Learn to Play 5-String Banjo - Beginner's DVD Tutorial for Bluegrass & Folk Music - Perfect for Home Practice & Music Lessons

If you are a beginner to world of clawhammer banjo, there are a ton of instructional videos out there. I've seen a few of them. This video will provide all the instruction you need to get you started. He assumes no prior knowledge. It will prepare you for the next step which is David Holt's DVD-Clawhammer Banjo#1. However, it's not a seamless transition. At the end of this video he gives you instructions for continuing your practice. To make the best progress, you really need to practice the material from this video for at least 2-3 months in order to get your right hand technique down pat before proceeding to Clawhammer Banjo 1. Do NOT attempt to start with Clawhammer Banjo 1. By then he assumes you already know and have become proficient in the basic clawhammer technique.What really separates this video from all the others is David Holt himself. Mr Holt is a renowned authority in the folk music of the Southern Appalachians and in clawhammer style banjo. Not only an instructor, he is a also a Grammy award winning recording artist, stage performer and historian. He hosted the "Folkways" TV series for the University of North Carolina ([...]) on the history and traditions of the mountain people of North Carolina. He did an entire episode on the fascinating true history behind the song Tom Dooley, which he teaches in this instructional video. It is David Holt's stage presence that is this video's greatest strength. He makes learning the repetitive techniques fun and interesting.If you want to learn clawhammer banjo, you won't do better than having David Holt teach you.