Hooks & Nuts

In this beginner 5 string banjo lesson, Jens Kruger shows you how you can easily play blues-inspired phrases on the 5-string banjo. Using the methods he...

In this beginner 5 string banjo lesson, Jens Kruger slowly talks through and demonstrates how to play the F chord shape on the banjo. This is a great shape to...

In this beginner 5 string banjo lesson, Jens Kruger slowly talks through and demonstrates what bar chords are, how to play them, and how to use them.  He also...

This is a great lesson for the 5 string banjo from Jens Kruger on how to play the forward roll and incorporate playing the melody into your roll. This is one...

Jens Kruger teaches you how to play basic backup rhythm in the 3 finger style on the 5-string banjo. This is a great lesson to teach some techniques to use...

In this beginner banjo lesson, Jens Kruger talks about and demonstrates scales, arpeggios, and tetrachords. He goes into explaining how by using all of these...

In this beginner banjo lesson, Jens Kruger explains how there are 2 parts to Scruggs style banjo playing - licks and melody. Both are important, but putting...

Jens Kruger explains what banjo tablature is and how to read it. Banjo tablature is a way of writing out music on paper so that the exact fingerings of what...

Jens Kruger explains and demonstrates the 3 prominent styles of playing the 5 string banjo with the 3 finger styles. These styles include the Scruggs style,...

In this beginning 5-string banjo lesson with Jens Kruger, Jens will teach you how to play the classic folk song Boil Them Cabbage Down. This incorporates...