Wernick Method Shirt
Gildan 5.3 oz. 100% cotton, double-needle stitching at open cuffs and hem. Available in green and blue, all sizes are Men’s.
Let’s Pick T-Shirt
Now on sale!
Available in Maroon (Gilden) and Pine (Hanes).
Make Music Sticker
Perfect for your instrument case! Get one for each instrument, and one for each of your pickin’ partners. This will help you round up jam partners!
- Stickers are $1 each
- $2 handling fee added to orders of sticker(s) only
- No handling fee if ordered with anything else
Bluegrass Slow Jam for the Total Beginner
A super-easy, no-fail play-along session with Pete “Dr. Banjo” Wernick.
The one instruction resource that every new player needs… right along with his/her first instrument!
“If you’re a novice musician, this is the video for you.” — Bluegrass Now
Anyone, with any instrument, can get into this bluegrass jam session, even if you’ve never tried it before. All you need are four basic chords (G, C, D and A) for the entire video! These are shown, with simple right hand rhythm instruction, for all six standard bluegrass instruments:
Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin, Dobro (slide) guitar, Fiddle, Bass (for fiddle and bass, single notes are shown)
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.
Learn 17 favorites often played at bluegrass jams everywhere. All are played at slow, easy tempos. Follow chord changes just as everyone does at real jam sessions, by watching guitar chords — enlarged on screen for easy viewing (see video preview).
Full Descriptions, Comparison, and Song Listing for All 3 Play-Along Jam Videos
JAM Songbook
Pete Wernick presents: the most practical compact songbook yet — The JAM Songbook is perfect for all jammers, including complete beginners!
“Ticks all the boxes for becoming the go-to jam songbook”
– Bluegrass Unlimited“Getting into jamming, the best first resource to purchase. Highly recommended.”
– Bluegrass Unlimited
- All students paying to attend a Wernick Method class receive a copy as part of their tuition.
Get information on quantity discounts (such as 5 for $30, 10 for $50) by sending your request through our Contact form.
Bluegrass Jamming: A Guide For Newcomers and Closet Pickers
The complete original jam video, from 2-chord songs to “The Old Home Place”. Great practice for learning mandolin, bluegrass guitar, fiddle, and banjo. All 17 songs include a soloing opportunity, plus how-to’s and etiquette of bluegrass jamming, kickoffs and endings, capo use, faking solos. Available as download/stream only.
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. Tempos vary from about 60 beats/minute to 100 (moderate). All 17 songs include a soloing opportunity. Instruction includes the how-to’s and etiquette of bluegrass jamming, kickoffs and endings, capo use, faking solos, much more.
Full Descriptions, Comparison, and Song Listing for All 3 Play-Along Jam Videos
Bluegrass Songbook
The Bluegrass Songbook, in print since 1976, has 140 standards, melodies presented in easy tab, and is the only bluegrass songbook to offer instruction on singing — in the words of all-time bluegrass singing greats: Lester Flatt, Ralph Stanley, Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin, Charlie Waller, Hazel Dickens, Peter Rowan, Red Allen and more. Extensive appendices on harmony singing, phrasing, pronunciation, songwriting, much more.
Sections Include:
- Harmony Singing: Duets, Trios, and Quartets
- Singing in Pitch
- Bluegrass Songwriting
- Finding the Right Key
- Your Vocal Range
- Phrasing and Styling
Interview excerpts with these original bluegrass singing and songwriting legends:
- Bill Monroe
- Lester Flatt
- Ralph Stanley
- Jimmy Martin
- Bob Osborne
- Red Allen
- Jim and Jesse McReynolds
- John Duffey
- Charlie Waller
- Peter Rowan
- Keith Whitley
- Hazel Dickens
- Mike Seeger
- John Starling
- Jack Cooke
Intermediate Bluegrass Jamming
A 22-song moderate-speed workout with plenty of soloing opportunities 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 chances to solo in every song. Available as download/stream only.
Great practice for learning the fine points of mandolin, bluegrass guitar, fiddle, and banjo. Compared to our two slower jam videos, this video includes more songs and less instruction, addressing jamming at intermediate skill levels: backup basics, playing the melody, using a capo, essential jam etiquette and how to avoid musical “train wrecks.” Chords are shown onscreen, and you can learn solos via slow-down or stop-frame of closeups of the soloing instrument. There are 22 songs played in a variety of keys, to give you the full range of playing experience
Full Descriptions, Comparison, and Song Listing for All 3 Play-Along Jam Videos