Play Better Banjo/Thirty Days to Better Banjo

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Thirty Days to Better Banjo

The 30 Days Course is a ONE A DAY total all round banjo fitness plan. In fact, it's less of a course and more of a challenge!

Exploring a new lesson everyday for 30 Days is a surefire way to level up your banjo playing a big way.

Packed full of tabs, lesson videos, charts, diagrams and inspiration, the 30 Days course covers everything from music theory, to technical skill building, repertoire building and more!

*note: This course is geared toward the clawhammer style. If you're looking for 2 finger, 3 finger & Upstroke style lessons, click the 'Become a Member' tab at the top of the page!


30 Lessons Lesson List

Day 1 - The Musical Alphabet

The Musical Alphabet

Day 2 - Chord Alphabet

The Chord Alphabet

Day 3 - The Major Scale

The Major Scale - Construction & Conceptualization

Day 4 - Movable Chord Shapes

Movable Chord Shapes
Preview

Day 5 - Partial Chords & Chord Clusters

Day 5 - Movable Chords (cont.)
Preview

Day 6 - Review

Review Notes & Assignments

Day 8 - Drop Thumbing

Drop Thumb - Explanation & Exercises

Day 9 - Putting It All Together

Drop Thumb Studies Continued - Partial Chords

Day 10 - Chord Progressions & Keys

Explanation, Terminology, and Examples

Day 11 - Pentatonic Scale

Explanation & Exercises

Day 12 - Back Up Strategies

Part 1: Basic Approach
Preview

Day 13 - Review

Week 2 in Review

Day 14 - Organizing Practice Time

Tips & Techniques for Optimization

Day 15 - Expanded Pentatonics

Vertical & Two Octave Scales
Two Octave Pentatonic Etude

Day 16- Instrumental Break

Soloing Studies - Jesse James

Day 17 - Alternate String Pull Offs & Phantom Strokes

Alternate String Pull Offs
Phantom Strokes

Day 18 - Repertoire & Tool Building

New Tunes + New Tuning

Day 19 - Waltz Time

Waltz Time Strategies - Technique & Repertoire

Day 20 - Instrumental Break Studies Continued

Down in the Willow Garden Solo Study

Day 21 - Practice Optimization Continued

Five Times & Tortoise Techniques

Day 22 - Right Hand Technique Study

Back Thumbing

Day 23 - Repertoire Building & Application

Sugar in the Gourd
Sugar in the Gourd - Played Slowly

Day 24 - Chord Theory

Explained & Applied

Day 25 - Repertoire & Application

Answer Key
Open C Tune Study - Cold Snap

Day 26 - Expanded Back Up Techniques

Whamming

Day 27 - Advanced Soloing Studies

Hand Me Down my Walking Cane

Day 28 - Melodic Clawhammer Studies

Liberty - Melodic Study
Preview
Liberty - Rhythmic Study

Day 29 - Bending

Explanation & Demonstration

Day 30 - Bending Continued

Tune Study - Pretty Polly - Integrating Bends
Tune Study - John Henry

Day 31 - Follow Up

Now What?