The Banjo Of Eddie Adcock

Grab a private lesson with one of the true innovators of the five-string banjo, Eddie Adcock, and discover the secrets to his unmistakable Bluegrass style in this unique DVD tutorial. Adcock's style combines the traditional Scruggs-style bluegrass with country, folk, blues, gospel and rockabilly sounds. Working with some of his most-requested instrumentals, Adcock analyses licks and chord shapes for each tune, opening up new techniques and a host of ideas for the picking student. Discover how a basic Travis picking guitar line can be transferred to the banjo (complete with a damped bass string and bluesy details). Larn how to create pedal-steel style hammer-ons and doublebends, as well as how to play melodic lines and scales with single string rolls.