| | |  | FOLK MUSIC | Home » » Southern Banjo Styles #1 Clawhammer Varieties & more | | | | | | | Description: | | Mike Seeger's important survey of 19th and 20th century banjo styles teaches old-time pieces and traditional techniques. Each lesson features a complete performance of each song (played on a different banjo), detailed instruction and historical commentary. Songs: Soon in the Morning, Babe ? Roustabout ? Jim Crack Corn ? Battle in the Horseshoe ? Darling Cora ? Devil's Dream ? Little Birdie ? Around the World ? and Whoopin' Up Cattle. 90 MIN ? EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL ? INCLUDES TAB & COMMENTARY | | | Features: | |
• Published by Homespun
• DVD One Only taught by Mike Seeger
• Artist: Mike Seeger
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Mike Seeger | | Format:
| Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Homespun | | Run Time:
| 90 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| December 12, 2006 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 A remarkable resourceApr 25, 2010
By Chip Clark
I've never written a review before, but feel compelled to since no one else has. This is the first in a 3-DVD set that Mike Seeger made to teach the banjo styles psresented on his Grammy-nominated CD, Southern Banjo Sounds. Included here are early styles that Seeger learned from older traditional banjo players, including rare right-hand techniques learned from African American players Lucious Smith and Josh Thomas. Songs in both up-picking and down-picking (stroke, frailing, rapping, clawhammer, etc.) styles are taught, with each piece performed through at full tempo, then broken down into small sections and played through slowly. Especially noteworthy is Seeger's ability to play very slowly, yet retain musicality.
Production values on these DVDs is excellent, with exceptional sound and picture quality, camera work and editing. I've found these DVDs to be invaluable in learning to play some banjo styles I'd found inscrutable before. Highly recommended.
The other two DVDs can be found here Southern Banjo Styles #2-Early 2- and 3- Finger Picking and here Southern Banjo Styles #3- Holcomb,Mainer,McGee,Bluegrass Influences & more.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Not what you thinkAug 17, 2011
By Rian Troy
"bob"
In his own way Mike Seeger introduces you to old timey banjo. It's not a method. It presents some history and shows a variety of styles, not just clawhammer. It's more about the songs and the individual playing styles that originated that song. Historically it's cool, and there are some patterns that he'll teach you. The accompanying booklet is helpful and gives a lot of info.
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