Hal Leonard First 15 Lessons - Banjo (A Beginner's Guide, Featuring Step-By-Step Lessons and Bluegrass Songs!) Book/Media Online

The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor, 'll build a solid foundation as work through each lesson, learning the basics of the instrument and music reading while practicing the many exercises, concepts and song excerpts within. Must-know instruction so can start playing right away, with a free online tuner and metronome! This banjo book features video and print lessons by author and banjo master Kristin Scott Benson on: banjo fundamentals; music reading; tuning; three-finger Scruggs style; bluegrass banjo rolls; chords & scales; and slides, hammer-ones & pull-offs. Includes lead & backup banjo parts for these bluegrass songs: Boil Them Cabbage Down · Cripple Creek · Oh! Susanna · Old Joe Clark · When the Saints Go Marching In.