First Lessons Tenor Banjo (book/CD/DVD)

Mel Bay Publications
DVD Duration 47 minutes

First Lessons Tenor Banjo – The great sound of tenor banjo is a cornerstone of Dixieland and traditional jazz. Using classic favorites, Joe Carr teaches the basics of accompaniment, basic melody and the popular chord melody style. Chords and melody are combined to produce professional sounding solo arrangements.

This book/CD-DVD combo includes play-along practice tracks that speed up the learning process. It doesn’t get any easier! Tenor Banjo Story.

The Tenor Banjo and Its Parts

• Holding the Banjo
• The Pick
• Hand Placement
• Tuning
• Let's Play - The F & C Chords
• Using the Book
• Strumming
• Skip To My Lou - Strums
• Picking
• Skip To My Lou
• Aura Lee
• Wait Til the Sun Shines Nellie
• Hello My Baby
• Ballin the Jack
• The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise
• What a Friend
• Chinatown, My Chinatown
• Peg Of My Heart