Bluegrass Banjo Tunes & Techniques
HOMESPUN
Taught by Tony Trischka
Level 3
90-min. video, Includes tab book + practice tape
With David Grier (Guitar) and Andrea Zonn (fiddle)

Learn how Earl Scruggs and the other bluegrass masters get their distinctive sound—and learn to play terrific tunes in the process!

Tony highlights each piece with an in-depth analysis and numerous pointers. He covers rolls, chokes, slides, timing, speed problems, syncopation, improvisation, intros, endings, chord inversions, back-up techniques and lots more in teaching these tunes and their variations:

"John Henry," "John Hardy," "Nine-Pound Hammer," "Cross-Eyed Cricket," "Soldier's Joy," "Liza Jane," "Weeping Willow," "Bluegrass Blues," "Little Maggie," "Leather Britches."

Extra! Includes free "Homespun Practice Tracks" audio cassette, featuring back-ups to all tunes taught on the video. Perfect for practice sessions to get you ready for a "live" playing situation!

About Tony Trischka
Tony Trischka is one of America's most dynamic and inventive players. He has made fifteen albums, both solo and with his band Skyline, and has toured and recorded with Country Cooking, Psychograss and Grass Is Greener, among others. As a studio musician and accompanist he has played on countless other recordings. He has made numerous television appearances and has toured in most of the countries of the world. A dedicated teacher of banjo, he has written six books for Oak Publications and has given numerous banjo clinics at major festivals, schools and workshops throughout the U.S. and abroad. "
My springboard was Tony Trischka, and without Tony, none of what's happened with my music would have happened."