How to Play the 5-String Banjo

Pete Seeger



  • 1A Basic Strum
  • 2"Now, with the left hand..."
  • 3"Now, with the index finger..."
  • 4The Fifth String
  • 5"Now take that same song..."
  • 6Hammering On
  • 7"Here's a little bit of the..."
  • 8Pulling Off
  • 9"Well, now, if you study the..."
  • 10Double Thumbing
  • 11"Now, for just one more time..."
  • 12"Now, not all songs, after all..."
  • 13"Here's the song. 'Hard Ain't It Hard'"
  • 14Frailing
  • 15"In the G tuning, you might try..."
  • 16"Now, frailing is the best way..."
  • 17Three-finger Picking
  • 18"Here's another development of..."
  • 19"Here's the song, 'Cindy'"
  • 20A Loud Strum
  • 21"Here is a variation of the above..."
  • 22Three Miscellaneous Postscripts
  • 23"If you ever want to play a..."
  • 24"A roll is a special banjo effect..."
  • 253/4 and 6/8 Time
  • 26"Using this method , and a little..."
  • 27"For a more sustained effect..."
  • 28"Incidentally, this type of..."
  • 29"Now, 6/8 time is the same..."
  • 30Blues and Jazz
  • 31"Another common blues guitar..."
  • 32"Here's a sample blues passage..."
  • 33Spanish and South American Guitar Techniques
  • 34"Here's one way to get a rhumba rhythm..."
  • 35"Heres still another way of..."
  • 36"This last pattern can be..."
    • 2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings