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December - 2009 - The Fossey Banjo Guitar song and video lesson tips

November - 2009 - Resonator Banjo song video and lesson on how to approach playing a song..


October - 2009 - Lesson Seven in a series of lessons designed to help you develop the fretting hand and chord changing ability. Improving Slides, Hammer-ons and Pull-offs

Septmember - 2009 - Lesson Six in a series of lessons designed to help you develop the fretting hand and chord changing ability. Playing just the Top Two Strings

August - 2009 Lesson Five in a series of lessons designed to help you develop the fretting hand and chord changing ability. more work with partial chords, thirds

July - 2009 Lesson Four in a series of lessons designed to help you develop the fretting hand and chord changing ability. partial chords, thirds, exercises


June - 2009
Lesson Three in a series of lessons designed to help you develop skill in the left hand or "fretting hand"

May - 2009 Lesson Two in a series of lessons designed to help you develop skill in the left hand or "fretting hand"

April - 2009 Lesson One in a series of lessons designed to help you develop skill in the left hand or "fretting hand"

March - 2009 Lesson Four in a series of four lessons designed to help you learn how to play in different keys and up the neck. Key of G / Lower neck version

February - 2009 Lesson Three in a series of four lessons designed to help you learn how to play in different keys and up the neck. Up the Neck Version

January - 2009 Lesson Two in a series of four lessons designed to help you learn how to play in different keys and up the neck. Key of D lesson

December - 2008 Lesson One in a series of four lessons designed to help you learn how to play in different keys and up the neck. Key of C lessons

November- 2008 Learning to Accent Melody Notes Exercise

October - 2008
Learning more about how to develop good technique in the melodic style

September - 2008 Mixing the Styles

August - 2008 Free Video Lesson is a video demonstration with tablature for learning the technique of converting licks you may already know to sound bluesy. These examples are excerpts from chapter 8 of my book. The Banjo Encyclopedia.

July - 2008 Free Video Lesson video and tab for several banjo licks that serve the same purpose up and down the neck. Excerpts from the Banjo Encyclopedia

June - 2008 Free Video Lessons video and tab for the sliding in to the chords exercise on page 145 of The Banjo Encyclopedia

May - 2008 Free Video Lessons Single String Lick from a new video of Cherokee Shuffle and a single string roll from Chapter 8 of The Banjo Encyclopedia

April - 2008 Free Video Lessons / Kickin Blues from Chapter 11 of The Banjo Encyclopedia

March - 2008 Free Video Lessons / Up the Neck D Lick

February - 2008 Free Video Lessons / F Shape to D Shape Lick

January - 2008 Free Video Lesson / Moveable Chord Lick

December Free Video Lesson / Fun Chromatic Lick

November Free Video lesson Away in a Manger / excerpt from the Joy of Christmas Song Book and DVD

October-2007 Free Video Lesson Choke Trick / Bending the Strings Tip from Ross Nickerson

September-2007 Free Video Lesson Old Joe Pull

August-2007 Free Video Lesson 2 to 5 Explosion

July-2007 Free Video Lesson Hot Up the Neck Banjo Lick

June-2007 Free Video Lesson Bending the Strings

May-2007 Free Video Lesson Ground Speed Catchy D-Lick

April-2007 Free Video Lesson The 10th Fret Foggy Mountain Breakdown Choke and More

March-2007 Free Video Lesson Blues Run for Fun

February-2007 Free Video Lesson Single String Lick

January-2007 Free Video Lesson Must Know Scruggs Style Turn Around Lick-"Tag lick"

December-2006 Free Video Lesson Bending the strings instead of sliding, hammering or pulling

November-2006 Free Video Lesson Shave and Haircut!

October-2006 Free Video Lesson How to the Scruggs double hammer-on lick

September-2006 Free Video Lesson How to do the 3-2 pull-off lick

Two new live videos Bluegrass Breakdown, Dixie Hoedown

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.......Thanks for the new monthly lesson, I'm sure it will be as great as the all the others. I just wanted to take a second and thank you for all your efforts. Your approach and techniques for instructing at all levels is truly unique. They have allowed me to progress and stay motivated to practice. My family is even starting to recognize the songs!