Ten Minute Warm Up Exercise Drills
These exercises are designed to practice a wide range of techniques from alternate picking, string crossing and finger strength and individuation We start at 60 beats per minute, and progressively speed up tempo and add complexity through to the 120 beats per minute option Pick the one that is best suited for your current level. […]
How To Accompany Irish Ballads & Songs On Tenor Banjo
Songs in this course: The Wild Rover Whiskey in the Jar Red is the Rose The Black Velvet Band Dirty Old Town I’ll Tell Me Ma Nancy Spain Love Will Never Conquer Me Sam Hall The Leaving of Liverpool Course Fundamentals: Chord Theory Using a Capo Strumming & Cross Picking Patterns
Session Bangers! Great Session Tunes
The tunes in this course are what we colloquially refer to as “bangers”! Great, driving session tunes, guaranteed to get pulses racing and feet tapping
Focus on Finger Work // Fretting // Left Hand
A series of tune lessons selected to demonstrate and teach different finger position options to accommodate difficult tunes or phrases
Simple Tunes – Easy Wins
A selection of easy, simple tunes for you to build confidence and repertoire
Develop Groove – Nyah, Bounce and Swing
How do you define the ineffable swing or groove of Irish music? This short course includes tune lessons that bring a focus to this aspect of Irish banjo playing
After The Jigs And Reels – What’s Left?
You’ve learned all the jigs and reels? Here is a selection of the lesser known tune types – hop jigs, barn dances, flings and more
Using Variations – The How, Why and When of it all
Variations. This is a really vast topic, and each individual player will have varying and changing methods for adding and creating variations in their music. In this course I offer bag’s of licks, multi options for varying tunes, and a series of lessons focused on the topic of how, why and where you can add […]
Simplifying the Dreaded 7th Fret!
This is a topic that comes up again and again. How do I play and stretch for those high B notes on Fret 7? This course will show you how to develop that stretch, but also offer some workarounds, especially in tunes that are just simply difficult to manage on the banjo
Refine Your Picking
You’ve learned the basics of alternate picking patterns, this course will double down on the this technique using a series of tune lessons selected for this very purpose
