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Contains 300-DVD474 & 300-DVD475. Bill Evans has put together an encyclopedic array of licks, roll patterns, fretting hand embellishments and other techniques. Each element you’ll learn doubles as a skill-building exercise without the usual struggle that “practicing” implies. DVD 1: Bill explores the three-finger picking style pioneered by Earl Scruggs and some of the greats who followed his lead, Sonny Osborne, Ralph Stanley and J.D. Crowe. Start playing the “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” roll, the “Cripple Creek” lick, classic fill-ins and back-ups and many more “licks-ercises.” DVD 2: Bill explores contemporary banjo techniques in “melodic” and “single-string” styles. He helps you map out the fretboard and master scales, chromatic licks, picking and fretting techniques, blues riffs and other invaluable devices. These licks can be used in traditional bluegrass improvisations, fiddle tunes and blues and jazz-tinged solos. For all levels. Tab included as PDF files on the discs. 150 min.