A total must for anyone considering the banjo, this easy beginning method tutor book covers everything you need to know to start the banjo.

Assuming you know nothing about the banjo, you can use this book to take you from ground zero to the outskirts of intermediate blue-grass banjo, and progression is also improved by the included CD. However, if you already play stringed instruments, you can improve your strumming technique. You will soon be able to enhance melodies with left hand spiffer-uppers like slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs, which will give you that authentic blue-grass sound.

Beginning with a background to the banjo instrument and 'starting to play', the book clearly moves through chapters which cover picking, rolls and melodies, timing and practising, left-hand techniques, steps, scales and keys, and reading standard notation.

Overall, a fantastic value for money guide!