How to Play the 5-String Banjo

Pete Seeger

Tracks

"Now, with the left hand..."

"Now, with the index finger..."

The Fifth String

"Now take that same song..."

"Here's a little bit of the..."

"Well, now, if you study the..."

Double Thumbing

"Now, for just one more time..."

"Now, not all songs, after all..."

"Here's the song. 'Hard Ain't It Hard'"

"In the G tuning, you might try..."

"Now, frailing is the best way..."

Three-finger Picking

"Here's another development of..."

"Here's the song, 'Cindy'"

"Here is a variation of the above..."

Three Miscellaneous Postscripts

"If you ever want to play a..."

"A roll is a special banjo effect..."

3/4 and 6/8 Time

"Using this method , and a little..."

"For a more sustained effect..."

"Incidentally, this type of..."

"Now, 6/8 time is the same..."

"Another common blues guitar..."

"Here's a sample blues passage..."

Spanish and South American Guitar Techniques

"Here's one way to get a rhumba rhythm..."

"Heres still another way of..."

"This last pattern can be..."