How to Read Three-Finger Style Banjo Tablature

How to Read Three-Finger Style Banjo Tablature is an online tutorial with banjo tab examples supported by embedded MP3 players allowing you to see the banjo tab while listening to the audio samples.

David Jakubiak

David Jakubiak is a contributor to Banjo Newsletter. His site, Fretmentor.com, offers instructional programs for the banjo, guitar, and mandolin for both beginners and more experienced players, including music theory concepts, chord structure and improvisational techniques for musicians playing individually or with others. Fretmentor is an interactive site that not only teaches the instrument, but also its history.
(external link You are leaving the BNL website to Fretmentor.com.)

Banjo MP3 Audio Links

Best of the MP3s on the BNL Website by Donald Nitchie, BNL Editor

Donald Zepp's clawhammer MP3 page with dozens of familiar tunes
(external link You are leaving the BNL website to Zepp Country Music, Inc.)

Chuck Lee's banjo MP3 page (external link You are leaving the BNL website to Chuck Lee Banjo Company)

David G. Hyatt's MP3 page (external link You are leaving the BNL website to David G. Hyatt - banjo enthusiast & maker of
gourd banjos)

Top 100 Three-Finger Tunes

Bluegrass Banjo Suggested Reading: Top 100 3-finger Tunes Ben Freed's article from the July
2006 issue of BNL and also as featured on Katy Daley's radio show on bluegrasscountry.org
(PDF opens in same window)

FAQ - 20 Questions by Eddie Collins

Frequently Asked Questions by BNL Contributor Eddie Collins - "Although players new to the banjo often have more questions than that, I've chosen to focus on the ones that come up the most often."

Reader's Surveys

1995 Banjo Newsletter Reader's Survey

2006 Banjo Newsletter Reader's Survey (PDF)

Maryland Banjo Academy (1997 - 2002)

Review of the 1997 Maryland Banjo Academy event by Donald Nitchie, BNL Editor

Review of the 1997 Maryland Banjo Academy MBA Video "Banjos Ringing"

1997 Maryland Banjo Academy - Overview of VHS Tape (Out of Print)

Review of the 1998 Maryland Banjo Academy event by Murphy Henry

Review of the 1998 Maryland Banjo Academy MBA II Video "Banjo Bash at Buckeystown"

2000 Maryland Banjo Academy - Comments From Attendees

2002 Maryland Banjo Academy photos (external link You are leaving the BNL website to Turtle Hill Banjo Company)