LEARN TO JAM ON BANJO

Play Banjo By Ear and Learning the Chords

Ross Nickerson introduces two new DVDs designed to help banjo students learn the easy way to play,
the important things to practice and how to see the forest through the trees.

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.......Thanks for the DVDs. Well, you have really done it now. These DVDs are what I have needed and been looking for nearly 20 years. My progress on the banjo is much faster now. .For many years, I have been wanting to learn how to keep a driving rhythm through a song. These DVDs explain and demonstrate exactly how to do that. Learning is much faster. Backup is easier and songs are easier to play by ear. Now I know what you meant when you used to say "I never play it the same way twice" and I was frustrated by that. How the hell can one learn something when the teacher never does it the same way twice? Now I know. I just wish I had learned these things at 30 or 40 rather than 70 (birthday 9/9/06). Great job Ross!

......Ross, I received the DVD's a few days ago and I feel compelled to let you know what I think of them. I own a good deal of training material from some of the best musicians (IMHO). You have hit a double homerun! The DVD's are excellent, whatever level you happen to be playing at.

.....I got the 2 new DVD's today and I'm blown away! As far as I know, there isn't any other instruction material on the market that compares.

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These new DVDs from Ross Nickerson feature extremely high quality video and audio and use split screen technology. The content on the new DVDs are just what banjo players need to reach the next level. The DVDs target reducing dependency on tablature, learning to play by ear, learning to play the chords and by the chords, how to recover from mistakes, all the things that are hard to get from books. I can't tell you how excited about and proud I am of these new DVDs. I was filmed and edited in a top quality studio using split screen technology and high audio fidelity, but even more importantly, the content is going to unlock so many issues and obstacles for students. From the private teaching and workshops I have been doing especially of late, this subject matter is what students are craving for and have expressed a desire to improve on. I'm not sure what more to tell you except I know these DVDs will be of great benefit.

Playing Banjo By Ear and Learning the Chords
By Ross Nickerson

1 hour and 30 minute DVD instruction to help you play without tablature, learn to memorize, learn the chords better, learn to jam on banjo and loads of practical tips for the student wanting to play with others and trying to reach the next level.

Includes instruction on learning the chords to songs, playing rolls and chords, up the neck chords, minor major and seventh chords.

Tips and exercises to improve your chord changing ability and practice backup. How to improve timing, pick steady, improvise simply, add slides, hammer-ons, and pull-offs to chords and chord changes in the song, playing with others and much more.

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The DVD comes with written tablature arrangements for the songs and instruction on how best utilize the DVD.

Banjo Jamming and Play Along DVD
with Bonus Video
Learning the Chord Forms
Up and Down the Neck

*Learn the Chords to Each Song

*Songs Played at Three Speeds

*Ross Nickerson plays a solo
and then plays backup for you

*Includes Guitar and Bass Backup
at all three speeds

*Includes a tablature arrangement
for each song
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Banjo Jamming and Play Along DVD
Easy to use, click through menus, digital quality, and valuable instruction

Learn the chords to each song, then play along with me on seven important standards at three different speeds. I first explain the chords to each song, then when the songs begin, I play a solo and then play backup for you while you take your turn. The high quality audio includes bass and guitar so you can learn and hear what it feels like to be in the groove. The DVD also comes with a 25 minute bonus video lesson on learning all the chord forms without using a chord chart. Much the way my book The Banjo Encyclopedia presents learning the chords but illustrated and shown to you on video.

......Ross, I'm having a great time with the new DVD's. Having the slow, medium and fast versions is extremely helpful. The slow helps in getting the rolls down correctly. Then moving on to the medium speed helps with getting the rhythm down, and it seems to me to be easier to distinguish between the eighth notes and quarter notes at this speed. I was up to the fast speed in no time, although I still need quite a bit of practice to make it clean. I'm learning a lot from these DVD's in a short amount of time, which is key for me because I don't have a lot of time to practice.

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.....This format is so different from the mass of lessons on the market, it definitely is a jewel that stands alone.
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