Course Format

This course will show you how to 'teach your hands to play what you hear in your head' by walking you through my clear and organized, step-by-step method.

These concepts are taught via video, text, and even a few 'homework' assignments.

Each step of the course is designed to build on its predecessor so I strongly encourage that you follow the lessons in order and that you spend as much time as necessary with each section, ensuring that you've properly absorbed the information before advancing to each next step.

For your convenience, each step includes an outline/summary of the lessons therein, along with a reiteration of any action that you may be required to take to complete each particular step.

Course Outline

Each step of the course includes an outline that you may download and use as a convenient guide and reference point as you move through the material.


Enjoy the journey ahead and, as always, let me know if you have any questions along the way:

Ryan@PlayBetterBanjo.com

Lesson Notes

Welcome to another Play Better Banjo course! 

This training was created in response to repeated request from folks in the Play Better Banjo community that I teach you exactly how to arrange your own melodies on the banjo.

The goal of this course is to teach you everything you need to know, in a step-by-step manner to take a melody that you hear in your head and transfer it to your banjo in a clawhammer style.

In Step One we cover the most overlooked aspect of the arrangement process and that’s a concept that I like to call Intentional Listening.

In a nutshell, Intentional Listening is the habit of taking a melody you’d like to arrange on your banjo and consciously studying and integrating it through planned, intentional listening sessions.

Lesson Notes

In Step Two you'll have a chance to get your hands dirty as we pick up the banjo and start exploring the concepts and methods used when learning a basic melody “by ear”.

Let's dive in...!