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By Ear From Scratch: “Angelina Baker”

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The Ear Laboratory – Creating Songs from Scratch

As one of the resources in the Ear Laboratory, I’ll be creating videos where we move, step by step, through the process of building a clawhammer banjo song, by ear, from the ground up. This and the other resources in the Ear Lab are an extension of the “Playing By Ear” modules inside of the […]

MODULE: The Elements of Tone

From “Plunky” to “Ringy” and Everything In-Between(y) Optimizing Your Banjo’s Voice One of the more unique features of the banjo is the fact that it can be tweaked and modified in so many different ways. One single banjo is capable of a huge range of potential sounds. And so understanding what your banjo is capable […]

Getting Started Playing By Ear, Final Lesson

  Welcome to the final lesson in the Getting Started Playing By Ear course. In the first two installments in the course, we reviewed how to go about finding the melody for songs (music with words) and tunes (music without words), the latter being the slightly more challenging of the two. (If you need a […]

BREAKTHROUGH BANJO Table of Contents

Below is the Table of Contents for the Breakthrough Banjo Course Materials (full descriptions of each course are on the Member Home Page).   FOUNDATIONS “Clawhammer Banjo in 8 Essential Steps” Course PRIMARY LEARNING MODULES MODULE 1: Chords and Tunes in Standard G Tuning MODULE 2: Drop Thumb Without Tears MODULE 3: Double C Tuning […]

Getting Started Playing By Ear, Lesson 2

In lesson 1, we began our first foray into the world of picking out music by ear by finding the basic melody notes for a few songs on the banjo. The good news is that, if you were able to find the notes of the song on the banjo, then you’ve already conquered the fundamental […]