Classic Bluegrass Banjo Solos DVD
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DVD Cover Information
Actor: Tony TrischkaDirector: Happy Traum
Brand: Homespun
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 641567
Studio: Hal Leonard
Product features:
- Published by Homespun Video
- DVD taught by Tony Trischka
- Composer: Tony Trischka
Movie Reviews of Classic Bluegrass Banjo Solos DVD
Movie Review: Excellent DVD!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is such a great DVD. Having the tab (included in the DVD) and Tony to watch on the screen makes learning these tunes so easy!
As a more advanced player, I've often learned songs on my own. This leads to playing songs "your own way" instead of the way the original picker played them. Tony shows us the original way each song is picked, giving us not only a more accurate reproduction of the song, but a glimpse into the banjo masters that played them.
Easy to follow, I found each song to be fairly easy to play. I would say these are all pretty intermediate level songs. You will learn them quicker if you've been picking for a while. However, as dedicated beginner could probably benefit as well, if she takes takes the time to focus on one song until it's easy to play from memory.
Keep in mind though, that just because these songs are not too hard to pick up, that they represent some of the finest banjo picking of the classic players. In other words, while they might be fairly easy to learn, they are still masterpieces, and if you play close attention to Tony, you'll see the little nuances that make each tune finely-crafted.
Learn each of these songs as Tony plays them, and you will be picking exactly like the masters of the 5-string. This is a most wonderful DVD.
Summary of Classic Bluegrass Banjo Solos DVD
Tony Trischka teaches eleven classic pieces that are prime examples of banjo playing at its best. You?ll learn them, note-for-note, just as they were played by some of the greatest players in the history of the instrument. By learning these tunes you'll not only expand your repertoire, but in the process will also become more flexible in your ability to mix up various rolls, play in several keys without a capo and move more freely around the neck.Tony, who is widely known as one of the world?s top contemporary banjo players as well as a historian of banjo lore, performs each tune with the help of John McGann on guitar. He then slows it down, going over the tricky spots and explaining all the right and left hand techniques you?ll need to play it.
Here are the solos you?ll learn: John Henry (Earl Scruggs), Sitting on Top of the World (Alan Shelton), Gold Rush (Vic Jordan), Bye Bye Blues (Alan Shelton), Dixie Breakdown (Don Reno), Old Home Place (J. D. Crowe), Salt Creek (Bill Keith), Casey Jones (Bobby Thompson), Clinch Mountain Backstep (Ralph Stanley), Little Maggie (Bill Emerson), Doug?s Tune (Doug Dillard).
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