It all starts with a hammer on on the second string and alternating thumb and index finger. That’s the beginning of this banjo lesson in the style of the most famous five string banjo tune, "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" by Earl Scruggs.
In the video excerpt above of this Tony Trischka online banjo lesson, the banjo master breaks down a little building block for creating Earl Scruggs-like solos from Tony’s Online School of Banjo.
At the IBMA 2012 World of Bluegrass conference, the ArtistWorks Academy of Bluegrass All-star players draw quite a crowd. Bryan Sutton, Missy Raines and Darol Anger play here in the booth while Tony Trischka does three interviews with noted banjo players: Kristen Scott Benson, Mark Johnson (winner of the 2012 Steve Martin Banjo Award) and Graham Sharp (Steep Canyon Rangers). Darol Anger taught at the fiddle clinic with Aubrey Haney and Mike Cleveland. More fun today at the IBMA.
At the IBMA 2012 World of Bluegrass conference, the ArtistWorks Academy of Bluegrass All-star players draw quite a crowd. Bryan Sutton, Missy Raines and Darol Anger play here in the booth while Tony Trischka does three interviews with noted banjo players: Kristen Scott Benson, Mark Johnson (winner of the 2012 Steve Martin Banjo Award) and Graham Sharp (Steep Canyon Rangers). Darol Anger taught at the fiddle clinic with Aubrey Haney and Mike Cleveland. More fun today at the IBMA.
A recent student of Bryan Sutton's flatpick guitar lessons has written an Academy of Bluegrass review. He's only been on the site for two weeks but already has some great things to say:
"All in all, it has been nothing but a complete delight to log in each day, and there is so much fun stuff going on that it's easy to get away from the real reason for signing up..the lessons. The video quality is fantastic (think homespun dvd quality), the instruction is top notch, and Bryan has really come into his own as a thoughtful teacher whose critical lens towards flatpicking has become all the way dialed in." - Flatpickin
Read his full review on the Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum and visit the ArtistWorks Academy of Bluegrass to sign up for Bryan's bluegrass guitar lessons!