How To Practice Banjo - By Ross Nickerson - DVD Video

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How To Practice Banjo by Ross Nickerson
Ross Nickerson of BanjoTeacher.com has come out with the newest in his ongoing series of top rated Banjo Instruction DVDs, How to Practice Banjo.
Learn how to practice banjo more effectively and improve banjo practice habits with Ross Nickerson's complete banjo instruction DVD, How to Practice Banjo.
What could be more practical and useful than to receive guidance on the one subject that will ultimately define your overall ability and success with learning this fun, but sometimes tricky instrument?
Ross takes you through one time saving tip after another and shows you innovative way he has helped students with for over 30 years. He covers many aspects of practicing banjo and demonstrates techniques that will show you how to achieve real results, simply and fast. There is so much to practice but with all of us having limited time this could be the best banjo instruction investment you could make. Learn how to split your practice time into separate areas of practice, left hand, right hand, exercises, how to work through difficult passages, improve banjo sound, how to finger banjo chords easier and get better overall results in each banjo practice session.
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...I was looking for something to help me progress faster. So far I am thrilled with this product. So many hints on how to practice and things to concentrate on.
Some of the subjects you’ll learn how to do are:
Quickly memorize and retain a song learned from tablature
Work through difficult spots and develop muscle memory
Improve everything you’ve already learned
Pick faster and more accurately
Develop the ability you need in your fretting hand to relax when you play
Practice aspects of learning banjo separately and then bring it all together at a higher level
Improve slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs and bending the strings
Practice timing and develop rhythm
Learn the notes on the neck and exercises to develop more overall skill
Develop your ability to play without tab through chord progression practicing
Practicing accenting the melody notes so you can really hear the melody when you play
In one of the valuable practice banjo lessons on the DVD, Ross teaches you how to quickly learn a song from tablature so you can learn and retain it quickly, play by memory and pick the song without looking at tab.
Read the Chapter titles for the DVD below to get an idea of all the subjects and techniques that Ross covers in this one hour and forty minute DVD.
How to Practice Banjo by Ross Nickerson / 1 hour and 45 minutes Chapters on the DVD
How to Practice Banjo introduction and overview,
Building Skill, Not just learning songs
Practice Builds Confidence, Relaxing when you play
How much time should I spend developing my skills
How I learned to play the banjo
Learning banjo is a physical Challenge / Not Mental
Being Aggressive in Practice
Examples of Being Aggressive in practice
Raising the Bar on Yourself and Isolating areas that need practice
Working on the Fretting Hand
Do you I need to always sound good during practice?
Setting Goals
What we are going to cover
When to turn the page and move on
Splitting up what you practice, Lesson Plans
How to learn a song from tablaturE
Learning the chords to the song first, Learning the timing to the song
Understanding the timing
Learning the fretting hand parts
Learning the picking part, John Henry / Picking hand only
John Henry / Fretting hand only
Combining the picking and fretting hands
Learning the most difficult part of the song first
Demonstration / Learning the most difficult parts, Practicing accenting melody notes
Fretting Hand Stretching Exercises, Metronomes Demonstration
More stretching exercises
Fretting accurately
Making chord shapes
Practice Chord Progressions
Chord Progression Demonstration G D F C
Chord Progression Demonstration G Em Am D7
Other ways to practice chord progressions
Working on the Picking Hand
Varying the picking
Varying the forward roll
Practicing how to pick faster
Using a “Go to” Roll
Working with play along CDs/DVDs / Jamming
Working through rough spots in picking
Fretting hand practice and help
Learning the notes on the neck
Each note on the neck
Exercises / Slides, Pull-offs, Hammer-ons
Chokes, Pull-off Exercises Slide Exercises, Hammer-on Exercises
Chokes and Bending Exercises
Memorizing Tips
Your Practice Environment
Building Muscle Memory
More on practicing things separately
More on Memorizing Tablature
Counting out the notes
Demonstrations of quarter and eighth note combinations
Closing Remarks
Special Features / Ross Nickerson Performance Video Stoney Point, How I Arranged Stoney Point, Banjo and Equipment used by Ross Nickerson.