learn the basics, over the shoulder
The guided path teaches you the banjo step by step. These hand-picked beginner videos show the same basics on a real banjo — open G and your first lesson, the rolls, and the first chords.
These are wonderful teachers' own videos, chosen for the basics and embedded here with a link to their channels. Atlas gives you the path and the practice; they give you the demonstration.
Open G, the drone, holding the banjo — pairs with “Meet the Banjo.”
Day one of a beloved free course; the perfect over-the-shoulder start.
A patient absolute-beginner first lesson for 5-string banjo.
The right-hand patterns that drive the style — pairs with “The Rolls.”
The forward, backward and alternating-thumb rolls — our Rolls room, demonstrated.
G, C, D7 and friends — pairs with “First Chords.”
The same open-G shapes from our Chords room, shown by hand.