HOMESPUNTaught By Béla Fleck.
Level 4
Six CDs, includes tab book
When we first released these lessons in 1983, Béla Fleck was just making his mark as the most innovative and accomplished young banjo player of his day. Since that time, Béla has brought the sounds of the banjo to audiences around the world, many of whom had never heard it played in its original folk or bluegrass context. Jazz, pop and rock listeners have been introduced to this quintessential American instrument through the exciting fusion sounds of the Flecktones, and the perception of the banjo has never been quite the same.
Béla starts by covering fairly easy bluegrass basics, and then helps you develop your skills by teaching techniques such as single-string work, moving bass lines, counter melodies, chromatics and scales in a variety of keys and tunings. His clear, easy-to-follow instruction method will bring new ideas and exciting techniques to your playing.
Songs include "East Virginia Blues," "Snakes Alive," "Reach," "Sapporo," "Cotton
Patch Rag," "Christina’s Jig," "The Plain Brown Jug," "Kitty’s
Wedding," "Too Hot for Words," "Flexibility," "Reverie," "How
Can You Face Me Now," "In the Pines," "Wildwood Flower," "White
Freight Line," "Eager and Anxious," "Frosty Morning," "Salty," "Eighth
of January," "Blackberry Blossom," "Lowdown," "Daybreak" and "Flapperette."
Béla
Fleck has revolutionized the place of the 5-string banjo in contemporary music.
An accomplished composer and banjo virtuoso, Béla's complex and lively
blend of music was originally inspired by influences as varied as Earl Scruggs
and Charlie Parker. Béla played banjo with New Grass Revival for eight
years and his debut release with The Flecktones earned him a Grammy nomination
for Best Jazz Instrumental Composition. He was #1 on the Jazz Charts and Frets
Magazine initiated him into its "Gallery Of The Greats."