HOMESPUN
Taught By Tony Trischka.
Level 3
Two CDs
Tony Trischka’s "Hot Licks for Bluegrass Banjo" has long been considered one of the best books ever published on bluegrass banjo picking styles. It provides a comprehensive survey of great licks along with insights into how they are actually used in songs and instrumentals.
Now you can hear Tony himself play every one of the 650 licks as written in the book on audio-enhanced CDs. Tony breaks the licks down into three stylistic sections: Scruggs and Beyond, Single-string, and Melodic. You'll learn lead-ins, endings, back-ups and even a "celebrity section" that features favorite licks of J.D. Crowe, Don Reno, Bill Keith, Pete Wernick, Bela Fleck and other classic players.
This exciting two-CD series, along with the 144-page book, will give you an
encyclopedia of licks and will stimulate you to create your own hot banjo style.
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."