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Eddie Peabody made two record albums in the 1960's on "How To Play The Banjo."
Following are the lessons in video format for both beginning and advanced banjo players:
 
Note to 5-string banjo players:  The 4-string plectrum banjo is the same as a 5-string banjo only without the 5th string.
It can be tuned with C tuning (C,G,B,D), G tuning (D,G,B,D), Guitar & Baritone Uke (D,G,B,E), or whatever.
 
 
How To Hold & Tune the Plectrum Banjo  (Click here)
Eddie Peabody explains how to correctly hold the banjo and pick, and how to tune the plectrum banjo.
 
Lesson 1 - Making Chords On The Plectrum Banjo (Click here)
Eddie Peabody explains how to correctly make a C chord on the plectrum banjo.
 
Lesson 2 - How To Strum The Plectrum Banjo (Click here)
Eddie Peabody explains strumming the plectrum banjo with down strokes, up strokes, and tremolo.
 
Lesson 3 - Changing Chords On The Plectrum Banjo (Click here)
Eddie Peabody explains how to change between 4 chords using down and up strokes and tremolo.
 
Lesson 4 - Plectrum Banjo Waltz & Fox Trot Rhythms (Click here)
Eddie Peabody explains how to play waltz and fox trot rhythms on the plectrum banjo.
 
Lesson 4 (cont.) - Chord Accompaniment (Click here)
Eddie Peabody explains chord accompaniment while playing
"Oh, Susanna," "Tennessee Waltz," and "Working On The Railroad."
(Click here for the chord accompaniment charts)
(Click here for chord melody charts for above songs, 4.8 meg pdf file)
 
Lesson 5 - Arpeggios On The Plectrum Banjo (Click here)
Eddie Peabody explains C and F chord arpeggios on the plectrum banjo.
(Click here for the arpeggios chart)
 
Lesson 6 - Advanced Chords For The Plectrum Banjo  (Click here)
Eddie Peabody explains diminished, augmented and 9th chords for the plectrum banjo.
(Click here for the advanced chords chart)
 
Lesson 7 - Chord Scales On The Plectrum Banjo (Click here)
Eddie Peabody explains C and F chord scales on the plectrum banjo.
(Click here for the chord scales chart)
 
Lesson 8 - "Waiting For The Sunrise" Chord Melody  (Click here)
Eddie Peabody explains and plays "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" to demonstrate chord melody.
(Click here for the chord melody chart to "Waiting For The Sunrise")
 
Lesson 8 (cont.) - "Oh, Susanna" Chord Melody  (Click here)
Eddie Peabody explains and plays "Oh, Susanna" to demonstrate chord melody.
(Click here for the chord melody chart to "Oh, Susanna")
 
Lesson 9 - Two-Banjo Style Strumming Trick  (Click here)
Eddie Peabody demonstrates Two-Banjo style strumming with "Let Me Call You Sweetheart."
(Click here for the chord melody chart to "Let Me Call You Sweetheart")
The above chart has some good information on tempo and tremolo as well.
 
Lesson 9 (cont.) - "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" Chord Melody  (Click here)
Eddie Peabody demonstrates how to play "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" using the chord melody technique.
(Click here for the chord melody chart to "Let Me Call You Sweetheart")
The above chart has some good information on tempo and tremolo as well.
 
Lesson 10 - A Personal Message And Tips  (Click here)
Eddie Peabody presents a personal message and some playing tips.
 
Click here for a summary of all the above chord-melody charts plus some others.
 

 
Banjoline Demo Video (click here)
 
Banjoline Demonstration - Eddie Explains and Plays the Banjoline
Eddie Peabody invented the Electric Banjoline in the 1950's and it was later manufactured by the
Rickenbacker Company in the 1960's.  This video includes Rickenbacker's promotional audio recording.
The songs include: "Moonlight On The Ganges," "Somewhere My Love," "Bye Bye Blues,"
"I'll See You In My Dreams" and "Casey Jones" (Farmer Johns Chicken Theme Song).
 
 
Eddie Plays the Banjoline (click here)
 
Banjoline Video - Eddie plays the Banjoline on the Lawrence Welk Show
Eddie plays "Blue Hawaii" and "Hawaiian War Chant" in a 1962 Lawrence Welk TV Show.
 
 

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