Stand-Alone DVDs

Beginning Clawhammer Banjo DVD

Nobody breaks it down as well as Ken. In this video he shows you step by step how to play this exciting banjo style. Close-ups and clear explanations make clawhammer technique quick and easy to learn.

Topics include right- and left-hand positions, chords, tunings, brush-thumbing, the so called “bum-ditty” strum, hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides.

Tunes are “Cripple Creek, “Pretty Polly” and “Boatsman.” Includes a companion tablature booklet illustrating all tunes and exercises.

Intermediate Banjo DVD

This DVD picks up where Beginning Clawhammer Banjo leaves off. It begins with a review of brush-thumbing and the “single-string stroke.” The DVD moves quickly to the specialized techniques you’ll need to become an accomplished player, including drop-thumbing and double-thumbing, anticipation techniques, alternate-string pull-offs, and more. Tunes include :”The Meeting of Waters,” “Old Joe Clark,” “Boatsman,” “Green Willis,” “Little Billy Wilson,” “Magpie,” “Country Waltz,” and “Flying Cloud Cotillion.” Includes a companion tablature booklet illustrating all tunes and exercises.