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Some Customer Comments
Dear Janet,
I hope you don't think I'm, "beatin' a dead horse," but wanted a
little additional input from you, when you've got the chance.
Not long ago I purchased Banjo Scales in Tab. It's the best
instruction book for me that I could have ever gotten and I
suspected that when it first came out. I can tell by peoples faces
that my playin' has improved. But anyway on the CD you state, in
addition to one scale per month, that the scale should be memorized,
and known inside and out before moving on. What I have done, and
I'm now on the A scale, is memorize the scale and "circular scale,"
the single string stuff, the diatonic progressions, the locations of
the particular chords and notes on the finger board, and some of the
licks, and am sticking to one scale per month. In your opinion
should I memorize everything or am I OK in my approach? Thanks for
any help you could bestow!
If it weren't for you I'd a canceled by BNL subscription years ago,
but as it is I've been a loyal follower since '79. You taught me backup.
Sincerely, your ole student from back east, I know you're a Rice,
Tom Rice
Janet,
I would like to thank you for taking the time to help clear up my
question on saying the notes of the scale while I play them. I just
started doing it and the final goal of learning the fret board
makes sense. When you said you know every note on your fret board it
rang a bell. It's not laid out as well as a piano but doing so should
open up new ways of playing for me. Since I don't play in a traditional
bluegrass band I hope this helps me expand my bag of tricks and make up
new ones.
Joe G
Janet,
I've enjoyed several of your instructional tapes in the past but none more
than this scales tape. As someone who cannot read music, I feel this tape
fills an enormous hole in my musical understanding and is going to get me
past some serious barriers in my musical skills. I've tried learning music
theory from traditional, piano based books, but it was hard to go from a
keyboard to a finger board, and I could never translate what I learned to my
banjo playing. Your book and tape is exactly what I've wanted. Thanks!
Steve B
Your scales book, and Knopf's "Key to the 5 String Banjo" book are
fantastic! I think they compliment each other very nicely, and open whole
new avenues to pursue on this crazy instrument!! Doug R
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