BanjoTeacher.com

The lessons on the members site are not presented in a way that is ideal for brand new beginners the same way my Beginner courses are thoughtfully laid out. Rather, the member's site could be better described as a hodge podge of free videos, free tabs and full length versions of songs, along with a new monthly lesson video with tab each month, advice and other useful learning tips all for only 19.95 a year. There is plenty of material for beginners on the members site but you will need to know some basics to take better advantage of them. If you do decide to join now you can save 10% on all instruction items and could begin watching and learning from the videos and advice right away. After joining you will automatically receive download instructions that will include the discount promo code to enter when checking out for any of our Beginner courses or instructional items you choose.

More items and features on the Member's Site

*Monthly Free Video Lessons Archived - accessed by members only

The Archived monthly lessons now include quite a few video lessons that go with lessons that are in my Book, The Banjo Encyclopedia, "Bluegrass Banjo from A to Z". The next four months are going to focus even more on paying in the keys of C, D, and playing up the neck.

Listingsof Archived Free Monthly Lesson Videos for members to date - All the free monthly lesson videos for students on the mailing list are saved on to one download webpage that is accessible to members only. These are streaming video lessons of either a banjo song, a particular important lick or even a fun thing to play that you can add to the songs you already know. The free lessons also include tablature. There is a new lesson each month but as of April, 09, these are the lessons so far, April 09 to December 09 will be a series of lessons to help students develop more ability in the left or fretting hand. Lessons include exercises, scales, chords, up the neck and other useful assistance. December 08 to March 09 was a series of four lessons designed to help you learn how to play in different keys and up the neck. November- 2008 Learning to Accent Melody Notes Exercise, October - 2008 Learning more about how to develop good technique in the melodic style, Sep, 08 Mixing the Styles, Aug, 08 Learning the technique of converting licks you may already know to sound bluesy, July, 08 Banjo licks that serve the same purpose up and down the neck June, 08 Sliding in to the chords exercises May, 08 Single String Licks May 08, Lick from Cherokee Shuffle and Single String Roll from the Banjo Encyclopedia, April-08, Tab for Kicking Blues from The Banjo Encyclopedia, March 08, Up the Neck D Lick, Feb 08, F Shape to D Shape Chord Lick, Jan -08, Moveable Chord Lick, Dec-08, Fun Chromatic Lick, November,-08, Away in a Manger, October-2007 Choke Trick / Bending the Strings Tip from Ross Nickerson, September-2007 Old Joe Pull , August-20072 to 5 Explosion, July-2007 Hot Up the Neck Banjo Lick, June-2007 Bending the Strings, May-2007 Ground Speed Catchy D-Lick, April-2007 The 10th Fret Foggy Mountain Breakdown Choke and More, March-2007 Blues Run for Fun, February-2007 Single String Lick, January-2007 Must Know Scruggs Style Turn Around Lick-"Tag lick",December-2006 Bending the strings instead of sliding, hammering or pulling, November-2006 Shave and Haircut! October-2006 How to the Scruggs double hammer-on lick, September-2006 How to do the 3-2 pull-off lick.


Click here to see a sample of one of the free monthly lesson videos that are archived each month for members (tab included with member lessons) Sample monthly free video

Also for members Two new banjo arrangements free for members with video and tab,
Country Roads and Man of Constant Sorrow
If you'd like to become a member or see what else is on the members site click here. It's only 19.95 to join.
Present Members can access all the past Free Monthly Lesson Videos and Bonus Songs by Logging in and going to the Streaming Videos link

......Ross, I can clearly see the benefits from your teaching styles and materials. I am joining today!!!

Dueling Banjos-Original movie soundtrack transcription as played by Eric Weisberg. I tabbed this out for a student a few months ago. It's kind of hard in places mostly because the style is a little unorthodox from typical Scruggs style. It's catchy though, it must be, look how popular the song is.
Take it Easy-banjo solo tab. I transcribed the solo by Bernie Leyden of the Eagles. It was difficult to do because the banjo is buried in the mix behind the drums, vocals and electric guitars, but a lot of pickers are curious about this one, and it seems to have been an inspiration for a lot of banjo players to take up the banjo.
Country Roads-free banjo tab and video lesson for members too.
Man of Constant Sorrow- Beginner Version in tab and with a streaming video of it played slow and faster.
New live Videos - Stairway to Heaven, Under the Double Eagle, Dixie Hoedown, Bluegrass Breakdown

*10% discount on all instructional books, CDs and DVDs/ You can purchase the membership at the same time as other instructional items on the non members site and the 10% discount will be processed manually when we receive the order.