Absolute Beginners - Banjo | Complete Picture Guide to Playing the 5-String Banjo | Step-by-Step Instruction Songbook with Audio and Online Access | Learn Banjo for Adults and Kids
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The Easiest Way to Learn the 5-String Banjo * The Absolute Beginners Banjo by Bill Evans is the perfect starting point for anyone eager to learn the 5-string banjo. Designed with an owner’s manual approach, this guide is packed with step-by-step pictures that take you from basic exercises to playing your first complete songs. Whether you're an adult or a child, this beginner-friendly method simplifies the learning process, making it easier than ever to master the banjo. * * Comprehensive Banjo Instruction for All Ages * This look-and-learn course is ideal for beginners. The clear pictures illustrate each step of the learning process, making it easy to follow along and understand the mechanics of playing. You'll also find practical advice on setting up, playing, and maintaining your banjo, ensuring that you can start playing right away and take proper care of your instrument. * * Access Online Audio Tracks and Full-Length Accompaniments * Included with the book is online access to audio tracks, featuring full-length accompaniments so you can play along and get the sound just right. The audio features PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right, giving you the flexibility to practice at your own pace. * * Ideal for Banjo Students and Music Teachers * Whether you’re looking for a way to learn the basics of banjo or teaching someone else, Absolute Beginners Banjo is an excellent music teacher resource. With its easy-to-follow steps, it's perfect for banjo students of all ages and a fantastic gift for aspiring banjo players. * * Songs Included: * Man of Constant Sorrow * Skip to My Lou * Will the Circle Be Unbroken * Long Journey Home. Review: Easy to follow - Ideal beginners tutorial. Review: A good place to start - If you're 100% fresh to playing a banjo, or have never played a guitar, then the Absolute Beginners Banjo book is a great place to begin. It starts off introducing the banjo to you, naming the various parts and talks a bit about tuning. It then moves on by teaching you your first chords with some classic Bluegrass songs to learn. The accompanying CD is helpful to hear the examples in the book and also provides backing tracks for you to play along to of each of the various songs. Obviously the 5-string banjo is not all about strumming a few chords, so the book quickly moves on to teaching a few classic finger picking styles. It's very easy to follow with clear illustrations and tips on techniques. If you play another stringed instrument such as a guitar, then you may find the first half of the book a bit too basic. I already play guitar so for me I jumped well over half, and being a short book there wasn't much left for me to get from it. But then it is an ABSOLUTE beginners book and with that in mind, it;s an excellent and friendly place to start.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 923 Reviews |
N**E
Easy to follow
Ideal beginners tutorial.
S**R
A good place to start
If you're 100% fresh to playing a banjo, or have never played a guitar, then the Absolute Beginners Banjo book is a great place to begin. It starts off introducing the banjo to you, naming the various parts and talks a bit about tuning. It then moves on by teaching you your first chords with some classic Bluegrass songs to learn. The accompanying CD is helpful to hear the examples in the book and also provides backing tracks for you to play along to of each of the various songs. Obviously the 5-string banjo is not all about strumming a few chords, so the book quickly moves on to teaching a few classic finger picking styles. It's very easy to follow with clear illustrations and tips on techniques. If you play another stringed instrument such as a guitar, then you may find the first half of the book a bit too basic. I already play guitar so for me I jumped well over half, and being a short book there wasn't much left for me to get from it. But then it is an ABSOLUTE beginners book and with that in mind, it;s an excellent and friendly place to start.
N**K
Beginner banjo
Good for beginners, lots of info to get you started, Cd disk included, though not everyone will use a disk nowadays, this could be updated.
R**K
Simply the best BASIC book.
This is probably the best little book you can ever buy, if you want to learn the basics of how to understand and play a 5 string banjo. I have read it from cover to cover many times and I have learnt something new every time I read it. As a complete novice it has put me on the right path to learn and play this wonderful instrument. It takes you through the anatomy of a 5 string banjo, how to change strings, how to tune it, how to hold it, and more importantly how to learn to play it. When you have followed this book, you will be able to play songs using basic chords You will be able to read and understand how banjo music is written. You will learn to play rolls which are the building blocks of bluegrass banjo music. I cannot recommend this book more highly. The free tutorial CD that comes with this book is outstanding.
B**B
Good book
Useful, especially on tuning!
W**S
Expected online audio access rather than a CD based on photographic image of book cover
Expected this to include an online audio link as indicated on image of cover, but it arrived with a CD so will probably return it. Contents of book look good though.
O**G
Good
Good book for beginner
S**E
Banjo stuff
Good book to encourage progress
A**N
livre tres succinct, manque les accords de base ... pas d'audio avec le kindle
tout petit livre, quelques morceaux interessants pour débuter mais il n'y a meme pas tous les accords : seulement sol do ré ... c'est quand meme un peu juste je l'ai pris en kindle et bien sur ... pas d epossibilité de récupérer les audios pas l'achat du siecle en somme....
C**N
José Antonio Rodríguez
Aunque está en inglés, no es un obstáculo para el que no entiendo da el idioma, ya que las explicaciones son conocidas y claras. Buen método para iniciarse.
B**N
Good book.
This book should give me the start I need to play some Banjo stuff.
S**R
Great beginning banjo lesson book.
I found this book to be great. I had never played the banjo before and this was an easy to understand and drill along with the CD book. I hope there is a second book in this series. I got a book from a different author and I need more basic instruction before moving on.
J**T
Für Einsteiger
Habe das Buch an einen Banjo Neuling verschenkt. Er war begeistert.
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