Product Details

• Actors: Janet Davis
• Directors: Janet Davis
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
• DVD Release Date: December 31, 2003
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0001BF7Z6
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #102,360 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

About the Actor

Janet Rice Davis

was born and raised in Houston, Texas, where music has always been an integral part of her family life. Although Janet's formal musical training was primarily in the classical field, she was fascinated with the stringed instruments, particularly those involved with folk and bluegrass music. In college she played the guitar and sang as a folk and blues musician in many of the Austin clubs, learning from such greats as Lightning Hopkins, Janis Joplin, and other well-known musicians, who played the same clubs. Today, Janet is primarily known as a bluegrass and five-string banjo specialist.

Product Description

Janet Davis' comprehensive text is now a video! Learn the basic techniques commonly used on five-string banjo to accompany vocalists and instrumentalists. Separates the various back-up techniques into categories determined by song tempo, by lead instrument being accompanied, and by the area of the fingerboard in which the chords are being played. Presented by one of America's finest banjo teachers! There is also a companion book to this video.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars okay for intermediates, September 11, 2007

By	frmertd - See all my reviews

I am an intermediate banjo player,I used this book when I had about 8 songs under my belt and found I needed to play backup. It is decent, gets the job done, has a video with it that is decent too. My favorite backup banjo ( this is ONLY for backup) instructional material is from Accutab and is a dvd called ( I cant remember the exact name) something like 3rd position backup or up the neck backup. Both are similiar, they show an early intermediate player who may know from 4-15 songs how to start playing backup. Banjo players are well known for playing loud obnoxious backup and hopefully these will help reverse that trend(!) The book/dvd is good but not excellent, make sure to get the dvd with it!