The article Free Beginning Bluegrass Banjo Lesson has moved!

Issue # 90 - November/December 1984

I wrote this article back in 1984 and it has some good information that has stood the test of time. It will certainly give you a push in the right direction. However, my newest book, Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus! is EVEN BETTER. Why? It has 23 easy bluegrass songs written out so simply that ANYONE can play them. In fact, this may be the simplest banjo book ever written. Even more, it will teach you how to improvise, so you can play the songs differently each time. It comes with a FREE instructional CD. All for $19.95. If this book doesn't work for you, send it back for a full refund.

Free Beginning Bluegrass Banjo Lesson!

Wayne Erbsen

So you always wanted to play the banjo, eh? You picked up a nice one at a yard sale or got one for Christmas, and now you're wondering what to do with the darn thing. All the banjo books you've seen make you feel like an idiot, and you're about ready to trade your instrument for a garden tiller or maybe a food processor. But wait! This article was written just for you. It'll show you, in the most simplified terms possible, how to make music (and friends) with that cantankerous banjo of yours. Trust me.

Wayne Erbsen is Director of the Appalachian Music Program at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, North Carolina. Warren Wilson is the only college in the country that offers a degree in Appalachian music.

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