Banjo Instruction Books
Banjo instruction books, most of them written by Geoff Hohwald, covering beginner fundamentals, improvisation, rhythm and backup, and classic banjo solos, plus clawhammer for beginners and a bluegrass jam fakebook. Geoff’s books include online video and audio access at no extra cost. More lessons and courses are at geoffhohwald.com.
Backup licks and roll patterns to play behind a singer. Free online video and audio access included.
The first book in Geoff Hohwald's improvisation series, for players ready to move past memorized breaks. Free online video and audio access included.
Book 2 of the improvisation series, building on Book 1. Free online video and audio access included.
Pentatonic scale improvisation across seven songs. Free online video and audio access included.
Up the neck licks, the most advanced book in the improvisation series. Free online video and audio access included.
Warm-up exercises for the absolute beginner, with free online video and audio access.
150 bluegrass and gospel standards with lyrics, chords and melody, for guitar, banjo and mandolin.
Backup across eight songs, the third book in the rhythm and backup series. Free online video and audio access included, with full notation.
Eleven classic banjo songs with multiple breaks each, in the longest book of the set. Free online video and audio access included.
Clawhammer banjo for the complete beginner, with audio jam tracks and video instruction.
All four improvisation books as a set, first position through up the neck. Over ten hours of free online video and audio access included.
The four beginner books as a set, taking a new player from first roll to full songs. Free online video and audio access included with each.