A guide to "Quickstart" your Early Banjo experience.

If you want to play Early "Minstrel" Banjo, this is ground zero to begin.

These are resources designed for self-instruction

Please download THIS DOCUMENT to accompany the videos

• First - Tune up. There are several ways tune tune the instrument for this style, but this is the most common way to tune

• Next, understand and practice the basic technique to strike the strings on the banjo. These are all variations on the "Strike".

• Practice the "Movements"

• Finally, play the repertoire. Begin with Juba.