How to Play the 5-String Banjo by Pete Seeger | 
| Actor: Happy Traum
Studio: Hal Leonard
List Price: $29.95
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 5384
Format: Color, Ntsc
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 630527763X
UPC: 073999411164
EAN: 9786305277637
ASIN: 630527763X
Release Date: January 1, 1991
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
Take a lesson with America's most beloved banjo picker! You'll learn the techniques Pete uses to make songs come alive-- up-picking, frailing, whamming, double-thumbing, hammering-on and pulling-off, two- and three-finger picking and more. Pete teaches more than a dozen songs including "Darlin' Cory," "Lady Gay," "Risselty Rosselty," "Sloop John B.," "Dink's Song," "Leather Britches," "Coal Creek March," "In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down," "Quite Early Morning" and "East Virginia," among others. This video will make an enlightening and valuable part of your music video collection, even if you don't play the banjo! Produced by Smithsonian/Folkways and Homespun Video.
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| Customer Reviews:
 I am a beginner, the video did not show me HOW to play. August 23, 1999
52 out of 53 found this review helpful
I am a beginner, and was looking for a video to show me HOW to play the 5 string banjo. In my opinion, this video is probably good for those who already play a Banjo, but was useless for me as a beginner. It told me nothing about the strings, keys to play in, or how to tune or assure the Banjo is tuned. I was lost! I think Pete Seger is great, but this video did not help me. I am, however, going to use it later, after I learn, to improve my skills.
 Shows styles but doesn't teach you to play. March 21, 1999
Rose Scarlet (West Plains, MO USA)
31 out of 32 found this review helpful
Pete Seeger has been around for awhile, and is interesting to watch. The title of this video is kind of misleading. It doesn't teach you to play the banjo, it shows you the different ways to play the banjo. If you're looking for an instructional video this isn't it.
Very disappointing. August 25, 2002
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
If you just want to hear Pete Seeger play, reminisce, try to sing, and philosophy, then this is a tape you will want to buy. If you want to learn to play the 5-string banjo, this tape is a waste of time. You are forever changing the volume to hear what he is saying and whoever is off camera talking, asking questions, and reminding him what to talk about is very distracting. I found little or no actual instruction value throughout the entire tape. The quality also leaves something to be desired as it appears to be a copy of the original with some distortions.
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