Complete Rhythm & Backup Special

The Banjo Rhythm & Backup 101 Package by Geoff Hohwald will teach the beginning banjo player all about major and minor chord shapes and how to use them to play backup. Geoff will provide detailed instruction on right and left hand technique and then demonstrate each example along with a rhythm track. These are the core concepts that will allow you to participate in jams for songs you haven't rehearsed before. This course contains 2.5 hours of video instruction. Start learning and start jamming with your friends.

The Backup Licks & Rolls Package by Geoff Hohwald is a follow up to our Rhythm & Backup 101 Series and will teach you to play backup in the style of Earl Scruggs and J.D. Crowe. You will learn how to play a combination of licks, right hand patterns, and rolls. Geoff will teach you how to play each piece of music in detail and will then demonstrate it along with a rhythm track. The course contains almost two hours of video instruction. Start improving your backup playing today!

Classic Banjo Backup by Geoff Hohwald is the third installment in our series of lessons on playing backup parts on the banjo. You will learn a series of Scruggs style backup licks. Geoff will teach you how to play each lick in detail and then show you how to use it in the context of a song. We'll use the licks to play along with classic bluegrass songs like New River Train, Banks of the Ohio, Goin' Down That Road Feeling Bad, Cryin' Holy, More Pretty Girls Than One, Salty Dog, Think of What You've Done, and Riding On That Midnight Train. This course contains over two hours of video instruction and music notation for each song.