 11 Forward-Reverse Roll & Backward Roll
• 12 "Doug Dillard" Roll & Single String Roll
• 13 Fretting Hand Positioning
• 14 Fretting Hand Exercises
• 15 Learning Some Chords
• 16 Learning to Play a Song by Rolls and Chords
• 17 Timing Review
• 18 Timing Exercises Using a Metronome
• 19 Practicing Tips
• 20 Memorizing Tips
• 21 Boil That Cabbage Down (Forward Roll)
• 22 Boil That Cabbage Down (Foggy Mountain Breakdown Roll)
• 23 Boil That Cabbage Down (Forward-Backward Roll)
• 24 Banjo in the Hollow
• 25 Learning the Slide, Hammer-on, & Pull-off
• 26 Tips on Slides
• 27 Tips on Pull-offs
• 28 Tips on Hammer-ons
• 29 Tom Dooley
• 30 Old Time Religion
• 31 Two Dollar Bill
• 32 Cripple Creek
• 33 Blackberry Blossom
• 34 John Henry
• 35 More Chords
• 36 Chord Exercises
• 37 Closing