Hooks & Nuts

Learn how to play a few variations on a forward/backward roll with Jens Kruger. Jens will slowly demonstrate a few variations of this fundamental roll to help...

Learn how to play a forward/backward roll with Jens Kruger. Jens will slowly demonstrate how to play this key roll in bluegrass banjo playing.

Jens Kruger is one of the top banjoists of our time. Learn how to play the 3 finger style on the 5 string banjo with Jens. He takes you from the very...

So you’ve been going thru banjo songbooks and YouTube videos, progressing pretty well on a nice collection of bluegrass standards. But now you want something...

Single string playing on the 5 string banjo is a style that was originally popularized by players such as Don Reno and Eddie Adcock. This style of banjo...

Most guitar players look at the 5 string banjo as a completely new instrument. Something that you would need to learn a completely new tuning and approach to...

Have you ever noticed that the best hitters in baseball have an incredibly smooth swing? They don't "swing for the fences" - that's what hitters with a high...

I recently wrote an article about strengthening your fretting hand’s pinky and ring finger. A common question that I have heard over the years is; “what good...