Teaches Lessons: In Person
Styles: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Teacher Since: 1997
Pricing: $40
Listing Created: 4/1/2014
Listing Updated: 8/23/2014
I'm a novice Banjo student.
He's straight from the hills of Western North Carolina and he teaches Genuine Deep South 5-string Bluegrass Banjo.
He teaches PURE Bluegrass 5-string Banjo in the "old school" style by demonstrating, playing, showing, proving, listening, correcting, and playing along; note for note, and accompanying you with backup chunking, or fills, with either his Banjo or his Guitar.
If you want to focus on one particular Banjo artist like Earl Scruggs, Sonny Osborne, or J.D. Crowe, then he can guide you there too because he knows their unique individual styles.
He allows students to bring a recording device like video cam, or digital audio recorder.
He supplements his lessons with accurate tablature if available, when needed.
To me it's like I'm back in North Carolina at my house, on my front porch learning tunes with one of my 5-string neighbors.
He knows Banjos too. The action on my Banjo was too high and the coordinating rods were loose. I never wanted to play above the 5th fret because of this. I allowed him to look at it. He corrected and adjusted my Banjo fully and now I don't have to play only in the open position anymore.
-JG
- Jaysyn Slayde
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