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Bluegrass Banjo & Beyond with Noam Pikelny

Master the banjo with Grammy-winning progressive bluegrass icon Noam Pikelny
  • Co-founder of internationally acclaimed bluegrass acts, Punch Brothers & Mighty Poplar
  • 11-time Grammy nominee with a Grammy win in 2019
  • 2-time International Bluegrass Music Association “Banjo Player of the Year”
  • Awarded the first annual Steve Martin Prize for “Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass” in 2010
  • Released 4 albums as a solo artist, 6 with Punch Brothers, 1 with Mighty Poplar, & 2 with Leftover Salmon
Bluegrass Banjo & Beyond: Learn more about Noam's course
  • Co-founder of internationally acclaimed bluegrass acts, Punch Brothers & Mighty Poplar
  • 11-time Grammy nominee with a Grammy win in 2019
  • 2-time International Bluegrass Music Association “Banjo Player of the Year”
  • Awarded the first annual Steve Martin Prize for “Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass” in 2010
  • Released 4 albums as a solo artist, 6 with Punch Brothers, 1 with Mighty Poplar, & 2 with Leftover Salmon
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  • 100s of banjo lessons at your own pace
  • All levels and styles of playing welcome
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Noam’s Online Banjo Course: The Ultimate Guide for Pickers of All Levels
  • 3 sections covering introductory methods to advanced techniques, tunes, & more
  • 160+ multi-angle video lessons for optimal learning and fretboard understanding
  • 155+ professionally recorded play-along backing tracks to accompany the lessons
  • Tablature, notation, and supplemental materials included
About Noam Pikelny
  • Co-founder of internationally acclaimed bluegrass acts, Punch Brothers & Mighty Poplar
  • 11-time Grammy nominee with a Grammy win in 2019
  • 2-time International Bluegrass Music Association “Banjo Player of the Year”
  • Awarded the first annual Steve Martin Prize for “Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass” in 2010
  • Released 4 albums as a solo artist, 6 with Punch Brothers, 1 with Mighty Poplar, & 2 with Leftover Salmon
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Bluegrass Banjo Lessons

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Basic

Backward Rolls - Practice Exercises
Backward Roll Study - “You Are My Sunshine” - Key of C
Getting Started - Introduction & Course Overview
Introduction to the Banjo - Nuts & Bolts Terminology
Basic Tuning - Tuning Reference
How to Tune the Banjo - Basic Tuning Methods & Tips
Introduction to Tablature, Counting & Using a Metronome
Finger Picks
Basic Right Hand Position
First Picking Exercises
Basic Left Hand Fretting Technique
Introduction to Basic Chords - Open Position G, C, D & D7
Basic Chords - Shifting Exercises
Basic Chords - “You Are My Sunshine”
Forward Rolls - Practice Exercises
Forward Rolls - “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”
Foggy Mountain Breakdown Roll - Practice Exercises
Foggy Mountain Breakdown Roll - “Old Time River Man”
Pinches & Boom Chuck Rhythm - Practice Exercises
Pinches & Boom Chuck Rhythm -“Grandfather's Clock” Practice Excerpt
Pinches & Boom Chuck Rhythm -“Goodbye Liza Jane” Practice Excerpt
4 Note Rolls: Cripple Creek Roll, In & Out Roll and Variations
4 Note Rolls - “Grandfather's Clock" Practice Excerpt
4 Note Rolls - “Goodbye Liza Jane" Practice Excerpt
Forward Backward Roll - Practice Exercises
Forward Backward Roll - Variations & Practice Etude
Forward Backward Roll Version 2 - Practice Exercises
Forward Backward Roll Version 2 - Practice Etudes
Forward Backward Roll - “Two Dollar Bill (Long Journey Home)”
Osborne/Bill Cheatham Roll - Practice Exercises
Osborne/Bill Cheatham Roll - “We Shall Overcome” Practice Excerpt
Osborne/Bill Cheatham Roll - “Bill Cheatham”
Slides - Practice Exercises
Slides - Practice Etude
Hammer-Ons - Practice Exercises
Hammer-Ons - Practice Etude
Pull-Offs - Practice Exercises
Pull-Offs - Practice Etude
“Cripple Creek” - Scruggs Style
Forward Rolls Revisited - Longer Pattern Practice Exercises
Forward Rolls Revisited - Longer Pattern Practice Etude
“You Are My Sunshine” - Longer Forward Roll Patterns
More Chords - Closed Position D, G & G7
Miscellaneous Topics
More Chords - Open Position Em, Am, A & A7
“Dink's Song”
Playing in a Minor Key - “Wayfaring Stranger”
Basic Up the Neck Chord Positions - Root & 1st Inversion G, C & D
More Chords - F, Dm, Bb & C7
“Banks of the Ohio” - Key of F
“Goodbye Liza Jane” - 3 Finger Style - Key of G
“John Hardy” - 3 Finger Style - Key of G
Backward Rolls - “John Hardy”
Using a Capo
“Old Joe Clark” - 3 Finger Style - Capo 2
“Wreck of the Old 97”
Elemental Scruggs Phrases - “Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms” - Key of G
“Little Maggie” - Bending/Choking the Third String
“Sally Goodin” - Up the Neck - 3 Finger Style
Patterns and Rolls for Waltzes
Rolling Backup Demystified
“Irene Goodnight” - Key of G
Barely Single String - Practice Exercise
Backward Slides - “Rye Whiskey”

