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Where Purchased: New England Mobile Book Fair
This is an amusing and very helpful banjo book for the beginner (like me.) It is predicated on a fantasy banjo camp, with a series of workshops (each just a few pages long) written by various very talented instructors. What I found particularly useful about this format was that it lets you start in lots of different ways, and I think gives you a well rounded idea of what learning to play the banjo is all about. What is less satisfying is that once you get going along any particular path, you are already there.
BUT...I learned a LOT in the process, and I feel like I have a much better idea of what to look for next (including a trip to a real banjo camp...) Well worth the price and the time I have put into working through this book and CD.
My only beefs: the "slow" versions of songs on the CD are not nearly slow enough for me or, I would imagine, most beginners. Also, the website referenced in the book does not exist, although who needs it when we have the Hangout?
Overall Rating: 8
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