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7 Right Hand Patterns: Right hand studies using 7 patterns
Kim

A Banjo Lesson: A great banjo lesson covering a variety of beginner topics
Jay Buckey

Advice for Beginners: Basic quick tips for beginners
Ben Freed

Alternate PickingTerry Holland

Banjo Lesson 1: Covers all the basics--rolls, G, C, D7, and sound bytes as well
Gary Shepherd

Banjo Picking Techniques and How to Modify Finger PicsWarren Yates

Banjo Strumming Techniques: All about the different ways of playing your banjo
Jim Bottorff

Basic Right Hand Excercises: The Forward Roll: Teaches the forward roll
Mickey Cochran

Beginner Lesson 1: Covers some of the very basics of banjo playing
Phil Mann

Beginner Lesson 2: Forward-Reverse pattern and G, C, D7 chords
Phil Mann

Drop Thumbing: Get that thumb off of the 5th string!
Richard Hefner

Ear-Training: Some good warm-up exercises for ear-training
Pat Cloud

Effective Learning: Some tips on effectively teaching yourself and others banjo
Paul Hawthorn

Folk of the Wood 5 String Lessons: Folk of the Wood 5 String Lessons
Mickey Cochran

Forward RollsTerry Holland

Forward-Backward RollsTerry Holland

Holding the Banjo and Using PicksRichard Hefner

Holding Your BanjoRobert Fentress

Holding, tuning, and other basics: How to hold and tune a 5-string banjo, as well as some advice on picks
Mickey Cochran

How to Get the Most Out of Your Banjo Playing!Warren Yates

How To Hold the Banjo: An illustrated guide to holding your banjo
Richard Hefner

How To Play the Five String Banjo, Bluegrass StyleWarren Yates

Jamming Pointers: This stuff should be posted at every festival. Read on!
Peter Wernick

Left Hand Exercises: Some simple exercises for that ornery left hand
Bob Kensinger

Left-Hand Technique: Fretting: Video/audio demonstrations of basic fretting techniques like slides, pull-offs, and hammer-ons
Robert Fentress

Plectrum Banjo Playing TipsBanjoSeen.com

Second Chord Progression: Use C, F, G7 chords with the forward-reverse roll
Mickey Cochran

Slurred Notes: Hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides
Richard Hefner

Some Jazz LicksPat Cloud

The How and Tao of Old Time Banjo: Wonderful introduction to frailing technique
Patrick Costello

The PinchTerry Holland

The Pinch & The Alternating Thumb Pattern: Video and MP3 on how start picking banjo - the pinch & the alternating thumb pattern
Glenn Miller

Working With TonesWarren Yates

Your first chord progression: Use the G, C, D7 chords and the forward-reverse roll pattern
Mickey Cochran

Exercises/Warmups

4-Beat Play-Along Samples: Sound clips to play long with
Jim Bottorff

Fingering Exercises & Techniques: Set One: intended to help you develop strength, dexterity, and coordination, each includes a midi sound file as an example, and a tab file that you can download to practice with
All Tabs & Jim Crowley

Fingering Exercises & Techniques: Set Two: intended to help you develop strength, dexterity, and coordination, each includes a midi sound file as an example, and a tab file that you can download to practice with
All Tabs & Jim Crowley

Jazz Tips: A TON of Jazz tips
Unknown

Left Hand Exercises: The finger-spacing and spider walking exercises
Bob Kensinger

Left Hand Exercises: Introduction and Banjo-less (tabletop) Exercises
Banjo Brad

Left Hand Exercises: Vertical Exercises (working up and down the neck)
Banjo Brad

Left Hand Exercises: Horizontal Exercises (Working across the strings)
Banjo Brad

Left Hand Exercises: Finger Stretches (increasing your reach)
Banjo Brad

Left Hand Exercises: The Chord of Death! And a 3-finger challenge
Banjo Brad

Play-Along Samples, 3/4 Time: Sound clips to practice with
Jim Bottorff

Play-Along Tremolo Exercises: Test your skill--progressive exercises for ya
Jim Bottorff

Saturation Practice: Isolate and study those scales!
Pat Cloud

Frailing/Clawhammer

Basic Clawhammer Technique: The Bum-Ditty StrumRichard Hefner

Clawhammer: How to play the clawhammer, listen to the clawhammer, other sites about the clawhammer and tabs too
Wim Bakker

Clawhammer Banjo: The Basics: A very short introduction to clawhammer/frailing
Don Doughty

Clawhammer Tutorials: Ezbanjo.com's list of tutorials
Richard Hefner

The "Bum Ditty" StrumRichard Hefner

The Frailing Strum: the basic technique, rhythm, tablature, practice patterns and chords
Stover Mountain Music

Scruggs Style

Backward RollsTerry Holland

Basic Right Hand: Forward-Reverse: Teaches the forward-reverse roll
Mickey Cochran

Double Forward RollsTerry Holland

Double ThumbingRichard Hefner

Duane's Banjo Page: "This page is devoted to teaching the banjo chords, some commonly used scales, right hand roll patterns and some of my favorite licks." Lots of good stuff here.
Duane Langston

Forward RollRichard Hefner

Forward-Reverse RollRichard Hefner

Mixed RollRichard Hefner

Slurred NotesRichard Hefner

The PinchRichard Hefner

Two-Finger RollsTerry Holland