Pete Wernick’s
Play-Along Bluegrass Jam Videos
Learning Bluegrass Jamming has never been easier. Get ready to play bluegrass — 56 songs in all!
“I can’t say enough about your jamming videos, they are OUTSTANDING!!!! I own all of them and they give me material for our local jams as well as a ton of practice!”
These groundbreaking best-selling videos have helped thousands learn to jam, play bluegrass music, and improve their jamming skills, in their own homes or anywhere a video can be played! And they are a great way to prepare for a Wernick Method class.
Description | A super-easy, no-fail play-along session with Pete “Dr. Banjo” Wernick. | The complete original jam video, from 2-chord songs to “The Old Home Place” | A 22-song moderate-speed workout with plenty of soloing opportunities |
Length of video | Two hours | Two hours | Two hours |
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Number of songs | 17 | 17 | 22 |
Speed | 60-80 beats/min. | 70-110 beats/min. | 100-110 beats/min. |
Soloing opportunities (on-screen band plays backup) | none | One per song | Two per song |
Jam instruction | Elementary ground rules | Soloing, harmony, capoing, lead ins, etc. | Less instruction (more songs) |
Level of challenge | As little as possible. Just 4 chords needed. | Starts easy, gets harder gradually | Faster speeds add challenge |
Recommended for | Total beginners | Beginner-intermediate | Intermediates |
Songbook included | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Capos used | No | Yes | Yes |
Detailed Description | This video will give you the practice and the confidence to join a real jam session. Pete makes it easy, giving instruction, encouragement and advice on what to do, and the ground rules of bluegrass jamming. | This video starts with very slow and easy 2-chord songs in G, and moves up to 3-chord songs in G and other keys, with a few favorite instrumentals included. Chords are clearly shown on screen. | The most challenging of the three jam videos assumes the viewer is already a jammer, and offers 22 full-length songs at medium tempos, with two soloing opportunities each song. |
Published Reviews and Customer Comments | Bluegrass Slow Jam | Bluegrass Jamming | Intermediate Jam |
Songs | Bile Them Cabbage Down My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains John Henry Pretty Fair Maid Little Birdie Shady Grove Darling Corey Roll in my Sweet Baby’s Arms Saints Go Marching In / Coming ‘Round the Mountain (Medley) You Are My Sunshine I’ll Fly Away Nine Pound Hammer This Land is Your Land Amazing Grace Wabash Cannonball Will the Circle be Unbroken | Old Home Place Blue Ridge Cabin Home In the Pines Footprints in the Snow Salt Creek How Mountain Girls Can Love Soldier’s Joy New River Train Sitting on Top of the World Long Journey Home Worried Man Blues Hot Corn Cold Corn Handsome Molly Take Me Back to Tulsa Don’t This Road Look Rough and Rocky Blue Moon of Kentucky | Angeline the Baker Lonesome Road Blues Bury Me Beneath the Willow Man of Constant Sorrow Rabbit In a Log Sweet Sunny South Crying Holy Uncle Pen Molly and Tenbrooks Gold Watch and Chain Roll On Buddy Columbus Stockade Blues Dark Hollow If I Lose I Am a Pilgrim Wreck of the Old 97 Roving Gambler Just Like You Paradise Ramblin’ Boy A Beautiful Life Bill Cheatham |
Don’t pass up this chance to improve your jamming skills!