Banjo Lessons: 2 Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs

Course details

Learn how to play banjo with United States Artists Friends Fellow and multi-Grammy nominee Tony Trischka. For more than 35 years, Tony has inspired and instructed countless bluegrass and acoustic musicians. Learn at your own pace from the comfort of your home, or anywhere else you can carry your instrument and your learning device. This 4-part definitive video library includes hundreds of banjo lessons and performances, plus banjo tabs, backing tracks, and other study materials. Once you've mastered the fundamentals, Part 2 teaches you how to play more carefully, with increased speed and mastery, and use hammer-ons and pull-offs to play specific note combinations in a smooth and connected way. Tony introduces some exercises to help you correct your posture and train your ear, as well as variations of popular banjo tunes such as "John Hardy" and "Down in the Valley."

Learning objectives
Separating notes
Playing with others
Using the capo
Playing hammer-ons and pull-offs
Playing variations on classic tunes
Minding your posture
Training your ear
Building speed

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome

1. Playing with Others

02 - Separation of notes - Part 1
03 - Separation of notes - Part 2
04 - Hitting the head with the picks
05 - Keeping a positive attitude
06 - Playing with others - Part 1
07 - Playing with others - Part 2, beginning backup
08 - Playing with others - Part 3
09 - Using the capo - Part 1
10 - Using the capo - Part 2
11 - Metronome

2. Basic Embellishments

12 - Beginning hammer-ons - Part 1
13 - Beginning hammer-ons - Part 2, Shady Grove
14 - Beginning hammer-ons - Part 3, Mole in the Ground
15 - Tone
16 - Pull-offs - Part 1
17 - Pull-offs - Part 2, the 3-2 pull-off
18 - Pull-offs - Part 3, The Old Cat Died
19 - The Old Cat Died - Up the neck
20 - Pull-off etude - Part 1
21 - Pull-off etude - part 2

3. Variations on Basic Tunes

22 - Choking the 2-3 slide
23 - John Hardy, part 1 - Playing the syllables
24 - John Hardy, part 2 - Tag ending
25 - John Hardy, part 3 - Alternate chorus
26 - John Hardy, part 4 - Backup
27 - 3 4 time, Down in the Valley - Part 1
28 - 3 4 time, Down in the Valley - Part 2

4. Posture and Ear Training

29 - Standing position
30 - Ear training - Will the Circle Be Unbroken
31 - Finding the melody, When the Saints Go Marching In - Part 1
32 - Finding the melody, When the Saints Go Marching In - Part 2
33 - Record yourself

5. Playing Up the Neck and Building Speed

34 - Up the neck, part 1 - Boil Them Cabbage Down
35 - Up the neck, part 2 - Skip to My Lou
36 - Old Dan Tucker
37 - Changing a string
38 - Working on speed

Conclusion

39 - ArtistWorks and Next Steps