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Intermediate

Introduction to Intermediate
Essential Music Theory
Introduction to Diatonic Chord Study
Diatonic Chords: Root Position - Chord Shapes and Qualities
Diatonic Chords: Root Position - Triads within the Position
Diatonic Chords: Root Position - Sixths within the Position
Diatonic Chords: Root Position - Thirds within the Position
Diatonic Chords: 1st Inversion - Chord Shapes and Qualities
Diatonic Chords: 1st Inversion - Triads within the Position
Diatonic Chords: 1st Inversion - Sixths within the Position
Diatonic Chords: 1st Inversion - Thirds within the Position
Diatonic Chords: 2nd Inversion - Chord Shapes and Qualities
Diatonic Chords: 2nd Inversion - Triads within the Position
Diatonic Chords: 2nd Inversion - Thirds within the Position
Triad Shifting Exercises - Top 3 Strings - Part 1
Triad Shifting Exercises - Top 3 Strings - Part 2
Outlining D7 Using Triads - F# Diminished & Am
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” - Up the Neck - Triads & Sixths
“Banks of the Ohio” - Up the Neck - Triads & Sixths
Harmonics
“Grandfather's Clock” - Up the Neck - Triads & Sixths
C Major Diatonic Chords: Root, 1st & 2nd Inversion & Triad Extractions
C Major Diatonic Chords: Triads, Thirds & Sixths
“You Are My Sunshine” - Up the Neck - Triads & Sixths
“John Hardy” - Up the Neck - Triads & Sixths
“Wreck of the Old 97” - Up the Neck - Triads, Thirds & Sixths
Introduction to Melodic Style
“The Girl I Left Behind Me” - Melodic Style
G Major Melodic Practice Etude
“Blackberry Blossom” - Melodic Style
“Cripple Creek” - Melodic Style
“Goodbye Liza Jane” - Melodic Style - Thirds and Sixths
D Melodic Study & Etudes
“St. Anne's Reel” - Melodic Style
C Melodic Study & Etudes
“Billy in the Lowground” - Melodic Style
“Gold Rush” - Melodic & 3 Finger Style
Introduction to Single String
Single String: String Crossings
Single String - G Scales Out of Open Position
“Sally Goodin” - Basic Single String - Open Position
Miscellaneous Topics
“Leather Britches” - Single String - Open Position
Single String - G Dominant 7 Scales Out of Open Position
“Old Joe Clark” - Single String - Capo 2
How to Fill Single String Rests Precisely and In Time
“Gold Rush” - Single String - Open Position
Single String - D Scales Out of Open Position
“Whiskey Before Breakfast” - Single String - Open Position
Playing Slow 4/4 Songs with a Shuffle Feel
“You Are My Sunshine” - Playing with a Shuffle Feel
Playing Waltzes with a Shuffle Feel
“Irene Goodnight” - Playing with a Shuffle Feel
“Lonesome Moonlight Waltz”

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Advanced

Introduction to Advanced
What Defines a Left Hand Position?
4 Note Diatonic 7th Chord Voicings
Introduction to Modes
Single String Closed Scales: G Major Modes - Index Leading
Single String Closed Scales: G Major Modes - Middle/Ring Leading
Single String Closed Scales: G Major Modes - Pinky Leading
Single String Closed Scales: G Major Modes Across 3 Positions with 2 Shifts
Single String Closed Scales: G Major Modes In 3rds
“Sally Goodin” - Up The Neck - Closed Single String
“Blackberry Blossom” - Up The Neck - Closed Single String
“Goodbye Liza Jane” - Closed Single String
Single String Closed Scales: Introduction to D & C Major Modes
“Whiskey Before Breakfast” - Up the Neck - Closed Single String
“St. Anne's Reel” - Closed Single String
“Billy in the Lowground” - Closed Single String
Introduction to Single String Triplets
Single String Triplets - 1st String - No String Crossings - Right Hand Only
Single String Triplets - 2nd String - No String Crossings - Right Hand Only
Single String Triplets - 3rd String - No String Crossings - Right Hand Only
Single String Triplets - 4th String - No String Crossings - Right Hand Only
Single String Triplets - 1st String - No String Crossings - Both Hands
Single String Triplets - 2nd String - No String Crossings - Both Hands
Single String Triplets - 3rd String - No String Crossings - Both Hands
Single String Triplets - 4th String - No String Crossings - Both Hands
Single String Triplets - No String Crossings - ”Eighth of January”
Single String Triplets - No String Crossings - ”Whiskey Before Breakfast”
Introduction to Single String Triplets with String Crossings
Single String Triplets with String Crossings - Ascending - Right Hand Only
Single String Triplets with String Crossings - Ascending - Both Hands
Single String Triplets with String Crossings - Descending - Right Hand Only -TMI
Single String Triplets with String Crossings - Descending - Both Hands -TMI
Single String Triplets with String Crossings - Descending - Right Hand Only -TIM
Single String Triplets with String Crossings - Descending - Both Hands -TIM
Single String Triplets with String Crossings - “Blackberry Blossom”
Single String Triplets with String Crossings - “St. Anne's Reel”
Closed Melodic Playing: 4 Note Cells - Introduction
Closed Melodic Playing: 4 Note Cells - Practice Exercises
Closed Melodic Playing: 5 Note Cells - Introduction
Closed Melodic Playing: 5 Note Cells - Practice Exercises
“Waveland” -NEW!
Miscellaneous Topics
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