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Levenson has authored numerous books on fiddle and clawhammer-style banjo playing, along with instructional CDs and videos. [5] Levenson, Dan (2003). Clawhammer Banjo from Scratch – A Guide for the Claw-less!. Mel Bay Publications. p. 128. ISBN 0786671335. [3] [4] Levenson, Dan (2008). Gospel Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo. Mel Bay Publications ...
Pete Wernick (born February 25, 1946), also known as "Dr. Banjo", is an American musician. [1]He is a five-string banjo player in the bluegrass music scene since the 1960s, founder of the Country Cooking and Hot Rize bands, Grammy nominee and educator, with several instruction books and videos on banjo and bluegrass, and a network of bluegrass jamming teachers called The Wernick Method.
ArtistWorks, LLC is an online music learning education platform based out of Napa, CA.ArtistWorks was founded by David and Patricia Butler in 2008. [1] The company developed a proprietary patented system for interacting with teachers based upon online Video Exchange Learning [2] which students use to upload videos of themselves playing and ArtistWorks instructors respond with video feedback ...
Peabody also developed a special electric banjo—first with Vega, and later with the Fender Company and Rickenbacker—called the Banjoline. It was tuned as a plectrum banjo but with the 3rd and 4th strings doubled in octaves, as on a 12-string guitar. [3] Although seldom performed on today, it is a highly prized collector's item.
Reflecting the cultures that settled North America, the roots of old-time music are in the traditional musics of the British Isles, [2] Europe, and Africa. African influences are notably found in vocal and instrumental performance styles and dance, as well as the often cited use of the banjo; in some regions, Native American, Spanish, French and German sources are also prominent. [3]
Banjo, "standard roll patterns", on G major chord: Play forward ⓘ (above), Play backward ⓘ, Play mixed ⓘ, and Play forward-reverse ⓘ. [1] [3]Beginning with his first recordings with Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, and later with Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, Earl Scruggs introduced a vocabulary of "licks", short musical phrases that are reused in many ...
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Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson, 1893, Hampton University Museum. Gift to museum by Robert C. Ogden. [1] The Banjo Lesson is an 1893 oil painting by African-American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner. It depicts two African-Americans in a humble domestic setting: an old black man is teaching a young boy – possibly his grandson – to play the ...