The Banjo According: Licks, Ideas & Music Vol.2 (DVD)

Publisher : Homespun Tapes
Series: DVD/Instructional/Folk Instruments
60-minute DVD, includes tab

On this second DVD, John Hartford once again imparts numerous ideas and a myriad of techniques for the learning player. He explains chromatic scales and teaches his famous "slide whistle" lick, which allows you to play ear-catching runs that will enhance any tune. You'll also learn to add color and excitement to your banjo solos with John's trademark "fiddle style" melodic licks, which you will learn to play anywhere on the fingerboard. Sally Goodin and Old Time River Man provide the perfect examples for this dynamic technique.

Advice using a metronome and a tape recorder for your practice sessions to detailed, licks based on diminished and augmented chords, banjo back up licks, pushing the beat, how to create "accidental counterpoint," and how John writes his original breakdowns for banjo.

include:
Leather Britches (backup)
Goin Back to Dixie
Cackling Hen
Annual Waltz
Your Tax Dollars at Work
Lorena
Boogie
Foggy Mountain Landscape