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Bill Evans - "Exploring the Fingerboard: Scruggs, Melodic and Single-string Styles" - Feb 26

The more you know your way around the fingerboard, the better music you’ll make on the banjo. In this hands-on session designed for all levels but ideal for intermediate to advanced students, you’ll move beyond basic chord shapes to explore the fingerboard in ways that will enhance your playing whether your focus is on Scruggs, melodic or single-string styles. From interval studies on two strings (thirds on the 1st and 2nd strings and sixths on the 3rd and 1st strings) to melodic scale positions in the keys of G, C and D and single-string fingering/scale positions up and down the neck, this session will give you insights that you can use for improvisation, creating solos and backup. Join Bill for this brand new BHO group workshop topic!
About Bill Evans
Sunday, February 26, 2012 -- 1:30-3:30PM PST
Price: $25 - Please Log In or Create Account to register for this workshop.

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Pete Wernick - "Getting Unstuck" - Mar 25

If you feel you've not progressed in your playing lately, take your troubles to Dr. Banjo. Whether you're a beginner getting "nowhere fast" trying to learn banjo tunes by rote, or someone who jams and always plays the same few licks and "doesn't get any respect", Pete has been helping players for 45 years get "unstuck" with overall advice and specific recommendations to help players achieve breakthroughs and get to the next level.
About Pete Wernick
Sunday, March 25, 2012 -- 1-3PM PST
Price: $25 - Please Log In or Create Account to register for this workshop.

Past Workshops

• John Boulding - "Banjo for the Rank Beginner" - Oct 10, 2010
• Randy Torno - "Intermediate Clawhammer" - Oct 13, 2010
• Don Couchie - "Basic Clawhammer with Right Hand Technique Emphasis" - Oct 6, 2010
• Dan Levenson - "Double and Drop Thumb from Scratch" - Oct 25, 2010
• Pat Cloud - "Blues on the Banjo" - Oct 28, 2010
• John Kuhn - "Anatomy of a Banjo Break" - Nov 8, 2010
• Pete Wernick - "Best Ways to Start Playing Scruggs Style Banjo" - Nov 14, 2010
• Bill Evans - "Backup Essentials and Sounding Great At Your Next Jam" - Nov 21, 2010
• John Boulding - "Playing In Other Keys Without a Capo" - Jan 2
• Bill Evans - "Analyzing Scruggs Solos" - Jan 9
• Tom Nechville - "Dynamics of Banjo Sound" - Jan 15
• Pat Cloud - "Simple Chord Soloing" - Jan 16
• Ken Perlman - "Intro to Drop-Thumbing & Double Thumbing" - Jan 23
• Pete Wernick - "Learning the Neck" - Feb 5
• Bill Evans - "J.D. Crowe Style Banjo" - Feb 20
• Pat Cloud - "The Key To Five String Banjo" - Feb 20
• Fred Sokolow - "Fretboard Roadmaps for Banjo" - Mar 5
• Ken Perlman - "Hammer-ons, Pull-offs and Off-String Pull-offs" - Mar 6
• John Boulding - "Playing Vocal Tunes in Scruggs Style" - Mar 13
• Bill Evans - "Up the Neck Scruggs Style Backup" - Mar 20
• Bill Evans- "Intro to Melodic Style" - Apr 3
• Pat Cloud - "Blues on the Banjo" - Apr 10
• Fred Sokolow - "Bluegrass Jamming" - Apr 23
• Ross Nickerson - "Playing By Ear and Breaking Away from Tablature" - May 1
• Ken Perlman - "Drop-Thumbing to the Max: Strategies for Both Hands" - May 15
• Bill Evans - "Intro to Single-String Style" - May 22
• Fred Sokolow - "Alternate Tunings for Banjo" - May 28
• Fred Sokolow - "How to Make Up Scruggs-Style Solos" - Aug 27
• Bill Evans - "Bluegrass Banjo Basics" - Sept 25
• Bill Evans - "Bluegrass Banjo Back Up Basics" - Sept 25
• Gerald Jones - "Unlocking the Secret Powers of the Harmonized Scale" - Oct 9
• Ken Perlman - "Getting Started at Clawhammer" - Oct 30
• John Boulding - "Creative Backup From Bluegrass to Beyond" - Nov 6
• Bill Evans - "Sounding Great At A Jam: Advanced Backup Strategies" - Nov 13
• CANCELLED Dr. E. Michael Harrington - "Copyright Workshop" Nov 17
• Pete Wernick - "Playing In a Group" - Nov 20
• Bill Evans - "Upper Level Earl: Scruggs Techniques for Advanced Players" - Dec 4
• Pat Cloud - "Rethinking the Right Hand: Finger Independence, Melody and Drive" - Dec 10
• Ken Perlman - "Playing Up the Neck in Clawhammer: Concepts & Techniques" - Dec 11
• Dan Levenson - "Clawhammer Strokes for All Folks" - Jan 4
• John Boulding - "Bluegrass Banjo Set-Up" - Jan 8
• Gerald Jones - "Jam Session Survival: Sounding Better Than You Are" - Jan 15
• Ned Luberecki, Megan Lynch, and Stephen Mougin - "Jamming" - Jan 17
• Pete Wernick - "Cool Stuff Up the Neck and Hot Rize Breaks & Backup" - Feb 12
• Fred Sokolow - "How the Nashville Number System Can Help You" - Feb 18
• Ross Nickerson - "Playing in the Keys of C, D, E, F and G Up the Neck" - Feb 20